1st Edition
Field-theory A Study of its Application in the Social Sciences
Part 1. Presuppositions of Field-Theories in Social Science 1. Certain Observations on Field-Theory in Physics 2. Gestalt Psychology as Field-Theory 3. Basic Assumptions of Lewin’s Topological Psychology: Psychological Field-Theory, Part One 4. Basic Assumptions of Lewin’s Dynamic Psychology: Psychological Field-Theory, Part Two Part 2. The Path Followed by Field-Theory from Individual Psychology to Social Science 5. Moving from the Unit of Consciousness to the Multi-Personal Field, By Way of ‘Psychological Induction’ 6. The Social Field as an Interpersonal Space of Conflict and Tension 7. Contributions to the Theory of the ‘Role-Field’ Part 3. The Field-Theory in Social Science versus the Theories of System and Structures 8. A Criticism of the ‘System’ of Structural Functionalism and of the Departure From ‘Elements’ 9. A First Attempt at the Field-Theory of Society as a Whole 10. Thoughts on Structure and Change Part 4. Social Field-Theories Concerned with Fields of Opinion and Interests 11. Fields of Opinion as a Basis for Norm- and Role-Formation 12. Multi-Person Fields, Image-Fields and the Norm-Field of Society 13. Interest-Fields and Fields of Social Conflict Part 5. Further Applications of the Field-Concept, and Field-Theoretical Methods in Social Sciences 14. Field-Ideas as Applied in Cultural Anthropology 15. On the Educational Concept of Field 16. The Theory of Level of Aspiration, and ‘Opportunities for Climbing’ in the Social Field 17. ‘Field-Models’ in the Sense of a ‘Formal Field-Method’, Together with Final Conclusions Concerning the Methodology
Biography
Harald Mey
