The idea that culture comprises resources that are used has become a popular means to re-
conceptualize the culture—agency antinomy. However, the theorization of using resources …

This paper discusses the distinct meanings of internalization and interiorization as ways of
rendering intelligible the social constitution of the psychological in a line of research that …

In this classic edition of her groundbreaking text Knowledge in Context, Sandra
Jovchelovitch revisits her influential work on the societal and cultural processes that shape …

Intersubjectivity refers to the variety of possible relations between perspectives. It is
indispensable for understanding human social behaviour. While theoretical work on …

Academic Abstract Social psychology's disconnect from the vital and urgent questions of
people's lived experiences reveals limitations in the current paradigm. We draw on a related …

Drawing on philosophy, the history of psychology and the natural sciences, this book
proposes a new theoretical foundation for the psychology of the life course. It features the …

From the perspective of social representations, social identity appears as a function of
representations themselves. In elaborating this view, this chapter draws primarily on …

This paper contributes to our understanding of the relation between social representations
and identity using the concept of position. For this purpose two conceptualisations of the …

In this paper two models are proposed for analysing transitions in education. Firstly,
transitions are the processes that follow ruptures perceived by people. They include …

A person using a symbolic resource is a person using a novel, a film, a picture, a song, or a
ritual, to address an unfamiliar situation in her everyday life. This person is thus not simply …