The reality of social construction / Dave Elder-Vass.
"'Social construction' is a central metaphor in contemporary social science, yet it is used and understood in widely divergent and indeed conflicting ways by different thinkers. Most commonly, it is seen as radically opposed to realist social theory. Dave Elder-Vass argues that social...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Social Ontology: 1. Introduction; 2. Norm circles
- Part II. Culture: 3. Culture and rules; 4. Institutional reality
- Part III. Language: 5. Signification; 6. Langue and parole; 7. Categories, essences and sexes
- Part IV. Discourse: 8. Discourse; 9. Cultures and classes; 10. Subjects
- Part V. Knowledge: 11. Knowledge; 12. Reality; 13. Conclusion.