Social Construction in Context

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SAGE, 03.04.2001 - 240 Seiten
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. First order issues of concern within the academic world, objectivity, truth, power and ideology, are now being augmented by widespread developments in practice - therapeutic, pedagogical, organizational and political. This book looks closely at these developments and examines both the positive potentials and limitations of social constructionist theory when applied to a variety of domains. It has been written in an accessible and scholarly manner making it suitable for a wide-ranging readership.

 

Inhalt

Introduction
1
Social Construction and the Human Sciences
7
Chapter 2 The Place of the Psyche in Constructed World
25
Chapter 3 The Limits of Pure Critique
44
Chapter 4 Who Speaks and Who Responds in the Human Sciences?
63
Conflict and Communion
82
Social Construction and Societal Practice
96
Chapter 7 Social Construction and Pedagogical Practice
115
Chapter 8 The Ethical Challenge of Global Organization
137
Chapter 9 Organizational Science in a Postmodern Context
149
Social Construction and Cultural Context
169
Chapter 11 Technology Self and the Moral Project
184
Bibliography
198
Index
220
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Autoren-Profil (2001)

Kenneth J. Gergen is a Senior Research Professor in Psychology at Swarthmore College, and the President of the Taos Institute. He is internationally known for his contributions to social constructionist theory, technology and cultural change, the self, aging, education, and relational theory and practices. His major writings include, Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction, The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life, and Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community. His most recent work Beyond the Tyranny of Testing: Relational Evaluation in Education (with Scherto Gill) offers a relational constructionist alternative to the destructive practices of testing and grading in education. Gergen lectures throughout the world, and has received numerous awards for his work, including honorary degrees in both the U.S. and Europe.

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