The Reality of Social Construction

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Beschreibung

'Social construction' is a central metaphor in contemporary social science, yet it is used and understood in widely divergent and indeed conflicting ways by different thinkers. Most commonly, it is seen as radically opposed to realist social theory. Dave Elder-Vass argues that social scientists should be both realists and social constructionists and that coherent versions of these ways of thinking are entirely compatible with each other. This book seeks to transform prevailing understandings of the relationship between realism and constructionism. It offers a thorough ontological analysis of the phenomena of language, discourse, culture and knowledge, and shows how this justifies a realist version of social constructionism. In doing so, however, it also develops an analysis of these phenomena that is significant in its own right.

Über den Autor

Dave Elder-Vass is a Lecturer in Sociology at Loughborough University. He is the author of The Causal Power of Social Structures (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Social Ontology: 1. Introduction; 2. Norm circles; Part II. Culture: 3. Culture and rules; 4. Institutional reality; Part III. Language: 5. Signification; 6. Langue and parole; 7. Categories, essences and sexes; Part IV. Discourse: 8. Discourse; 9. Cultures and classes; 10. Subjects; Part V. Knowledge: 11. Knowledge; 12. Reality; 13. Conclusion.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781107630161
ISBN-10:	1107630169
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Elder-Vass, Dave
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Dave Elder-Vass
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.04.2013
Gewicht:	0,484 kg