Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency

From the reviews: “This book focuses on what personhood is -- a balance between biological phenomena and sociocultural influences. The ability to make changes in one’s life and impact the lives of others is what the authors set out to conceptualize. … Their intended audience includes ‘researchers in developmental, social, and clinical psychology as well as social science philosophers.’ … it does answer the question of selfhood and agency, i.e. making choices and decisions through emergentist theories and the perspectival self.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody’s Review Service, May, 2010) “Persons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency is a work of philosophical psychology … . authors do a fine job of reintroducing this work to the contemporary psychological audience. … The authors have made a valuable contribution to our understanding of persons, and their cogent exposition merits a reading. … One might expect greater coverage of related psychological theorizing (e.g., Bandura, 2001) and cognitive–developmental research … than they afford. … a testament to the presence of a philosophical psychology quite separate from mainstream psychology.” (David Patton Barone, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 55 (30), July, 2010)