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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Psychology Social, group or collective psychology

• Full title: Social Constructionism
• Subtitle: Sources and Stirrings in Theory and Practice
• Author: Andy LockTom Strong
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 402
• EAN: 9780521881999
• ISBN: 0521881994
• ID: 02048878
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 95 g
• Dimensions: 254 × 179 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. March 2010

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