The Social Construction Of The Person
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The Social Construction Of The Person
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Author : K.J. Gergen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Social Construction Of The Person written by K.J. Gergen and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Psychology categories.
This volume grew out of a discussion between the editors at the Society for Experimental Social Psychology meeting in Nashville in 1981. For many years the Society has played a leading role in encouraging rigorous and sophisticated research. Yet, our discussion that day was occupied with what seemed a major problem with this fmely honed tradition; namely, it was preoccupied with "accurate renderings of reality," while generally insensitive to the process by which such renderings are achieved. This tradition presumed that there were "brute facts" to be discovered about human interaction, with little consideration of the social processes through which "factuality" is established. To what degree are accounts of persons constrained by the social process of rendering as opposed to the features of those under scrutiny? This concern with the social process by which persons are constructed was hardly ours alone. In fact, within recent years such concerns have been voiced with steadily increasing clarity across a variety of disciplines. Ethno methodologists were among the first in the social sciences to puncture the taken-for-granted realities of life. Many sociologists of science have also turned their attention to the way social organizations of scientists create the facts necessary to sustain these organizations. Historians of science have entered a similar enterprise in elucidating the social, economic and ideological conditions enabling certain formulations to flourish in the sciences while others are suppressed. Many social anthropologists have also been intrigued by cross-cultural variations in the concept of the human being.
The Social Construction Of Reality
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Author : Peter L. Berger
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2011-04-26
The Social Construction Of Reality written by Peter L. Berger and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-26 with Social Science categories.
A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced “a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally” (George Simpson, American Sociological Review). In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philosophers, Berger and Luckmann go beyond intellectual history and focus on commonsense, everyday knowledge—the proverbs, morals, values, and beliefs shared among ordinary people. When first published in 1966, this systematic, theoretical treatise introduced the term social construction,effectively creating a new thought and transforming Western philosophy.
An Introduction To Social Constructionism
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Author : Vivien Burr
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-07-13
An Introduction To Social Constructionism written by Vivien Burr and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-13 with Philosophy categories.
An invaluable, clear guide to social constructionism for all perplexed students who want to begin to understand this difficult area. Introduction to Social Constructionism is a readable and critical account of social constructionism for students new to the field. Focusing on the challenge to psychology that social constructionism poses, Vivien Burr examines the notion of 'personality' to illustrate the rejection of essentialism by social constructionists. This questions psychology's traditional understanding of the person. She then shows how the study of language can be used as a focus for our understanding of human behaviour and experience. This is continued by examining 'discourses' and their role in constructing social phenomena, and the relationship between discourse and power. However, the problems associated with these analyses are also clearly outlined. Many people believe that one of the aims of social science should be to bring about social change. Vivien Burr analyses what possibilities there might be for change in social constructionist accounts. She also addresses what social constructionism means in practice to research in the social sciences, and includes some guidelines on doing discourse analysis.
The Social Construction Of What
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Author : Ian Hacking
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2000-11-15
The Social Construction Of What written by Ian Hacking and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-15 with Science categories.
Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social construction, Ian Hacking reminds us. His book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality. Especially troublesome in this dispute is the status of the natural sciences, and this is where Hacking finds some of his most telling cases, from the conflict between biological and social approaches to mental illness to vying accounts of current research in sedimentary geology. He looks at the issue of child abuse—very much a reality, though the idea of child abuse is a social product. He also cautiously examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. In conclusion, Hacking comments on the “culture wars” in anthropology, in particular a spat between leading ethnographers over Hawaii and Captain Cook. Written with generosity and gentle wit by one of our most distinguished philosophers of science, this wise book brings a much needed measure of clarity to current arguments about the nature of knowledge.
An Invitation To Social Construction
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Author : Kenneth J Gergen
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2015-04-25
An Invitation To Social Construction written by Kenneth J Gergen and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-25 with Psychology categories.
This new edition of Kenneth J. Gergen’s celebrated text An Invitation to Social Construction is now even more accessible for students, offering a clear and thorough introduction to one of the most significant movements in contemporary social science. The Third Edition includes: updates reflecting the many new developments in theory, research, and practice a more student-friendly, personal writing style three new chapters on education, and therapy and health care, and organizations key insights into how social construction can help support you in your research projects, from start to finish. An Invitation to Social Construction is the must-read text for all social science students, academics and practitioners wishing to learn about social constructionism, along with the forms of inquiry and practice central to its impact.
The Social Construction Of Trust
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Author : Linda R. Weber
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Social Construction Of Trust written by Linda R. Weber and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Social Science categories.
Based on in-depth interviews designed to determine what trust is, how it is built, and how it is destroyed, this important new resource provides extensive insight into the fundamental process of interpersonal trust in the day-to-day lives of average people. It furnishes qualitative data analysis and offers a detailed definition of trust in a sociological context. This unique text is a valuable reference for sociologists, social and clinical psychologists, and students in these disciplines.
Social Construction
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Author : Kenneth J Gergen
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2003-04-03
Social Construction written by Kenneth J Gergen and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-03 with Psychology categories.
This reader introduces a number of important viewpoints central to social constructionism and charts the development of social constructionist thought.
The Social Construction Of Intellectual Disability
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Author : Mark Rapley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-06-10
The Social Construction Of Intellectual Disability written by Mark Rapley and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-10 with Psychology categories.
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Social Construction
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Author : Kenneth J Gergen
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2003-04-03
Social Construction written by Kenneth J Gergen and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-03 with Psychology categories.
This reader introduces a number of important viewpoints central to social constructionism and charts the development of social constructionist thought.
Social Constructionisms
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Author : Titus Hjelm
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-05-22
Social Constructionisms written by Titus Hjelm and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-22 with Social Science categories.
Social constructionism is one of the key ideas in the social sciences, offering different frameworks for understanding the human world. But what does it mean when we say that something is 'socially constructed'? What exactly do we construct in our social interaction? And what actually 'does' the constructing? This dynamic text invites critical reflection on these questions and more, outlining the various ways that social constructionist theory has been utilised in the social sciences. Hjelm introduces the basic assumptions of social constructionism - before examining the differences between various constructionist traditions and perspectives - from Berger and Luckmann's sociology of knowledge, to constructionist approaches in social psychology and discourse analysis. Through a diverse range of case studies on religion, crime, gender and the media, the chapters demonstrate how to apply constructionist ideas in empirical social research. Social Constructionisms is thus an invaluable source for students and scholars across the social sciences.