Gergen, Kenneth J.

Realities and relationships : soundings in social construction / Kenneth J. Gergen. - xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-343) and index.

Preface -- From Individual Knowledge to Communal Construction -- The Impasse of Individual Knowledge -- Crisis in Representation and the Emergence of Social Construction -- Constructionism in Question -- Social Construction and Moral Orders -- Criticism and Consequence -- Social Psychology and the Wrong Revolution -- The Cultural Consequences of Deficit Discourse -- Objectivity as Rhetorical Achievement -- From Self to Relationship -- Self-Narration in Social Life -- Emotion as Relationship -- Transcending Narrative in the Therapeutic Context -- The Communal Origins of Meaning -- Deceit: From Conscience to Community -- Notes -- References -- Index. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. II. 5. 6. 7. III. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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Social psychology.
Knowledge, Sociology of
Interpersonal relations.
Discourse analysis

HM251. / G3475 1994

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