Social Construction in Context.
Title:
Social Construction in Context.
Author:
Gergen, Kenneth J.
ISBN:
9781412932134
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (213 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Social Construction and the Human Sciences -- 1 Constructionism and Realism: A Necessary Collision? -- 2 The Place of the Psyche in a Constructed World -- 3 The Limits of Pure Critique -- 4 Who Speaks and Who Responds in the Human Sciences? -- 5 History and Psychology: Conflict and Communion -- Part II: Social Construction and Societal Practice -- 6 Therapy as Social Construction with Lisa Warhus -- 7 Social Construction and Pedagogical Practice with Stanton Wortham -- 8 The Ethical Challenge of Global Organization -- 9 Organizational Science in a Postmodern Context with Tojo Thatchenkery -- Part III: Social Construction and Cultural Context -- 10 From Identity to Relational Politics -- 11 Technology, Self and the Moral Project -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This latest book by one the world's leading protagonists in the field will be welcomed not just by psychologists but by students, academics and professionals interested in social constructionism across a wide range of subjects. Social Construction in Context explores the potentials of social constructionist theory when placed in diverse intellectual and practical contexts. It demonstrates the achievements of social constructionism, and what it can now offer various fields of inquiry, both academic, professional and applied, given the proliferation of the theory across the social sciences and humanities.
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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