An Invitation to Social Construction

by Gergen, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780803983779
• ISBN10: 0803983778
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-06
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Summary

'An Invitiation to Social Construction is a rewarding read for newcomers to social constructionist thinking and for those well acquainted with this view.' - New Therapist'Kenneth Gergen's new book, An Invitation to Social Construction, may be the best introduction to the scholarship on social constructionism available today - but that's not all it is. It is also an inspiring and optimistic vision of what we can do to create better lives for ourselves....Gergen's new book is a key book for you to read' - AmazonFrom a leading figure in the field, this introductory text forms an elegant overview of social constructionism that is at once wide-ranging and accessible.

Author Biography

Kenneth J. Gergen is Mustin Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College, USA and a founder of the Taos Institute

Table of Contents

Prologue: How Are We to Go On?	vi
Traditions in Trouble	1	(32)
The Communal Construction of the Real and the Good	33	(29)
Discourse and Emancipation	62	(28)
Horizons of Human Inquiry	90	(25)
Toward Relational Selves	115	(27)
Dialogic Potentials	142	(25)
A Profusion of Practices	167	(27)
Postmodern Culture: Adventures in Analysis	194	(26)
Constructionism in Question	220	(22)
Index	242