His theory of social representations is now widespread in understanding this process of cultural knowledge and science.

Instead, it is hoped to clarify some central issues relating to the important, but difficult, concept of social representation.

It is not difficult to find examples of theorists writing about social representations in universal terms.

According to this characterization there cannot be a society without social representations.

Nevertheless, there is a crucial difference between the cognitive approach and that of social representations.

The particular conception sees both processes as necessary features of a social representation.

According to the universal conception, the traditional Jew might possess a social representation of a bush.

Thus, transcendentalist patterns of belief should not count as social representations.

Theorists must also study what are not social representations.

The images, or social representations, of prejudice and racism will be similar.