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In the Public Interest: Contemplating Seymour, Sin, and a Center
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Cook, Sarah L. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
In this article, the author will focus on Seymour's article titled, "And What is the Public Interest?" (Sarason, 1986). To the author, the core of the article is as follows: "And what is the public interest? At its phenomenological root it is a picture of a triad: the individual, the society, and the bases on which they give meaning to each other.…
Descriptors: Altruism, Psychology, Social Problems, Social Psychology
A Tribute to Seymour B. Sarason: Social Action and Public Policy
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Reppucci, N. Dickon – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Seymour was a renaissance man: widely read in not only psychology but also anthropology, sociology, philosophy, economics, political science, and most especially history. Seymour taught the author the value of being historically informed, which has been an invaluable tool ever since. Seymour had a way of conceptualizing and reformulating whatever…
Descriptors: Social Action, Social Change, Social Problems, Public Policy