Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction (Conversations in Social Construction Se)

Gergen, Kenneth J.

ISBN 10: 0674749316 / ISBN 13: 9780674749313

Published by Harvard University Press, 1997

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Synopsis:

Recent attempts to challenge the primacy of reason―and its realization in foundationalist accounts of knowledge and cognitive formulations of human action―have focused on processes of discourse. Drawing from social and literary accounts of discourse, Kenneth Gergen considers these challenges to empiricism under the banner of “social construction.” His aim is to outline the major elements of a social constructionist perspective, to illustrate its potential, and to initiate debate on the future of constructionist pursuits in the human sciences generally and psychology in particular.

About the Author: Kenneth J. Gergen is Senior Research Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College. He is the author of The Saturated Self and Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Realities and Relationships: Soundings in ...
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good