Social Constructionist Psychology Paperback / softback
by David Nightingale, John Cromby
Paperback / softback
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* How can ideas about the social construction of reality be reconciled with the material and embodied aspects of our being?* In what ways can a realist framework inform social constructionist research?* What are the limits of social constructionism?This accessible text draws together for the first time a wide range of emerging issues, ideas and discussions in constructionist psychology.
It shows how these issues are relevant to everyday life, using carefully-chosen examples to illustrate its arguments, and provides a coherent and challenging introduction to the field. The book explores the growing conviction that dominant 'discursive' trends in social constructionism - which deal with the analysis of language and discourse to the exclusion of the material world, embodiment, personal-social history, and power - are inadequate or incomplete and risk preventing social constructionism from maturing into a viable and coherent body of theory, method and practice.
In highlighting what are seen as deficiencies in current constructionist approaches, it inevitably takes a somewhat critical stance.
However, the contributing authors are committed to a constructionist analysis of the human condition - into which they seek to reintegrate the material and embodied aspects of our nature.
As a result, the completion of social constructionism is brought a step closer and its continued importance is underlined.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Open University Press
- Publication Date:16/09/1999
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- ISBN:9780335201921
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Open University Press
- Publication Date:16/09/1999
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- ISBN:9780335201921
