Toward transformation in social knowledge
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Toward transformation in social knowledge
Sage Publications, 1994
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Note
The first ed. was published by Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1982
Bibliography: p. [211]-246
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 Edition was published over a decade ago.
Table of Contents
Traditional Science in a World of Change
The Communal Basis of Social Knowledge
Generative Theory and Degenerative Metatheory
The Turning Point in Life-Span Study
The Historical Context of Transformation
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