Why Change is Hard

The Power of Master Narratives over Self and Society

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvKate C. McLean,Western Washington University) McLean, Kate C. (Professor, Professor, Department of Psychology,Kate C McLean

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The possibilities of personal growth and change are embedded in American cultural values that center individual autonomy and personal responsibility for charting one's life course. These values infuse the scientific study of identity development, where scholarship has contributed to the idea that we are the sole authors of our own stories. However, the data to support such claims are sparse. In Why Change is Hard, Kate C. McLean argues that the promise of the possibility for growth and change, and the personal capacity to do so, are represented in problematic master narratives--present in broader society, as well as in the scientific community. Such narratives about personal growth and responsibility serve to limit attention to the systems and structures of society that restrict and deny the expression of individual identities, resulting in the maintenance of an inequitable status quo. The argument is made through the prism of the science on personality development, and narrative identity development in particular. This book calls into question the degree to which the theories and methods employed, as well as the data, support the elevation of such master narratives about the possibility for growth, challenging scholars to develop an awareness of their complicity in the maintenance of harmful ideologies.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-06-19
Mått163 x 196 x 25 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor184
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197764640

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Kate C. McLean is Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University. She received her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of Santa Cruz, CA. Her research focuses on social and cultural contexts of narrative identity development. She has authored or co-authored over 100 empirical papers, theoretical articles, and book chapters. She has edited or co-edited pivotal volumes on identity development and cultural methods in psychology, and has written a seminal book on the topic of the co-authored self.

Part 1: Laying the Foundations: History, Culture, and Theories Chapter 1. Introduction: Time for a ChangeChapter 2. Foundations: Culture and HistoryChapter 3. Theoretical Foundations: Identities, Stories, and ChangePart 2: The Data on ChangeChapter 4. Evidence for Change from the Field of Personality Development: Traits, Attachment and, Post-Traumatic GrowthChapter 5. Evidence for Change in Narrative Identity: The Case of Repeated NarrationPart III: Special ConcernsChapter 6. Transgressions as an Opportunity for Change? Chapter 7. The Agency in ResistancePart IV: ConclusionChapter 8: Our Scientific Responsibility for Change

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