Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism
1st Edition
Published on 28. April 1998
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-7619-5376-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book charts a clear and accessible path through some of the key debates in contemporary psychology. 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 tensions go to the heart of current theoretical and methodological issues, not only within psychology but across the social and human sciences. By mapping the connections between theory, method and politics in social research and placing these within the context of the broader social constructionist and discursive debates, the internationally renowned contributors offer the reader an invaluable survey of the debates.
Relativist versus realist tensions go to the heart of current theoretical and methodological issues, not only within psychology but across the social and human sciences. By mapping the connections between theory, method and politics in social research and placing these within the context of the broader social constructionist and discursive debates, the internationally renowned contributors offer the reader an invaluable survey of the debates.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-5376-0 (9780761953760)
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Ian Parker is Professor of Psychology in the Discourse Unit at Bolton Institute. He is author of Psychoanalytic Culture (SAGE, 1997) and co-author of Deconstructing Psychopathology (SAGE, 1995).
CONTRIBUTORS
Steven D Brown Keele University
Vivien Burr University of Huddersfield
Andrew Collier University of Southampton
Bronwyn Davies James Cook University
Don Foster University of Cape Town
Kenneth J Gergen Swarthmore College
Rom Harre Oxford University
Maritza Montero Universidad Central de Venezuela
Jonathan Potter Loughborough University
Joan Pujol University of Huddersfield
Carla Willig Middlesex University
CONTRIBUTORS
Steven D Brown Keele University
Vivien Burr University of Huddersfield
Andrew Collier University of Southampton
Bronwyn Davies James Cook University
Don Foster University of Cape Town
Kenneth J Gergen Swarthmore College
Rom Harre Oxford University
Maritza Montero Universidad Central de Venezuela
Jonathan Potter Loughborough University
Joan Pujol University of Huddersfield
Carla Willig Middlesex University
Content
Foreword - Rom Harr[ac]e
Realism, Relativism and Critique in Psychology - Ian Parker
PART ONE: DEBATES
Overview - Vivien Burr
Realism, Relativism, Social Constructionism and Discourse
Fragments in the Realization of Relativism - Jonathan Potter
Language, Practice and Realism - Andrew Collier
What Is To Be Done? (With Apologies to Lenin!) - Ruth Merttens
As One in a Web? Discourse, Materiality and the Place of Ethics - Steven D Brown and Joan Pujol with Beryl C Curt
Social Constructionism and Revolutionary Socialism - Carla Willig
A Contradiction in Terms?
PART TWO: COMMENTARIES
Across the S-S Divide - Don Foster
The Perverse and Pervasive Character of Reality - Maritza Montero
Some Comments on the Effects of Monism and Dualism
Psychology's Subject - Bronwyn Davies
A Commentary on the Relativism/Realism Debate
Constructionism and Realism - Kenneth J Gergen
How Are We To Go On?
Realism, Relativism and Critique in Psychology - Ian Parker
PART ONE: DEBATES
Overview - Vivien Burr
Realism, Relativism, Social Constructionism and Discourse
Fragments in the Realization of Relativism - Jonathan Potter
Language, Practice and Realism - Andrew Collier
What Is To Be Done? (With Apologies to Lenin!) - Ruth Merttens
As One in a Web? Discourse, Materiality and the Place of Ethics - Steven D Brown and Joan Pujol with Beryl C Curt
Social Constructionism and Revolutionary Socialism - Carla Willig
A Contradiction in Terms?
PART TWO: COMMENTARIES
Across the S-S Divide - Don Foster
The Perverse and Pervasive Character of Reality - Maritza Montero
Some Comments on the Effects of Monism and Dualism
Psychology's Subject - Bronwyn Davies
A Commentary on the Relativism/Realism Debate
Constructionism and Realism - Kenneth J Gergen
How Are We To Go On?