Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge - Softcover

Gergen, Kenneth J.

 
9780803989726: Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803989725 ISBN 13: 9780803989726
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

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 corrected by scientific observation, Gergen provides a bold interdisciplinary challenge to traditional views, thus clearing the way for significant alterations in scientific practice. In the preface to the Second Edition, Gergen describes the major movements taking place since the First Edit

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kenneth J. Gergen is a Senior Research Professor in Psychology at Swarthmore College, and the President of the Taos Institute. He is internationally known for his contributions to social constructionist theory, technology and cultural change, the self, aging, education, and relational theory and practices. His major writings include, Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction, The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life, and Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community. His most recent work Beyond the Tyranny of Testing: Relational Evaluation in Education (with Scherto Gill) offers a relational constructionist alternative to the destructive practices of testing and grading in education. Gergen lectures throughout the world, and has received numerous awards for his work, including honorary degrees in both the U.S. and Europe.

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Verlag
SAGE Publications Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0803989725
ISBN 13 
9780803989726
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
260
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Verantwortliche Person
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