Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism

by Ian Parker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761953779
• ISBN13: 9780761953777
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"