Representing Reality: Discourse, Rhetoric and Social Construction

by Jonathan Potter

`This is an admirable book which can be recommended to students with confidence, and is likely also to become an indispensable source of reference for those researching fact construction′ - Discourse & Society How is reality manufactured? The idea of social construction has become a commonplace of much social research, yet precisely what is constructed, and how , and even what constructionism means , is often unclear or taken for granted. In this major work, Jonathan Potter offers a fascinating tour of the central themes raised by these questions. Representing Reality overviews the different traditions in constructionist thought. Points are illustrated throughout with

Genres: Sociology, Psychology

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[alboricoque]

todo esto para que la conclusión sea "el constructivismo es importante" ????? soy lingüista llevo toda la vida mamando sapir-whorf no necesitaba leer 100 páginas para entender este concepto 😭

[Titus Hjelm]

Great book for anyone interested in social construction and discourse theory. Took a while to finish, though, but worth it. I was happily surprised that here Potter is much less 'postmodern' than in some other pieces I've read.