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Published on: January 19, 2019
Social representations, individual and collective mind: a study of Wundt, Cattaneo and Moscovici
Luca Tateo1, Antonio Iannaccone
1University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. ltateo@unisa.it
Abstract:
The paper presents a discussion on the role of Social Representations in the articulation between individual and collective dimensions of mental activity. An analysis of some concepts in the works of Wundt and Cattaneo is the starting point for a discussion of the relationship between individual processes, practices, artifacts, symbolic systems and functions of Social Representations in the development of culture and individuals. In this perspective, Social Representations could be considered a space of negotiation of the meaning. The relationship between Social Representations, symbolic systems, practices and sense making involves the elaboration of the tension between continuity and innovation, which is developed through communication and practice along time in the interaction between individual and collective minds.
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