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H. Mead (see Thayer, 1982). It was Mead who first established what Kelly refers to as sociality, the construction of others’ constructions of 14 Trevor Butt and Bill Warren the world and of oneself. For both, the self is a social construction, and not some spiritual gyroscope at the person’s center. Here is Kelly: Some writers have considered it advisable to try to distinguish between “external” events and “internal” events. In our system there is no particular need for making this kind of distinction.

The book concludes with an appendix introducing personal construct psychology and its terminology. It has been a pleasure to have been joined in this venture by authors from 12 different countries, ranging from former students of Kelly and others who have contributed to the field for many years to some who are in the xxix Preface early stages of their careers. We are indebted to them for their enthusiasm, for the quality of their work, and for their tolerance of editors whose ­construing must at times have appeared irritatingly tight.

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