Reconstructing the Psychological Subject: Bodies, Practices, and Technologies (Inquiries in Social Construction series)

Reconstructing the Psychological Subject offers a comprehensive overview of key debates on subjectivity and the subject in psychological theory and practice. In addition to social constructionÆs long engagement with social relations, this volume addresses questions of the body, technology, intersubjectivity, writing, and investigative practices. An international cast of contributors explore the tensions and opposing viewpoints raised by these issues and shows how analyzing the psychological subject interrelates with reforming the practices of psychology. Drawing on perspectives that include feminism, dialogics, poststructuralism, hermeneutics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and cultural or social studies of science, readers are guided through pivotal debates in the field. Reconstructing the Psychological Subject will be invaluable reading for students and academics in psychology, social constructionism, communication studies, and social studies of science.

Betty M Bayer is an assistant professor of social psychology and teaches in women′s studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA. John Shotter is Professor of Interpersonal Relations in the Department of Communication, University of New Hampshire, USA.

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Betty M Bayer Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Michael Billig Loughborough University

Ben Bradley James Cook University of North Queensland