UID:
almafu_9959677563902883
Format:
1 online resource (217 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-90408-6
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9786612904080
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0-8223-8152-4
Series Statement:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Content:
This work presents a new, alternative approach to studying the formation of political ideologies and attitudes, addressing a concern in political science that research in this area is at a crossroads. The authors provide an epistemologically grounded critique on the literature of belief systems, explaining why traditional approaches have reached the limits of usefulness. Following the lead of such continental theorists such as Jurgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens, who stress the importance of Jean Piaget to the development of a strong theoretical perspective in political psychology, the au
Note:
Includes index.
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Taking a Piagetian Point of View -- Attitude, Belief, and Ideology: The Need for New Directions -- Genetic Epistemology: A Piagetian Analysis of Political Thought -- The Structure of the Idea of Democracy in Eastport -- Types of Thought and Forms of Political Reasoning: A Neo-Piagetian Analysis -- A Piagetian Developmental Theory of Political Institutions -- Power and Political Consciousness -- Appendix: Piaget's Use of Egocentrism.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-0856-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780822381525
