Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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0Editorial: Psychobiographies of Political Leaders Across Cultures
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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0Jean-Paul Sartre: Psychobiographical Investigations of a Political Philosopher, Writer and Thinker
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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0A psychobiography of Oliver Reginald Tambo from an African psychology perspective
Journal of Psychology in Africa, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 32(2), С. 180 - 186
Опубликована: Март 4, 2022
The objective of this study was to psychologically reconstruct the life Oliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993), using integrated African-centred psychological approaches. researchers applied a constructivist, single-case psychobiographical approach and Alexander's (1988) principal identifiers salience analyse primary secondary biographical data available on Tambo's life. From these analyses, we characterise reflect following influential values: (i) God humaneness traditional African (grounded within macro-cosmos); (ii) ubuntu in view human nature (as part micro-cosmos); as well (iii) Christianity that permeated all aspects his everyday from young age. We conclude profound sense humanity guided influenced being throughout
Язык: Английский
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18Creating a meaningful life: Psychobiographical investigations
Europe’s Journal of Psychology, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 17(3), С. 146 - 151
Опубликована: Авг. 31, 2021
This article serves as the editorial to Special Issue of Europe’s Journal Psychology that focusses on “Creating a meaningful life: Psychobiographical investigations.” The introduction provides brief overview articles offer original and innovative approaches growing research area psychobiography, meaning identity from different theoretical, methodological, disciplinary socio-cultural background.
Язык: Английский
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13The Waltz King, Johann Baptist Strauss II (1825–1899): a psychobiography from a componential creativity perspective
Cogent Arts and Humanities, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2024
This psychobiography was undertaken on the creative life of eminent composer Johann Baptist Strauss II (1825–1899). As an Austrian violinist, conductor, and he produced acclaimed waltzes, quadrilles, polkas devoted time to operettas ballets. He dubbed 'Waltz King' after composed 'The Blue Danube'. Psychobiography is rooted in constructivist-interpretivist paradigm involves a longitudinal in-depth case study exceptional individual. selected as psychobiographical subject through non-probability purposive sampling. The researchers uncovered reconstructed Strauss's by utilising Componential Model Creativity (CMC) proposed Teresa Amabile. Alexander's indicators thematic salience were utilised assist demarcating vast amount publicly available primary secondary biographical historical literature Strauss. constructs model, Amabilei, consist (a) domain-relevant skills, (b) creativity-relevant processes, (c) intrinsic motivation, (d) synergistic extrinsic (e) work orientation, (f) affect, (g) finding meaning. Most found align with personality determined preliminary review information across lifespan Findings indicate that creativity, conductor light music, well illustrated explained Amabile's model. article highlights relevance case-study understanding lives significant people, particularly those individuals who made contributions classical music industry. Using CMC allowed furthermore describe explain how factors influence output individuals, providing broader creativity.
Язык: Английский
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1Psychobiography
Oxford University Press eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Окт. 24, 2024
Abstract This book explains what makes for effective, accurate, compelling psychobiography. Psychobiography refers to the study, using psychological perspectives, of lives notable figures in history, politics, intellectual life, arts, and other fields. The essence psychobiography is gaining access inner world subjects: Why did they act as did? What are their motivations, strivings, preoccupations? Research basis Materials such letters, diaries, dreams, Freudian slips, fantasies especially revealing therefore useful analysis. Authors psychobiographies inevitably have a relationship with subjects; must be able gain insight through this without being thrown off by either idealizing or denigrating subjects. It essential take into account subject’s culture: if an author today writes about person who lived years ago, that person’s culture was significantly different from author’s. Foisting theory onto subject fatal mistake. Instead, should open up, not close down; provide new questions, easy answers; complicate, simplify. valuable psychobiographers learn subjects’ narrative identities—the way individuals feel themselves, expressed stories tell themselves. ultimate challenge authors, once information guidelines mind, analyze Some methods recommended. One Irving Alexander’s “Identifiers Salience.” Another method, “multiplex analysis,” results creating explanatory structure interacting, reinforcing whole.
Язык: Английский
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1Servant Leadership During a Struggle for Political Freedom
Springer eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 199 - 225
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023
Язык: Английский
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4Angela Merkel and Graça Machel: The Comparative Heroine’s Journeys of Two Women Leaders Beyond WEIRD
Springer eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 265 - 286
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023
Язык: Английский
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3Graça Simbine Machel: A Psychobiography of an Ultra-Committed Change-Maker and Global Woman Activist
Springer eBooks, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 117 - 135
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023
Язык: Английский
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