ABSTRACT

Two aims guide the interpretative reading of texts presented in the previous fourteen chapters. The first aim is exegetical: to present a psychologically nuanced appraisal of how these texts theoretically and analytically interconnect the psyche and the social. The second aim is pragmatic: to unearth from these texts theories and analytical practices that may assist those social scientists of today who remain open to, or are actually engaged in, the exploration of the role of the psyche in social reality.