
Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism.
Title:
Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism.
Author:
Patrick, Ian.
ISBN:
9781848609273
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (146 pages)
Series:
Inquiries in Social Construction series
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 Realism, Relativism and Critique in Psychology -- Part I: Debates -- 2 Overview: Realism, Relativism, Social Constructionism and Discourse -- 3 Fragments in the Realization of Relativism -- 4 Language, Practice and Realism -- 5 What is to be done? (With Apologies to Lenin!) -- 6 As One in a Web? Discourse, Materiality and the Place of Ethics -- 7 Social Constructionism and Revolutionary Socialism: A Contradiction in Terms? -- Part II: Commentaries -- 8 Across the S-S Divide -- 9 The Perverse and Pervasive Character of Reality: Some Comments on the Effects of Monism and Dualism -- 10 Psychology's Subject: A Commentary on the Relativism/Realism Debate -- 11 Constructionism and Realism: How Are We to Go On? -- Index.
Abstract:
Drawing upon the wider critical and discursive turn in the human sciences, Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism explores comprehensively the many claims about what we can know of `reality' in social constructionist and discursive research in psychology. Relativist versus realist tensions go to the heart of current theoretical and methodological issues, not only within psychology but across the social and human sciences. By mapping the connections between theory, method and politics in social research and placing these within the context of the broader social constructionist and discursive debates, the internationally renowned contributors offer the reader an invaluable survey of the debates.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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