scholarly journals CRITICAL-DISCURSIVE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM: WHAT IS THE STANDPOINT OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM RESEARCH?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janicce Martínez Richard
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Formal Theory ◽  
Subject Position ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Scientific Truth ◽  
Epistemological Relativism

An overview of critical-discursive Social Constructionism is presented, showing its historical development and its critique of any methodological approaches that do not take into consideration the social-historical reality. In particular, it criticises the dualistic ‘external object - cognitive subject’ position of the Positivist current that has its roots in the Enlightenment and later in Modernity, which leads to a conception of reason and scientific truth as supposedly incontrovertible realities outside of any historical and social construction. Finally, social constructionism is presented not as a formal theory grounded of strict methodological principles, but rather as an approach that attempts to show the limitations of certain scientific or methodological views, emphasising the importance of social construction through language and the relative relevance of different positions, from which a certain vindication of epistemological relativism emerges.

scholarly journals Hayek, las ciencias y la praxeología

2017 ◽  
pp. 129-152
Author(s):  
Luis Luque Santoro
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Formal Theory ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Science Methodology ◽  
Complex Phenomena

This paper includes the main conclusions driven from a thorough com-pilation and interpretation of F.A. Hayek’s most relevant views on the subjects of philosophy of science, epistemology and methodology regarding social scien-ces. The dialogue that Hayek seems to establish between sciences and methods is particularly highlighted. This dialogue might be summarized in two ways: a «bottom-up» connection, by offering an alternative justification for methodologi-cal dualism and the proper methodological principles for the social sciences, from the perspetive of the natural sciences methodological paradigm in which Hayek frames his human mind theory in his work The Sensory Order; and a «top-down» connection, by concluding with respect to the complex phenomena theo-ries of natural sciences that there exist common methodological challenges with the social sciences, which require in both cases to take into account methodolo-gical differences not covered under the orthodox mainstream methodological paradigm. In this sense an interpretation of Hayek’s methodological approxima-tion to economics as an applied or empirical social science is proposed; which intends to offer explanations about concrete reality, as a necessary complement of Mises praxeology which instead only focuses on pure and formal theory. Keywords: Hayek; Philosophy of Science; Methodology; Praxeology; Pure Logic of Choice. JEL Classification: A12, A14, B41, B53. Resumen: En este trabajo se presentan las principales conclusiones de una detenida compilación e interpretación de los planteamientos más importantes de F.A. Hayek sobre temas de filosofía de la ciencia, epistemología y metodo - logía de las ciencias sociales. En particular se resalta el diálogo que Hayek parece plantear entre ciencias y métodos y que se concretaría en dos senti-dos: en una conexión «por abajo», justificando el dualismo metodológico y los principios metodológicos adecuados para las ciencias sociales, desde el paradigma metodológico de las ciencias naturales en el que elabora su teoría sobre la mente humana en El Orden Sensorial; y en una conexión «por arriba» al concluir respecto a las teorías sobre fenómenos complejos de las ciencias naturales la existencia de retos comunes con los que también se enfrentan las ciencias sociales y que requieren dar cabida en ambos casos a diferencias metodológicas no previstas según el criterio ortodoxo dominante. En este último sentido, se propone una interpretación de la aproximación metodoló-gica de Hayek para la economía como una ciencia social aplicada o empí-rica que tiene como objetivo ofrecer explicaciones de la realidad, como el complemento necesario a la praxeología misesiana centrada en la teoría pura formal. Palabras clave: Hayek; Filosofía de la Ciencia; Metodología; Praxeología; Lógica Pura de la Elección. Clasificación JEL: A12 (Relación de la economía con otras disciplinas); A14 (Sociología de la economía); B41 (Metodología económica); B53 (Escuela aus-triaca).

The social construction of social constructionism

Inquiry ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Slezak
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
The Social

Bears, Zoos, and Wilderness: The Poverty of Social Constructionism

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Dombrowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Active Imagination ◽  
Short Article ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Construction Of Nature ◽  
In The Wild

AbstractIt is the purpose of this short article to defend the realism of Holmes Rolston and other environmental philosophers against the social constructionism of Neil Evernden and others who have written on the social construction of nature. This defense is attempted through appeal to a deceptively simple example: seeing a bear in a zoo.The following four claims are defended in the effort to show the deficiencies of the anthropocentrism of social constructionists like Evernden: (1) there is a difference between a bear in a zoo and one in the wild; (2) this difference legitimates the belief that the former is an attenuated version of the latter; (3) the danger posed by a bear in the wild is not due to an overly active imagination; and (4) experience of sublime beauty (in contrast to mere cuteness) in the presence of a wild bear is only partly of one's own doing.

In defiance of an ageing culture

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIKE HEPWORTH
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Middle Years ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Declining to Decline: Cultural Combat and the Politics of the Midlife. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia 1997, 276pp, $29.95 cloth ISBN 0-8139-1721-2.Margaret Morganroth Gullette is one of America's foremost critics of the concept of ageing as a universal and comprehensive process of decline which begins in the middle years. She is a formidable critic of biological essentialism, defender of social constructionism, and opponent of ‘middle ageism’. Her most recent book, published in 1997 and not yet available in the UK, has been widely acclaimed in the USA. This review article describes Gullette's analysis of the social construction of decline in the context of her previous writings on midlife and outlines her strategy for combatting the decline model of ageing into old age.

scholarly journals Constructing the Identities of ‘Responsible Mothers, Invisible Men’ in Child Protection Practice

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather D'Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Social Categories ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
The Social

Social constructionism offers valuable insights into the study of social problems for example, poverty, homelessness, crime and delinquency, including how social phenomena ‘become’ social problems, through social processes of interaction and interpretation. The social construction of child maltreatment has recently emerged as a site of scholarly inquiry and critique. This paper explores through three case studies how ‘responsibility for child maltreatment’ is constructed in child protection practice, with a specific focus on how ‘responsibility’ may also be gendered. In particular, how is gender associated with responsibility, such that the identity-pair, ‘responsible mothers, invisible men’, is a highly likely outcome as claimed in feminist literature? What other assumptions about ‘identities of risk’ or ‘dangerousness’ articulate with patriarchy and influence how responsibility is constructed? The case studies explore normally invisible processes by which social categories become ‘fact’, ‘knowledge’ and ‘truth’. Furthermore, the social construction of ‘responsibility for child maltreatment’ is extended by a reflexive analysis of my own constructionist practices, as researcher/writer in claims making. The analysis offers an insight into the dynamic and dialectical relationship between professional and organisational knowledge and practice, allowing for a critique of knowledge itself, the basis for the claims made and possible alternative ways of knowing.

The Social Construction of Violence: The Case of Sexual and Domestic Violence

1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlene L. Muehlenhard ◽  
Leigh Ann Kimes
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Social ◽  
Over Time

What counts as “violence” is socially constructed, has varied over time, and reflects power relationships. Informed by social constructionism, we illustrate these points using as examples sexual violence and domestic violence. We review changes in how society and social scientists have defined and understood these topics during the last 30 years. We then discuss 3 areas of continuing controversy: who should decide if sexual or domestic violence has occurred, what to count as sexual and domestic violence, and the role of gender in defining sexual and domestic violence.

Varieties of social constructionism and the problem of progress in psychiatry

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth F. Schaffner ◽  
Kathryn Tabb
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Chapter 11 discusses how the debates over the relationship between social factors and progress in psychiatry have been muddied by confusion over how the term “social construction” has been, and should be, used. It covers how one option is to move away from the language of social construction, like many in the literature have done since the 1990s. But this move risks obscuring the continued importance of attending to the role of the social in psychiatric progress. This chapter aims to clarify the different positions taken by social constructionists about psychiatric disorders and to advocate for what it calls “inclusionary social constructionism.” Through a comparison between the history of HIV/AIDS and the present state of schizophrenia in research and medical settings, the chapter illustrates and evaluates the space of possible characterizations of social construction by psychiatrists and philosophers of psychiatry.

Nancy J. Hirschmann on the Social Construction of Women's Freedom

Hypatia ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 182-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Previous Discussion ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conceptual Problems

Nancy J. Hirschmann presents a feminist, social constructionist account of women's freedom. Friedman's discussion of Hirschmanns account deals with (1) some conceptual problems facing a thoroughgoing social constructionism; (2) three ways to modify social constructionism to avoid those problems; and (3) an assessment of Hirschmann's version of social constructionism in light of the previous discussion.

scholarly journals What Does #Freedom Look Like? Instagram and the Visual Imagination of Values

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Trillò ◽  
Rebecca Scharlach ◽  
Blake Hallinan ◽  
Bumsoo Kim ◽  
Saki Mizoroki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
The Self ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Visual Imagination ◽  
The Past ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
The Social

Abstract Instagram is the place for the visualization of everything, from travel and food to abstract concepts such as freedom. Over the past decade, the platform has introduced a bottom-up process where users co-produce image repertoires that shape the boundaries of the imaginable. Drawing on an epistemology of social constructionism, we ask which visual repertoires are associated with value-related terms on Instagram. We studied 20 widely used value hashtags, sampling the top 100 posts for each (N = 2,000). A combined qualitative–quantitative content analysis revealed that 19 of the 20 hashtags possess distinct visual footprints, typically reflecting an orientation toward the self and an emphasis on consumption. We conclude by discussing three implications of our findings: the role of images in the social construction of the meaning of values, the distinction between internalized and externalized value depictions, and aestheticized consumption as an organizing principle of Instagram’s mainstream.

Demonstrating Social Constructionism in Psychology Courses: The “Who Am I?” Exercise

2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie Moradi ◽  
Janice D. Yoder
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Constructionism ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychology Courses ◽  
Social Construction Of Gender

In this article we describe a class exercise aimed at facilitating students' understanding of social constructionism. Students (n = 88) from 3 psychology classes wrote 10 responses to the question “Who am I?” The instructor collected and shuffled their responses, eliminating descriptors that clearly identified the respondents' gender (e.g., mother, brother). All remaining responses for individuals were read to or by the class. Students were able to accurately guess the gender of respondents. A discussion of the social construction of gender followed the exercise. Students' written reactions and comments indicated that the exercise was a useful tool for demonstrating social constructionism and initiating discussion about the meaning of gender.

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