%0 Journal Article %1 misra_kenneth_2012 %A Misra, Girishwar %A Prakash, Anand %D 2012 %J Psychological Studies %K sozialwissenschaft %N 2 %P 121--125 %R 10.1007/s12646-012-0151-0 %T Kenneth J. Gergen and Social Constructionism %U https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-012-0151-0 %V 57 %X This special issue of Psychological Studies (PS) is in honour of Kenneth J. Gergen’s seminal work on social construction. During the last four decades he has been leading debates through which he has reoriented the theory and practice of psychology. Indeed Ken has inspired a large body of research and application which has crossed disciplinary and national boundaries. This issue of PS offers a state-of-the art collection of articles reflecting on Ken’s work and the growth of social constructionism in different domains. The idea to bring out this special issue germinated in December 2009 when Ken and his wife Mary visited Delhi University and shared constructionist ideas with a cross section of the community of present and future Indian psychologists. The day he lectured here, we also celebrated his 75th birthday. We also decided then to organize this issue of the journal to present an account of the multifaceted growth of social constructionism over the years. We invited a range of scholars who have ventured to use social constructionism to give first hand accounts. Our request was enthusiastically responded to and the result is this issue of Psychological Studies. The issue begins with an interview of Ken and concludes with Mary’s personal reflections about the making of Ken. Other contributions reflect and relate to Ken and constructionism. We hope the contributions to this issue will invite the readers to engage dialogically with social constructionism and the challenges faced in our contemporary world.

@article{misra_kenneth_2012, abstract = {This special issue of Psychological Studies (PS) is in honour of Kenneth J. Gergen’s seminal work on social construction. During the last four decades he has been leading debates through which he has reoriented the theory and practice of psychology. Indeed Ken has inspired a large body of research and application which has crossed disciplinary and national boundaries. This issue of PS offers a state-of-the art collection of articles reflecting on Ken’s work and the growth of social constructionism in different domains. The idea to bring out this special issue germinated in December 2009 when Ken and his wife Mary visited Delhi University and shared constructionist ideas with a cross section of the community of present and future Indian psychologists. The day he lectured here, we also celebrated his 75th birthday. We also decided then to organize this issue of the journal to present an account of the multifaceted growth of social constructionism over the years. We invited a range of scholars who have ventured to use social constructionism to give first hand accounts. Our request was enthusiastically responded to and the result is this issue of Psychological Studies. The issue begins with an interview of Ken and concludes with Mary’s personal reflections about the making of Ken. Other contributions reflect and relate to Ken and constructionism. We hope the contributions to this issue will invite the readers to engage dialogically with social constructionism and the challenges faced in our contemporary world.}, added-at = {2023-01-14T15:28:29.000+0100}, author = {Misra, Girishwar and Prakash, Anand}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28b0c6801d20bd4dab2136b4b55641f00/lepsky}, doi = {10.1007/s12646-012-0151-0}, interhash = {fb14416b83a19cfc3c72b2ca38ffae16}, intrahash = {8b0c6801d20bd4dab2136b4b55641f00}, issn = {0974-9861}, journal = {Psychological Studies}, keywords = {sozialwissenschaft}, language = {en}, month = jun, number = 2, pages = {121--125}, timestamp = {2023-01-14T15:28:29.000+0100}, title = {Kenneth {J}. {Gergen} and {Social} {Constructionism}}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-012-0151-0}, urldate = {2022-12-03}, volume = 57, year = 2012 }