A volume in Advances in Cultural Psychology
Series Editor: Jaan Valsiner, Aalborg University
This book brings pragmatic theory and praxis into dialogue with contemporary psychodynamic
ideas, practitioners, and clinical issues. Generally considered as a historical footnote to
psychoanalysis, the chapters in this volume demonstrate pragmatism's continued relevance for
contemporary thought. Not only does pragmatism share many of the values and sensibilities of
contemporary psychodynamics, its rich philosophical and theoretical emphasis on active
meaning making and agentic being in the world complements and extends current thinking about
the social nature of self and mind, how we occupy space in the world, non-linear development,
and processes of communication.