Reconstructing the Psychological Subject: Bodies, Practices, and Technologies (Inquiries in Social Construction series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803976135 ISBN 13: 9780803976139

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

This major book offers a comprehensive overview of key debates on subjectivity and the subject in psychological theory and practice. In addition to social construction′s long engagement with social relations, this volume addresses questions of the body, technology, intersubjectivity, writing and investigative practices.

The internationally renowned contributors explore the tensions and opposing viewpoints raised by these issues, and show how analyzing the psychological subject interrelates with reforming the practices of psychology. Drawing on perspectives that include feminism, dialogics, poststructuralism, hermeneutics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and cultural or social studies of science, readers are guided through pivotal debates in the field.

About this title

About the Author

Betty M Bayer is an assistant professor of social psychology and teaches in women′s studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA. John Shotter is Professor of Interpersonal Relations in the Department of Communication, University of New Hampshire, USA.

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Betty M Bayer Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Michael Billig Loughborough University

Ben Bradley James Cook University of North Queensland

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803976135
• ISBN 13: 9780803976139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Bayer Betty, Shotter John