Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The life and work of a Cambridge psychologist; 2. Experiments in psychology; 3. Cultural diffusion and reconstruction; 4. The concept of schema in reconstruction; 5. The social psychology of remembering; 6. Thinking about thinking; Conclusion: from past to future; References; Index.
An integrative study of Frederic Bartlett's work and legacy, describing his fundamental ideas of constructive remembering, schema and cultural dynamics.
Brady Wagoner (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is Professor of Psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. His research focuses on social and cultural psychology, constructive remembering, social change and the development of dynamic methodologies. He was the co-creator of the Sir Frederic Bartlett Internet Archive and is associate editor for the journals Culture and Psychology and Peace and Conflict. He has over eighty publications, including eight books, and has received a number of prestigious professional awards, such as the Sigmund Koch Prize in 2009 and the Gates Cambridge Scholarship in 2005. He is the editor of Handbook of Culture and Memory (2017).
'In this comprehensive and insightful book, Brady Wagoner deftly
analyses the progression of Bartlett's work. This is no mere
re-evaluation - Wagoner renders Bartlett as a contemporary thinker,
and a force for renewal in psychology.' Steven D. Brown, University
of Leicester
'Brady Wagoner brilliantly re-examines Bartlett's life, science,
and influence in this scholarly and deeply engaged book. Part
fascinating scientific biography, part impassioned plea for a more
open, context-sensitive experimental psychology, this is essential
reading for all students of memory, mind, and culture.' John
Sutton, Macquarie University, Sydney
'Wagoner delivers an engaging, insightful, and provocative analysis
of Bartlett's life and work. This important book connects
historical perspectives with contemporary issues, forcefully
reminding us how Bartlett's insights remain crucial today.' Daniel
L. Schacter, Harvard University, Massachusetts
'… essential reading for scholars of memory, but also is a helpful,
quick (and fun) read for all those whose work in some way is
impacted by Bartlett's oeuvre.' Grant J. Rich, PsychCRITICS
'Brady Wagoner's The Constructive Mind: Bartlett's Psychology
in Reconstruction is an impressive scholarly achievement …
Wagoner's book is also a provocative and important one, that
underscores the way in which academic psychology has appropriated -
and misappropriated - significant ideas, in the service of its own
ideological ends. … For those who do not know his work, it may be a
startling revelation of what psychology might have been had it
followed Bartlett's path rather than the decidedly more reductive
one it in fact pursued. … it is a significant contribution to the
history of the behavioral sciences and a valuable corrective to
those too-well-circulated stories that serve to shore up
psychology's ill-conceived ambition to cordon off human behavior
from the messy stuff of social life.' Mark Freeman, Journal of the
History of the Behavioral Sciences
'… the book is a very broad and interesting presentation of
Bartlett as a theoretician who combined psychology with
anthropology a century ago. The combination of the historical and
the presentist aims is successful …' Csaba Pléh, Culture &
Psychology
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