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Is there an alternative to the mainstream of psychology, one that could help to better understand the fundamental problem of meaning-making?

On September 20, Brian Schiff, head of AUP鈥檚 Psychology, Health and Gender Department, entertained a roundtable of scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss the launch of his new book: A New Narrative for Psychology (Oxford Press). The roundtable consisted of guests and 国产三级片scholars Matti Hyv盲rinen (Professor, University of Tampere), Sylvie Patron (ma卯tre de conf茅rences, Paris Diderot), Jens Brockmeier (Professor, The American University of Paris) and Maria Medved (Professor, The American University of Paris). Each scholar affirmed the critique of contemporary methods undertaken by Professor Schiff鈥檚 book and the 鈥渕any years of work and reflection鈥� by Professor Schiff that enabled him to delineate the new, congruent field of narrative psychology and its crucial role in the study of psychology.

The discussion of Professor Schiff鈥檚 book illustrated his strong perspective on the need for disciplinary change and what mainstream psychological studies may be missing if these studies do not start with persons in multiple social contexts such as history, culture, and social relations. His premise is that one 鈥渃an鈥檛 understand human psychology without narrative.鈥� As befitting a roundtable of scholars from diverse disciplines鈥攕ociology and political science, psychology, and literary narratology鈥攅ach scholar also offered reactions to the book from their respective disciplines and contributed new and occasionally diverging thoughts on the topic of narrative psychology.

Professor Schiff鈥檚 book: A New Narrative for Psychology (Oxford Press) is .