Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and PerformanceSAGE Publications, 2001 - 229 pages Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology introduces a distinctive new mode in doing psychology. This psychology is based on an increasingly popular range of ideas called social constructionism. Within the book, new forms of theory and methods of inquiry relating social constructionism to feminist topics are introduced. Each chapter highlights different topics of special concern within gender studies, especially the psychology of women. The book draws from the central tenets of postmodern inquiry, as played out in the positive framework of social constructionism. Emphasized are reflexivity, the social basis of reality making, the breakdown of traditional narrative forms, the loss of objectivity as a scientific standard, and the possibilities for new forms of doing research. In this respect, the book is unique and serves to provide a point of view on an intriguing movement that is gaining momentum across the social sciences and humanities. |
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... objective " field of inquiry , and culminate in general laws of nature , which could be universally applied ( K. J. Gergen , 1994 ; Higgins & Kruglanski , 1996 ) . This reasoning , which should sound very familiar to all of us , has ...
... objective and proper methods , he illustrated his point of view , which at heart is highly critical of this seemingly positive soci- etal artifact . Theme 2 : Value Statements Are Integrated Into Scientific Work - The Personal Is ...
... objective field of inquiry and tried to do damage control in his later works ( Kuhn , 1977 ) . 23. Harding's typology , as well as Rosemary Tong's ( 1989 ) , refers only to the French feminists Cixous , Irigaray , and Kristeva when they ...
Contents
The Emergence of Feminist Postmodern Psychology | 9 |
Pieces of a Dream | 52 |
Bodies Under Construction | 72 |
Copyright | |
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Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance Mary Gergen Limited preview - 2000 |
Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender, and Performance Mary Gergen No preview available - 2001 |