ISBN:
0803984103
,
0803984111
,
9780803984103
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 253 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Representing Reality
DDC:
306.4/2
Keywords:
Social epistemology
;
Knowledge, Sociology of
;
Constructivism (Psychology)
Abstract:
`This is an admirable book which can be recommended to students with confidence, and is likely also to become an indispensable source of reference for those researching fact construction' - Discourse & Society. How is reality manufactured? The idea of social construction has become a commonplace of much social research, yet precisely what is constructed, and how , and even what constructionism means , is often unclear or taken for granted. In this major work, Jonathan Potter offers a fascinating tour of the central themes raised by these questions. Representing Reality overviews the different
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 - Social Studies of Science; 2 - Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis; 3 - Semiology - Post-Structuralism - Postmodernism; 4 - Discourse and Construction; 5 - Interests and Category Entitlements; 6 - Constructing Out-There-Ness; 7 - Working Up Representations; 8 - Criticizing Facts; Appendix; References; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-247) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
http://sk.sagepub.com/books/representing-reality
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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