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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826347003321

Autore

Gergen Kenneth J

Titolo

Social construction in context / / Kenneth J. Gergen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2001

ISBN

0-7619-6545-9

1-4462-2868-1

1-280-37005-X

9786610370054

1-4129-3213-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 223 p.)

Disciplina

302/.12

Soggetti

Social perception

Subjectivity

Cultural relativism

Construction (Philosophy)

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Constructionism and Realism: A Necessary Collision?; Chapter 2 -The Place of the Psyche in Constructed World; Chapter 3 - The Limits of Pure Critique; Chapter 4 - Who Speaks and Who Responds in the Human Sciences?; Chapter 5 - History and Psychology: Conflict and Communion; Chapter 6 - Therapy as Social Construction; Chapter 7 - Social Construction and Pedagogical Practice; Chapter 8 - The Ethical Challenge of Global Organization; Chapter 9 - Organizational Science in a Postmodern Context

Chapter 10 - From Identity Relational PoliticsChapter 11 - Technology, Self and the Moral Project; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book 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.