9780803989726-0803989725-Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge

Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9780803989726
ISBN-10: 0803989725
Edition: 2nd
Author: Kenneth J. Gergen
Publication date: 1994
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780803989726
ISBN-10: 0803989725
Edition: 2nd
Author: Kenneth J. Gergen
Publication date: 1994
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback 288 pages

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Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge (ISBN-13: 9780803989726 and ISBN-10: 0803989725), written by authors Kenneth J. Gergen, was published by SAGE Publications Ltd in 1994. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Social Psychology & Interactions (Psychology & Counseling, Social Psychology & Interactions, Psychology, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Behavioral Sciences, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Social Psychology & Interactions books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.32.

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Critical resistance to traditional empirical methods and the quest for foundational knowledge of human action is widespread. Recognition of theoretical and methodological inadequacies has sparked a search for a more robust conception of human science.

This fascinating and carefully reasoned book develops the argument for human science as social construction. Demonstrating that descriptions of human action can neither be derived from nor corrected by scientific observation, Gergen provides a bold interdisciplinary challenge to traditional views, thus clearing the way for significant alterations in scientific practice. In the preface to the Second Edition, Gergen describes the major movements taking place since the First Edit

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