{"product_id":"social-constructionism-sources-and-stirrings-in-theory-and-practice-paperback-9780521708357","title":"Social Constructionism; Sources and Stirrings in Theory and Practice (Paperback) 9780521708357","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Constructionism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSources and Stirrings in Theory and Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA critical and thematic survey of the diverse traditions and recent developments within contemporary social constructionism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndy Lock (Author), Tom Strong (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521708357, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e402 pages, 4 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.7 x 17.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.8 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Andy Lock and Tom Strong skilfully situate current approaches to social constructionsim within an unbroken flow of work stretching back into the history of western thought as well as into places where it should develop further. Their work opens up whole new realms for possible empirical inquiries in the future. This is an exceptionally comprehensive survey that any psychologist interested in social constructionism should own. The authors are to be commended.' John Shotter, University of New Hampshire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSocial Constructionism: Sources and Stirrings in Theory and Practice offers an introduction to the different theorists and schools of thought that have contributed to the development of contemporary social constructionist ideas, charting a course through the ideas that underpin the discipline. From the New Science of Vico in the 18th century, through to Marxist writers, ethnomethodologists and Wittgenstein, ideas as to how socio-cultural processes provide the resources that make us human are traced to the present day. Despite constructionists often being criticised as 'relativists', 'activists' and 'anti-establishment' and for making no concrete contributions, their ideas are now being adopted by practically-oriented disciplines such as management consultancy, advertising, therapy, education and nursing. Andy Lock and Tom Strong aim to provoke a wider grasp of an alternative history and tradition that has developed alongside the one emphasised in traditional histories of the social sciences.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Giambattista Vico\u003cbr\u003e 3. Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hermeneutics\u003cbr\u003e 5. Marxism and language\u003cbr\u003e 6. Lev Vygotsky\u003cbr\u003e 7. Meanings and perspectives: George Herbert Mead and Jakob von Uexküll\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ludwig Wittgenstein: 'shewing the fly out of the bottle'\u003cbr\u003e 9. Gregory Bateson: a cybernetic view of communication and human interaction\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sociologies - micro and macro: Garfinkel, Goffman and Giddens\u003cbr\u003e 11. Sources of the self\u003cbr\u003e 12. Michel Foucault and his challenges\u003cbr\u003e 13. Discourse analysis\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ken and Mary Gergen\u003cbr\u003e 15. Rom Harre\u003cbr\u003e 16. John Shotter\u003cbr\u003e 17. Concluding remarks.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social, group or collective psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social, group or collective psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social,%20group%20or%20collective%20psychology%20%5BJMH%5D%22\"\u003eJMH\u003c\/a\u003e], Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e], Social theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20theory%20%5BJHBA%5D%22\"\u003eJHBA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002541035800,"sku":"9780521708357","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521708357i_0815931f-ccf5-4e03-aeb0-913768829c23.jpg?v=1691380243","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-constructionism-sources-and-stirrings-in-theory-and-practice-paperback-9780521708357","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}