Social Constructionism

By Tom Strong and Andy Lock

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521708354
• ISBN13: 9780521708357
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.6"