A Theory of Proculturation

Development of the self through intercultural communication

Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 108 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-06300-8 (ISBN)

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Development of the self through intercultural communication

In each connection with new cultural contexts a new hybrid state of cultural adaptation is constructed enabling people to adjust to new conditions by creating innovative solutions for the self. This book aims to provide a brief presentation of innovative cultural psychological theory of proculturation reflecting and oriented on the understanding of semiotic and developmental dynamics of higher mental phenomena while engaging alien signs through intercultural communication. The exploration and theoretical understanding of developmental dynamics (such as self and identity construction) of people who live in immigration or multicultural, or even multi-ethnic societies, the research builds its new focus in contrasts with the acculturation theories currently present in social psychology.

The theory of proculturation has been built in opposition to cross-cultural psychological theories as well as mainstream theories of acculturation research dominated by bidimensional theoretical models. Instead, this theory is constructed based on theoretical explorations which are rooted in cultural semiotics and developmental psychological paradigm on human psychology.

Vladimer Lado Gamsakhurdia is a professor of cultural psychology and psychological anthropology at the psychology department of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and is interested in the cultural basis of human psychology. He explores the semiotic dynamics of proculturation, acculturation, selfhood, and identity-construction, humans' adaptation to immigration and multicultural societies. Previously he published the book: Semiotic Construction of the Self in Multicultural Societies: A Theory of Proculturation (2021). Lado Gamsakhurdia is an editorial board member of the Sage journal, 'Culture & Psychology' and Springer's 'Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science'. He is an associate editor of Springer journal "Trends in psychology". He has been a visiting scholar at the universities of Uppsala, Aalborg, Chicago, Luxembourg, Jacobs (Bremen), Iasi, Fribourg, and the University of Basque country. He was awarded the Georgian national "Dimitri Uznadze Award in Social Sciences" in 2019 and the "special prize for significant contribution in social sciences" by Georgian Shota Rustaveli National science foundation in 2021.

Chapter 1. Introduction - Towards a developmental and systemic understanding of intercultural mental dynamics.- Chapter 2. Considering the systemic and culturally sensitive model of the self-structure.- Chapter 3. Critical consideration of theoretical features of major bidimensional models of acculturation.- Chapter 4. Considering anthropsychological models of intercultural dynamics and cultural evolution.- Chapter 5. Semiotic dynamics of intercultural communication and its meaning for self-construction - theory of proculturation.- Chapter 6. General conclusions - considering developmental and constructive nature of proculturation - towards the phenomenon-focused methodology.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.07.2022
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Psychology
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in Theoretical Advances in Psychology
Zusatzinfo	XI, 108 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	197 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Acculturation • cultural psychology • Culture • Dialogical Self • Dialogism • Historicism • Human Development • Imagination • Immigration • Intercultural communication • Phenomenology • Proculturation • Self, personal and social identities • Semiotics • Semiotic strategies • Social Psychology • Vygotsky
ISBN-10	3-031-06300-7 / 3031063007
ISBN-13	978-3-031-06300-8 / 9783031063008
Zustand	Neuware