Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism

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Ian Parker
SAGE, 18. 6. 1998 - 159 strán (strany)
This book charts a clear and accessible path through some of the key debates in contemporary psychology. Drawing upon the wider critical and discursive turn in the human sciences, Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism explores comprehensively the many claims about what we can know of `reality' in social constructionist and discursive research in psychology.

Relativist versus realist tensions go to the heart of current theoretical and methodological issues, not only within psychology but across the social and human sciences. By mapping the connections between theory, method and politics in social research and placing these within the context of the broader social constructionist and discursive debates, the int

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Realism Relativism and Critique in Psychology
1
Realism Relativism Social Constructionism
13
Fragments in the Realization of Relativism
27
Language Practice and Realism
47
What is to be done? With Apologies to Lenin
59
As One in a Web? Discourse Materiality and the Place of Ethics
75
Across the SS Divide
107
A Commentary on
133
How Are We to Go
147
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Ian Parker is Professor of Psychology in the Discourse Unit at Bolton Institute. He is author of Psychoanalytic Culture (SAGE, 1997) and co-author of Deconstructing Psychopathology (SAGE, 1995). CONTRIBUTORS Steven D Brown Keele University Vivien Burr University of Huddersfield Andrew Collier University of Southampton Bronwyn Davies James Cook University Don Foster University of Cape Town Kenneth J Gergen Swarthmore College Rom Harre Oxford University Maritza Montero Universidad Central de Venezuela Jonathan Potter Loughborough University Joan Pujol University of Huddersfield Carla Willig Middlesex University

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