Constructing Identities The Social, the Nonhuman and Change |
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| Author:
| Michael, Mike |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84920-664-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This volume provides a distinctive overview and analysis of the place of social constructionism in social psychology. The author′s arguments revolve around two key questions: How can social constructionism account for changes in human identities? In what ways might social constructionism accommodate a role for nonhumans - whether technological or `natural′ - in the constitution of identity?
Michael locates these questions between recent innovations in social psychology...
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This volume provides a distinctive overview and analysis of the place of social constructionism in social psychology. The author′s arguments revolve around two key questions: How can social constructionism account for changes in human identities? In what ways might social constructionism accommodate a role for nonhumans - whether technological or `natural′ - in the constitution of identity?
Michael locates these questions between recent innovations in social psychology and the highly influential contributions of actor-network theory, which has come to dominate the sociology of scientific knowledge.