Social constructionism : sources and stirrings in theory and practice / Andy Lock, Tom Strong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lock, Andrew, author.

Strong, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social constructionism.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 383 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Social 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.

Contents:

Giambattista Vico

Phenomenology

Hermeneutics

Marxism and language

Lev Vygotsky

Meaning and perspectives: George Herbert Mead and Jakob von Uexküll

Ludwig Wittgenstein: 'Shewing out of the bottle'

Gregory Bateson: a cybernetic view of communication and human interaction

Sociologies- micro and macro: Garfinkel, Goffman and Giddens

Sources of the self

Michel Foucault and his challenges

Discourse analysis

Ken and Mary Gergen

Rom Harré

John Shotter

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-21113-1

1-282-53899-3

9786612538995

0-511-81545-X

0-511-67888-6

0-511-67763-4

0-511-68211-5

0-511-68409-6

0-511-68013-9

OCLC:

609860347