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). CONTRIBUTORS Steven D Brown Keele University Vivien Burr University of Huddersfield Andrew Collier University of Southampton Bronwyn Davies James Cook University Don Foster University of Cape Town Kenneth J Gergen Swarthmore College Rom Harre Oxford University Maritza Montero Universidad Central de Venezuela Jonathan Potter Loughborough University Joan Pujol University of Huddersfield Carla Willig Middlesex University

Foreword - Rom Harr[ac]e Realism, Relativism and Critique in Psychology - Ian Parker PART ONE: DEBATES Overview - Vivien Burr Realism, Relativism, Social Constructionism and Discourse Fragments in the Realization of Relativism - Jonathan Potter Language, Practice and Realism - Andrew Collier What Is To Be Done? (With Apologies to Lenin!) - Ruth Merttens As One in a Web? Discourse, Materiality and the Place of Ethics - Steven D Brown and Joan Pujol with Beryl C Curt Social Constructionism and Revolutionary Socialism - Carla Willig A Contradiction in Terms? PART TWO: COMMENTARIES Across the S-S Divide - Don Foster The Perverse and Pervasive Character of Reality - Maritza Montero Some Comments on the Effects of Monism and Dualism Psychology's Subject - Bronwyn Davies A Commentary on the Relativism/Realism Debate Constructionism and Realism - Kenneth J Gergen How Are We To Go On?