Social Constructionism, Discourse and Realism

Ian Parker is Professor of Psychology in the Discourse Unit at Bolton Institute. He is author of Psychoanalytic Culture (SAGE, 1997) and co-author of Deconstructing Psychopathology (SAGE, 1995).CONTRIBUTORSSteven D Brown Keele UniversityVivien Burr University of HuddersfieldAndrew Collier University of SouthamptonBronwyn Davies James Cook UniversityDon Foster University of Cape TownKenneth J Gergen Swarthmore CollegeRom Harre Oxford UniversityMaritza Montero Universidad Central de VenezuelaJonathan Potter Loughborough UniversityJoan Pujol University of HuddersfieldCarla Willig Middlesex University

• Foreword - Rom Harr[ac]eRealism, Relativism and Critique in Psychology - Ian ParkerPART ONE: DEBATESOverview - Vivien BurrRealism, Relativism, Social Constructionism and DiscourseFragments in the Realization of Relativism - Jonathan PotterLanguage, Practice and Realism - Andrew CollierWhat Is To Be Done? (With Apologies to Lenin!) - Ruth MerttensAs One in a Web? Discourse, Materiality and the Place of Ethics - Steven D Brown and Joan Pujol with Beryl C CurtSocial Constructionism and Revolutionary Socialism - Carla WilligA Contradiction in Terms?PART TWO: COMMENTARIESAcross the S-S Divide - Don FosterThe Perverse and Pervasive Character of Reality - Maritza MonteroSome Comments on the Effects of Monism and DualismPsychology′s Subject - Bronwyn DaviesA Commentary on the Relativism/Realism DebateConstructionism and Realism - Kenneth J GergenHow Are We To Go On?