Displacement of Concepts

<p><strong>Tavistock Press</strong> was established as a co-operative venture between the <strong>Tavistock Institute</strong> and <strong>Routledge & Kegan Paul</strong> (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. <br> This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by <strong>Routledge,</strong> 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name <em>The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press</em>.<br> Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1963 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.</p> Part I The Radical Function; 1. Asking the Question: A Review of some Theories of the Formation of New Concepts; 2. Starting from Scratch: Treating the New in Terms of the Old; 3. Analogy and Metaphor; 4. A Close Look at the Displacement of Concepts; Part II The Conservative Function; 5. The Conservative Function of the Displacement of Concepts; Part III Conclusions; 6. The Life of Metaphors in Theory: A Speculative Conclusion;