Reality of social construction
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: xii, 283 p. : illISBN: 9781107024373 ; 1107024374 Subject(s): Social constructionismDDC classification: 302 Summary: "'Social construction' is a central metaphor in contemporary social science, yet it is used and understood in widely divergent and indeed conflicting ways by different thinkers. Most commonly, it is seen as radically opposed to realist social theory. Dave Elder-Vass argues that social scientists should be both realists and social constructionists, and that coherent versions of these ways of thinking are entirely compatible with each other. This book seeks to transform prevailing understandings of the relationship between realism and constructionism. It offers a thorough ontological analysis of the phenomena of language, discourse, culture, and knowledge, and shows how this justifies a realist version of social constructionism. In doing so, however, it also develops an analysis of these phenomena that is significant in its own right"--Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BK | Kannur University Central Library Stack | Stack | 302 ELD/R (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 36891 |
Browsing Kannur University Central Library shelves, Shelving location: Stack, Collection: Stack Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
"'Social construction' is a central metaphor in contemporary social science, yet it is used and understood in widely divergent and indeed conflicting ways by different thinkers. Most commonly, it is seen as radically opposed to realist social theory. Dave Elder-Vass argues that social scientists should be both realists and social constructionists, and that coherent versions of these ways of thinking are entirely compatible with each other. This book seeks to transform prevailing understandings of the relationship between realism and constructionism. It offers a thorough ontological analysis of the phenomena of language, discourse, culture, and knowledge, and shows how this justifies a realist version of social constructionism. In doing so, however, it also develops an analysis of these phenomena that is significant in its own right"--
There are no comments on this title.