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Jill G. Morawski

Livelihoods of theory

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Livelihoods Of Theory: The Case Of Goffman's Early Theory Of The Self, Jill G. Morawski Dec 2013

Livelihoods Of Theory: The Case Of Goffman's Early Theory Of The Self, Jill G. Morawski

Jill G. Morawski

Although theory rich, contemporary psychologists have no consensual understanding of what 
constitutes a theory or how theory should be used, revised, and appraised. Likewise neglected 
are ways that a theory is taken up in specific research domains and how a theory can change over 
time. In response to calls for renewing psychology’s appreciation of theory, this article introduces 
an understanding of theory as vivacious and biographically complex. A dynamic perspective affords 
means to explore how a theory travels, is taken up in different times and places, and changes. So 
appreciating theory’s liveliness reveals not only what premises of humans are …


Sperm And Liberal Feminism: A Scientific Fantasy, Jill G. Morawski Dec 2003

Sperm And Liberal Feminism: A Scientific Fantasy, Jill G. Morawski

Jill G. Morawski

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