Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge

Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge by K. J. Gergen.

This century has been characterized by a strong and pervasive belief in "certainty through science. " It is a belief that has been nurtured by philosophers, scientists, and governing bodies alike. And, where vocal reassurance has failed to convince, modem technology has more than compensat...

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Main Author: Gergen, K. J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1982.
Edition:1st ed. 1982.
Series:Springer Series in Social Psychology
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Personality.
Social psychology.
Social sciences.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Traditional Science in a World of Change
  • Assumptive Bases in the Sociobehavioral Sciences
  • The Threat of Instability
  • Decomposing Patterned Behavior
  • Fundamental Assumptions Revisited: The Hypothesis Test
  • The Retrenchment of Traditional Science
  • 2. The Communal Basis of Social Knowledge
  • A Dilemma Solved and a Crisis Created
  • Science and the Dilemma of Identification
  • Descriptive Language: From Neurons to Nurturance
  • The Revitalization of Theory
  • The Significance of Empirical Research
  • 3. Generative Theory and Degenerative Metatheory
  • The Impact on Theory of Logical Empiricist Metatheory
  • Methodological Selection and Theoretical Constraint: The Controlled Experiment
  • Metatheoretical Constraints on Generative Theory
  • The Development of Generative Theory
  • 4. The Turning Point in Life-Span Study
  • From the Stable to the Aleatory in Developmental Trajectory
  • The Emergence of Autonomous Self-Direction
  • The Functional Utility of Life-Span Theory
  • 5. The Historical Context of Transformation
  • The Pivotal Conflict: Exogenic versus Endogenic World Views
  • The Struggle toward a New Science
  • Metatheoretical Bases for a Unified Alternative
  • Toward a Sociorationalism
  • References
  • Author Index.

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