Shared Beliefs in a Society

Download or read book Shared Beliefs in a Society written by Daniel Bar-Tal and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-07-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shared Beliefs in a Society is a much-needed contribution to societal psychology, a new emerging subfield of social psychology, which studies societies from a social psychological perspective. Daniel Bar-Tal presents his work of the last 15 years on shared beliefs in societies under one conceptual framework from which to identify beliefs held in common by entire societies and nations. Using examples form the history, politics, sociology, culture, and education from different societies, the author offers that social psychology can provide a unique perspective on society, but it can also benefit from integrating contributions from other social sciences into its own theorizing effort.