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Kenneth J. Gergen
Researcher at Swarthmore College
Publications - 379
Citations - 36922
Kenneth J. Gergen is an academic researcher from Swarthmore College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social constructionism & Social psychology (sociology). The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 378 publications receiving 36090 citations. Previous affiliations of Kenneth J. Gergen include Harvard University & Duke University.
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An invitation to social construction
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the social origins of the real and the good grounding dialogogues on social construction from deconstruction to reconstruction, from "what is" to "what could be" together.
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The Saturated Self Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life
TL;DR: The Self Under Siege: From the Romantic to the Modern Vision of Self as mentioned in this paper, Social Saturation and the Populated Self * Truth in Trouble * The Emergence of Post Modern Culture * From Self to Relationship * A Collage of Postmodern Life * Self-Renewal and Sincerity * Reckoning and Relativity
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Realities and Relationships: Soundings in Social Construction
TL;DR: From Individual Knowledge to Communal Construction The Impasse of Individual Knowledge Crisis in Representation and the Emergence of Social Construction Constructionism in Question Social Construction and Moral Orders Criticism and Consequence Social Psychology and the Wrong Revolution as mentioned in this paper.
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Social Psychology as History
TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of theory and research in social psychology reveals that while methods of research are scientific in character, theories of social behavior are primarily reflections of contemporary history, and the dissemination of psychological knowledge modifies the patterns of behavior upon which the knowledge is based.