From Self to Social Relationships - An Essentially Relational Perspective on Social Motivation

Martijn van Zomeren develops 'selvations theory', and proposes that human motivation is based around changes in social relationships.

List of contents

Prologue; Part I. Assumptions: 1. Toward theoretical integration; 2. A shift from self to selvations; Part II. Selvations Theory: 3. Selvations theory I: value infusion; 4. Selvations theory II: coping with value-infused events; Part III. Implications: 5. So what?; Epilogue.

About the author

Martijn van Zomeren is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Psychology at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. In 2009 he was awarded a prestigious VENI grant from the Dutch Science Foundation and in 2011 he was awarded the Kurt Lewin Medal, an early career award from the European Association for Social Psychology. Dr van Zomeren has published a number of contributions to the literature on collective action and social change in high-impact psychology journals.

Summary

What moves and motivates us in our lives? Martijn van Zomeren suggests it is 'selvations' - the feeling of changes in social relationships. This book challenges entrenched selfish views of social motivation and provides a new, integrative relational alternative. It will be of interest to psychology, sociology and anthropology scholars.

Product details

• Authors: Martijn van Zomeren, Martijn (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Van Zomeren, Martijn Van Zomeren
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781107474727
• ISBN: 978-1-107-47472-7
• No. of pages: 205
• Series: Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction; Studies in Emotion and Social; Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Sociology: customs & traditions, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social, group or collective psychology, Social and cultural anthropology