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This book uses real-world examples to bring together complex theories that are foundational to, and sometimes critical of, social constructionism in a way that is highly approachable for social sciences students.

This book uses real-world examples to bring together complex theories that are foundational to, and sometimes critical of, social constructionism in a way that is highly approachable for social sciences students.

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We enter an era of the unknown - global conditions move with unprecedented speed, unpredictably, disruptively, and uncontrollably. Conflict is unceasing and increasingly polarized. Global warming and the spread of deadly diseases are a threat to all. How are we to go on? One thing is clear: in these perilous conditions working together is imperative. As Gergen advances in this clear and compelling work, successful collaboration requires a radi...

30 Jahre, in denen die Psychologie die Nähe zu den Neurowissenschaften gesucht hat, gehen zu Ende. Zeit für einen Neuanfang. Kenneth Gergen, der zu den einflussreichsten Psychologen der Welt zählt, macht für die Psychologie den ersten Schritt zu einer Wende. In "Die Psychologie des Zusammenseins" bricht er mit der individualistischen Tradition, in der das autonome Selbst als das grundlegende Atom des sozialen Lebens betrachtet wird und begibt ...

Providing detailed illustrations using cases from pioneering schools around the globe at both the primary and secondary level, this book demonstrates how a relational orientation to evaluation in education can enhance learning processes, foster students' engagement and vitality relationships, and elevate the evaluation of teaching and the school as a whole.

Recent attempts to challenge the primacy of reason--and its realization in foundationalist accounts of knowledge and cognitive formulations of human action--have focused on processes of discourse. Drawing from social and literary accounts of discourse, Kenneth Gergen considers these challenges to empiricism under the banner of "social construction." His aim is to outline the major elements of a social constructionist perspective, to illustrate...

This book builds on two current developments in psychology scholarship and practice. The first centers on broad discontent with the individualist tradition in which the rational agent, or autonomous self, is considered the fundamental atom of social life. Critique of individualism spring not only from psychologists working in the academy, but also from communities of therapy and counseling. The second, and related development from which this w...

Drs. Mary and Ken Gergen are devoted to the cause of reinventing aging. To focus on the gains of aging is to realize that the later years are among the richest and most rewarding of one's life. In their dedication to this reconstruction, the Gergens publish the Positive Aging Newsletter, an electronic newsletter, available in seven languages (www.positiveaging.net). Here the Gergens share ideas and experiences designed to inspire others as the...

Relational Being first builds on the broad discontent with the individualist tradition in which the rational agent, or autonomous self, is considered the fundamental atom of social life. Speaking to scholars and social practitioners, the work sets out to develop and illustrate a far more radical and potentially exciting landscape of relational thought and practice.

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Der soziale Konstruktionismus ist eine Ausrichtung der Sozialpsychologie, die untersucht, wie gesellschaftliche Wirklichkeit über sprachliche Mittel hergestellt wird. Alles scheinbar Reale ist durch Beziehungen aufgebaute Konstruktion. Die Wurzeln dieses Ansatzes liegen in den USA. Seit einigen Jahren wird er jedoch auch in Europa als viel versprechend, innovativ und zukunftsträchtig wahrgenommen. Kenneth J. Gergen gilt als führender Vertrete...

Critical resistance to traditional empirical methods and the quest for foundational knowledge of human action is widespread. Recognition of theoretical and methodological inadequacies has sparked a search for a more robust conception of human science. This fascinating and carefully reasoned book develops the argument for human science as social construction. Demonstrating that descriptions of human action can neither be derived from nor corre...

This latest book by one the world's leading protagonists in the field will be welcomed not just by psychologists but by students, academics and professionals interested in social constructionism across a wide range of subjects. Social Construction in Context explores the potentials of social constructionist theory when placed in diverse intellectual and practical contexts. It demonstrates the achievements of social constructionism, and what ...

This latest book by one the world's leading protagonists in the field will be welcomed not just by psychologists but by students, academics and professionals interested in social constructionism across a wide range of subjects. Social Construction in Context explores the potentials of social constructionist theory when placed in diverse intellectual and practical contexts. It demonstrates the achievements of social constructionism, and what ...

This book challenges the popular and scholarly concepts of psychological reality throughout history.

Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen make a strong case for enriching the social sciences through performative work, establishing a framework for performative research and including many of their own performance works.

Social constructionist thought transforms psychotherapy, opening new vistas in understanding and practice. This work provides a brief introduction to social construction, and then illuminates the landscape of change. Special emphasis is given to topics of therapeutic communication, narrative, and therapeutic practices both traditional and contemporary. Critical chapters focus on the oppression of psychodiagnostic categories and the neuro/biolo...

`An interesting collection of the state of the art of social constructionism and therapy, and a major contribution to reflection on therapeutic theory and practice' - Changes `The chapters are interesting as windows into wider debates beyond therapy to those within the human sciences over the organization of meaning and change in culture... the value of this book is that it makes it possible for the reader to step back and think that therapy ...