Being faithful: Bakhtin and a potential postmodern psychology of self

Cresswell, James

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“…The challenge here is to avoid reducing the subject to a simple component of a system consisting of undifferentiated individuals and artefacts, or (as Stetsenko & Arievietch [2004] put it) to avoid dissolving "the self in the collective dynamics of social processes" (p. 479). It is therefore necessary to account for the subject's uniqueness without falling into an individualist, if not solipsist, stance (Cresswell, 2011;Stetsenko & Arievitch, 2004;Valsiner, 1997;Zittoun, 2007). The second challenge is to account not only for the multiplicity and constant change of the self, but also for its stability .…”

Section: Running Head : Dialogism and Dialogicality In The Study Of Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dialogism and dialogicality in the study of the self

Grossen

Orvig

2011

Culture & Psychology

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This article stems from the statement that dialogical approaches to a study of the self face a double challenge: that of developing a conception of the self that both avoids social reductionism and accounts for the stability of the self. In discussing this double challenge, we identify three much debated issues: (a) To what does the notion of "Alter" exactly refer? (b) How could we conceptualise the fact that Subject--Alter interactions are not only interpersonal but entail larger social entities, in particular institutions? (c)What importance should we attach to the materiality of objects? We discuss these three questions from two standpoints: that of linguistics and that of psychology, and illustrate our theoretical proposals with an analysis of an excerpt taken from a focus--group discussion. In conclusion, we argue that the dialogism of discourse provides us with some clues of the dialogicality of the mind, whereas the latter invites us to develop a theory showing the importance of interactions in the construction of the self, to pay more attention to the transpersonal dimension of the social, and to consider that the material world contributes to the construction of the self.

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Section: Running Head : Dialogism and Dialogicality In The Study Of Tmentioning

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Dialogism and dialogicality in the study of the self

Grossen

Orvig

2011

Culture & Psychology

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“…In 'attempting to answer these questions, an individual crafts a self-narrative by drawing on cultural resources as well as memories and desires to reproduce or transform their sense of self' (Alvesson et al, 2008, 15). Identity therefore is not something that a person has but rather something that a person does (Jenkins, 2008) with the self being viewed as a continuous process that is regulated, negotiated and accepted in interaction with others and in self-reflection (Cresswell, 2011). The fragile self has to be constantly and continuously remade.…”

Section: The Traps Of Identitymentioning

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Becoming invisible: The ethics and politics of imperceptibility

Smith

Higgins

Kokkinidis

et al. 2015

Culture and Organization

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This speculative essay examines 'invisible' social identities and the processes by which they are manifested and occasionally sought. Using various literary and academic sources, and loosely informed by an unlikely combination of Stoic philosophy and post-structuralist politics, we argue that invisibility is conventionally viewed as undesirable or 'suffered' by individuals or groups that are disadvantaged or marginalised within society. While appreciating this possibility, we argue that social invisibility can also be the result of strategies carefully conceived and consciously pursued. We suggest that forms of social invisibility can be acquired by ethically informed personal action as well as by politically informed collective action. In this context, invisibility can be seen as a strategy of escaping from institutionalised and organizational judgements and which presents a challenge to common notions of voice and identity.

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“…For inner dialogical movements not to be imposed or hindered, something in the person needs to be preserved: there is a fundamental human need for privacy, integrity and uniqueness, or "faithfulness to oneself" (Cresswell, 2011). This is where the ethical stance underlying dialogical approaches, often left aside by current research, can be recalled.…”

Section: Dialogicality Answerability and The Emergence Of The Personmentioning

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Three dimensions of dialogical movement

Zittoun

2014

New Ideas in Psychology

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a b s t r a c tAfter recalling historical and current approaches, I propose a semiotic approach to dialogicality, with a specific focus on cultural elements as markers in the flow of thinking or discourse. My core proposition is to consider dialogical dynamics as taking place in a space organised along three dimensions: 1) a temporal orientation, 2) degrees of fiction, and 3) degrees of generalization. I support my presentation with examples taken from a young woman's diary. Altogether, this raises the question of the possibility of inner dialogicality, and calls for a closer attention to the ethical underpinning of dialogical approaches.The idea of dialogicality in human experience is an ancient one. A counterpoint to a scientific and epistemological tendency to isolate the person from his environment, it has recently stimulated a great abundance of work (Gillespie, 2011). A dialogical approach can thus contribute to a better understanding of the relational, social and cultural nature of the person. Yet such emphasis raises the reverse question: if the person is constituted by and through dialogues with the world, how can he or she develop as unique being, how can she or he be accountable for her own thinking and action? In this paper, using the example of a young woman's diary, I examine three dimensions along which inner-dialogue might proceed (temporal orientation, degree of generalization, and degree of fiction) by which the person might generate her unique voice. So doing, I wish to highlight the often forgotten ethical underpinnings of dialogical studies. Before engaging in current approaches and developing my own, I will therefore go back to an older dialogical reflection.

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Being faithful: Bakhtin and a potential postmodern psychology of self

Cited by 32 publications

References 18 publications

Dialogism and dialogicality in the study of the self

Dialogism and dialogicality in the study of the self

Becoming invisible: The ethics and politics of imperceptibility

Three dimensions of dialogical movement

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