Social constructionism, discourse and realism

Social constructionism, discourse and realism / edited by Ian Parker.

Drawing upon the wider critical and discursive turn in the human sciences, Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism explores comprehensively the many claims about what we can know of `reality' in social constructionist and discursive research in psychology. Relativist versus realist tensio...

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Other Authors: Parker, Ian, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 1998.
Series:Inquiries in social construction.
Subjects:
Social psychology.
Subjectivity.
Discourse analysis.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Social psychology > Philosophy.
Relativity.
Realism.
social psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Social psychology > Philosophy
Relativity
Realism
Discourse analysis
Social psychology
Social sciences > Philosophy
Subjectivity
Wetenschapsfilosofie.
Psychologie.
Constructivisme.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Rom Harre. 1. Realism, Relativism and Critique in Psychology / Ian Parker
  • pt. I. Debates. 2. Overview: Realism, Relativism, Social Constructionism and Discourse / Vivien Burr. 3. Fragments in the Realization of Relativism / Jonathan Potter. 4. Language, Practice and Realism / Andrew Collier. 5. What is to be done? (With Apologies to Lenin!) / Ruth Merttens. 6. As One in a Web? Discourse, Materiality and the Place of Ethics / Steven D. Brown, Joan Pujol and Beryl C. Curt. 7. Social Constructionism and Revolutionary Socialism: A Contradiction in Terms? / Carla Willig
  • pt. II. Commentaries. 8. Across the S-S Divide / Don Foster. 9. The Perverse and Pervasive Character of Reality: Some Comments on the Effects of Monism and Dualism / Maritza Montero. 10. Psychology's Subject: A Commentary on the Relativism/Realism Debate / Bronwyn Davies. 11. Constructionism and Realism: How Are We to Go On? / Kenneth J. Gergen.

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