Bibliograph

Representing reality, discourse, rhetoric and social construction, Jonathan Potter

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Representing reality, discourse, rhetoric and social construction, Jonathan Potter

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Representing reality

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

607528088

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Potter

Sub title

discourse, rhetoric and social construction

Summary

T̀his 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

Table Of Contents

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 -- Social Studies of Science; 2 -- Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis; 3 -- Semiology -- Post-Structuralism -- Postmodernism; 4 -- Discourse and Construction; 5 -- Interests and Category Entitlements; 6 -- Constructing Out-There-Ness; 7 -- Working Up Representations; 8 -- Criticizing Facts; Appendix; References; Index

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