REALITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS by Kenneth J. Gergen ( 9780674749313 )

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Title:

REALITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS
SOUNDINGS IN SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION

By:

Kenneth J. Gergen

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Paperback

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0674749316

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9780674749313

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

29 August, 1997

Pages:

368

Description:

Recent attempts to challenge the primacy of reason have focused on processes of discourse. This book considers these challenges to empiricism under the banner of "social construction", aiming to outline elements of a social constructionist perspective and to illustrate its potential.

Synopsis:

Recent attempts to challenge the primacy of reason - and its realization in foundationalist accounts of knowledge and cognitive formulations of human action - have focused on processes of discourse. Drawing from social and literary accounts of discourse, Kenneth Gergen considers these challenges to empiricism under the banner of "social construction". His aim is to outline the major elements of a social constructionist perspective, to illustrate its potential, and to initiate debate on the future of constructionist pursuits in the human sciences generally and in psychology in particular.

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Harvard University Press

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