Cultural psychology and the art of life: Some thoughts on the work of Ernst E. Boesch

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-314

  Staudinger, Ursula M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action theory; Aesthetics; Art of life; Cultural psychology; Methodological pluralism; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031286294     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9733005     Document Type: Article

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