Discursive Psychology |
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Author:
| Edwards, Derek Potter, Jonathan |
Series title: | Inquiries in Social Construction Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8039-8443-1 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1992 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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This accessible text introduces the key elements of a discursive approach to psychology. This focuses on how discourse - naturally occurring talk and text - can be studied and understood as the
accomplishment of social action. Building on discourse analysis, the authors present an integrated discursive action model which leads to a radical reworking of some of psychology′s most central concepts - language, cognition, truth, knowledge and reality.
The implications of a...
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This accessible text introduces the key elements of a discursive approach to psychology. This focuses on how discourse - naturally occurring talk and text - can be studied and understood as the
accomplishment of social action. Building on discourse analysis, the authors present an integrated discursive action model which leads to a radical reworking of some of psychology′s most central concepts - language, cognition, truth, knowledge and reality.
The implications of a discursive perspective for such topics are explored alongside a sustained argument against the perceptual-cognitivist emphasis that currently dominates psychology. A particular theme is the reconceptualization of memory and attribution. The authors exam