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The Dialogical Self: Toward a Theory of Personal and Cultural Positioning

Hermans, Hubert J.M.·2001·Culture & Psychology
DOI 10.1177/1354067x0173001
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The dialogical self proposes a far-reaching decentralization of both the concept of self and the concept of culture. At the intersection between the psychology of the self in the tradition of William James and the dialogical school in the tradition of Mikhail Bakhtin, the proposed view challenges both the idea of a core, essential self and the idea of a core, essential culture. In apparent contradiction with such a view, the present viewpoint proposes to conceive self and culture as a multiplicity of positions among which dialogical relationships can be established. Particular attention is paid to collective voices, domination and asymmetry of social relations, and embodied forms of dialogue. Cultures and selves are seen as moving and mixing and as increasingly sensitive to travel and translocality. Three perspectives for future research of self and culture are briefly discussed: the shifting attention from core to contact zones; increasing complexity; and the experience of uncertainty.

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  • Continuing and unresolved conflicts and nonalignment between individuals' and organisations' expectations may result in resistance to institutional demands and hinder the development of a cohesive professional identity.

    “However, continuing and unresolved conflicts and nonalignment between individuals ' and organisations ' expectations may result in resistance to institutional demands (Billot 2010) and hinder the development of a cohesive professional identity (Hermans 2001; Silver 2003).”

    From Tensions and striving for coherence in an academic’s professional identity work (2018) · cites this paper as Hermans 2001

  • Dialogical self is a negotiated space and the voices within the self can be diverse or even contradictory.

    “Dialogical self is a negotiated space and the voices within the self can be diverse or even contradictory (Akkerman and Meijer 2011; Hermans 2001).”

    From Tensions and striving for coherence in an academic’s professional identity work (2018) · cites this paper as Hermans 2001

  • There is clear continuity in Anna's professional I-positioning and sense of self, as observed a year after the pedagogical studies.

    “There is clear continuity (Henkel 2000; Hermans 2001) in Anna ' s professional I-positioning and sense of self, as observed a year after the pedagogical studies.”

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Authors
Hermans, H. J. M.
Affiliations
Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Corresponding author
Hermans, Hubert J.M.
ORCID
Hermans, Hubert J.M.
Venue
Culture & Psychology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2001-09
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
243-281
ISSN
  • 1354-067X (ISSN-L)
  • 1461-7056
DOI
10.1177/1354067x0173001
OpenAlex
W2145793489
Cited by
1,488
References
4
Citations by year
2026: 112 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 93 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 93 · 2020: 83 · 2019: 57 · 2018: 84 · 2017: 108 · 2016: 63 · 2015: 63 · 2014: 70 · 2013: 59 · 2012: 84
FWCI
27.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Culture & Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Representations and Identity
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Education › Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies
Keywords
dialogical self, self and culture, personal positioning, cultural positioning, William James, Bakhtin, dialogism, collective voice, domination, translocality, contact zone, uncertainty

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