This book celebrates the 100th birthday of Jerome S. Bruner, one of the most relevant scholars in contemporary psychology. It shows how Bruners oeuvre and contributions to psychology, education and law are still applicable today and full of unexplored possibilities. The volume brings together contributions from Bruners students and colleagues, all of whom use his legacy to explore the future of psychology in in Bruners spirit of interpretation. Rather than being a mere celebration, the volume shows a genuine interest for the emergence of the novelty and examines the potentialities of Bruners work in cultural psychology, discussing such concepts as ambivalence, intersubjectivity, purpose, possibilities, and wonderment. Combining international and interdisciplinary perspectives, this volume tells the tale of Jerome Bruners academic life and beyond.
Series Preface: Jerome Bruner: the psychology in its making Giuseppina
Marsico (University of Salerno, Italy).- Introduction Living to Tell the Tale
of Psychology: Jerome Bruner the Giant Giuseppina Marsico (University of
Salerno, Italy).- PART I: BRUNERS CENTURY.- Interview with Jerome Bruner:
The History of Psychology in the First Person Giuseppina Marsico (University
of Salerno, Italy).-Clark Lecture in 1968 Processes of Cognitive growth:
Infancy Jerome Bruner.- LETS FRANKLY PLAY: AMBIVALENCE, DILEMMAS AND
IMAGINATION (Luca Tateo, Aalborg University, Denmark).- INTERSUBJECTIVITY
(Waldomiro J. Silva Filho, Universidade Federal da Bahia, CNPq, Brazil).-
Part II: NAVIGATING THE BRUNERS OCEAN.- Homage to Jerome Bruner, Howard
Gardner (Harvard University, USA).- THE PURPOSE OF PURPOSE, Jaan Valsiner
(Aalborg University, Denmark).- HOW BRUNER FORESAW A FUTURE THAT HAS YET TO
BE ACHIEVED. Rom Harré (Georgetown University, USA) .- JERRY BRUNER: THE
OXFORDS YEARS AND BEYOND Jose Luis Linaza (Universidad Autónoma in Madrid
,Spain).- MEETINGS WITH JERRY BRUNER Juan Delval (Universidad Nacional de
Educación a Distancia, UNE. Spain).- BRUNER'S NARRATIVE TURN: THE IMPACT OF
CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY IN CATALONIA Moisčs Esteban-Guitart (University of
Girona).- MOTOR SKILLS, MOTOR COMPETENCE AND CHILDREN: BRUNER'S IDEAS IN
THE ERA OF EMBODIMENT COGNITION AND Luis Miguel Ruiz Pérez (Universidad
Politécnica Madrid) & José Luis Linaza Iglesias (Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid).- THE ROLE OF IMMATURITY IN DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION: THEME AND
VARIATIONS. Juan C. Gómez (School of Psychology and Neuroscience,University
of St. Andrews, United Kingdom).- THE ARTS OF THE HIDDEN: AN ESSAY FOR THE
LEFT HAND Alan C. Kay (Viewpoints Research Institute,USA).- - NARRATING
POSSIBILITY Colette Daiute (CUNY, New York, USA ).- BRUNERS WAYS OF
KNOWING - FROM THE COGNITIVE REVOLUTION TO THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION :
CHALLENGES FOR THE SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS OF TODAY Britt-Mari Barth (Catholic
University of Paris).- JEROME BRUNER AT THE HELM: CHARTING A NEW COURSE IN
CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY THROUGH NARRATIVE Noelle A. Paufler (University of North
Texas. USA) and Audrey Amrein-Beardsley (Arizona State University, USA).-
BRUNER AT THE BAR: JEROME BRUNERS INFLUENCE ON LAW AND THE LEGAL ACADEMY,
Eleanor Fox, (New York University, School of Law, NY, USA).- TWO OR THREE
THINGS I KNOW ABOUT PROFESSOR BRUNER David Garland (New York University,
School of Law, NY, USA).- BRINGING WONDERMENT TO THE LEGAL ACADEMY Peggy
Davis(New York University, School of Law, NY, USA).- NARRATIVE, INFERENCE,
AND LAW IN CULTURAL CONTEXT Oscar G. Chase (New York University, School of
Law, NY, USA).- A SATYR PLAY Anthony G. Amsterdam (New York University,
School of Law, NY, USA).- Editorial Conclusion: Cultivating possibilities
for cultural psychology. Jerome Bruner in his becoming, Giuseppina Marsico
(University of Salerno).- AUTHORS BIOS
