ABSTRACT Psychoanalysis: Its Image and Its Public is a perfect illustration of Tarde's claim
that 'beautiful'should be reserved for ideas that lead to a discovery of more ideas and to an …

As heir to a strong French sociological tradition, the theory of social representations,
elaborated by Serge Moscovici in the beginning of the 1960s, has become one of the major …

This book is a state-of-the-art showcasing of work in social representations theory, focusing
on its application to contemporary social issues. The major thinkers of this approach are …

Moscovici's theory of social representations2 has attracted considerable interest among
social psychologists, as well as stimulating a growing body of research (Di Giacomo, 1980 …

The study “Psychoanalysis—its image and its public” intimates that common sense is
increasingly informed by science. But common sense asserts its autonomy and, in turn, may …

The issue of methods in social representations theory has proved contentious for some time,
although we would argue that the focus of this discussion has shifted in recent years. During …

In 1987 Rob Fan-introduced a special issue on social representations in this journal by his
paper on A French tradition ofresearch. Now, nearly ten years later, this French tradition has …

Since its inception and elaboration by Moscovici (1961, 1963) over fifty years ago, the theory
of social representations has become an important framework for researchers all over the …

The article analyses the critical reception of Serge Moscovici's theory of social
representations in Anglo-Saxon literature (Harré 1984; Potter and Litton 1985; Jahoda 1988 …

This book focuses upon the methods by which social representations can be studied. It has
been often argued that specifying the methods appropriate for the examination of social …