Constructing Identities: The Social, the Nonhuman and ChangeThis volume provides a distinctive overview and analysis of the place of social constructionism in social psychology. The author's arguments revolve around two key questions: How can social constructionism account for changes in human identities? In what ways might social constructionism accommodate a role for nonhumans - whether technological or `natural' - in the constitution of identity? Michael locates these questions between recent innovations in social psychology and the highly influential contributions of actor-network theory, which has come to dominate the sociology of scientific knowledge. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Constructing Socially Constructed Identity | 11 |
Constructing a Critique of Social Constructionism | 35 |
Constructing ActorNetwork Theory | 51 |
ActorNetwork Theory and Identity | 79 |
Science Knowledge and the Public | 105 |
Actors Identities and Natural Nonhumans | 131 |
Conclusion | 153 |
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