Social Construction in ContextThis latest book by one the world's leading protagonists in the field will be welcomed not just by psychologists but by students, academics and professionals interested in social constructionism across a wide range of subjects. Social Construction in Context explores the potentials of social constructionist theory when placed in diverse intellectual and practical contexts. It demonstrates the achievements of social constructionism, and what it can now offer various fields of inquiry, both academic, professional and applied, given the proliferation of the theory across the social sciences and humanities. |
Contents
Who Speaks and Who Responds in the Human Sciences? | 63 |
Conflict and Communion | 82 |
Social Construction and Societal Practice | 96 |
Social Construction and Pedagogical Practice | 115 |
The Ethical Challenge of Global Organization | 137 |
Organizational Science in a Postmodern Context | 149 |
Social Construction and Cultural Context | 169 |
Technology Self and the Moral Project | 184 |
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| Title | Social Construction in Context Social Construction in Context, Kenneth J. Gergen |
| Author | Kenneth J Gergen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | SAGE, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0761965459, 9780761965459 |
| Length | 223 pages |
| Subjects | › › Psychology / Social Psychology Social Science / Sociology / General |
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