Psychology

Critical Personalism, Language and Development

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Taking off from William Stem's theorizing about the role of language in person development, the article attempts to open new possibilities for the developmental analysis of subjectivity and individuality. Stem's notion of ‘Stellungnahme’ (the taking of a position) is made relevant for current discussions of positioning in discursive approaches to subjectivity and identity research and applied to the analysis of emotion talk. The article concludes with a discussion of the centrality of discourse for human action and language for discourse. © 2000, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.

Publication Title

Theory & Psychology

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Volume

10

Issue

6

First Page

749

Last Page

767

ISSN

0959-3543

DOI

10.1177/0959354300106003

Keywords

critical personalism, development, emotion talk, Ganzheit, language practices, positioning, subjectivity

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