Social Constructionism : Sources and Stirrings in Theory and Practice / [electronic resource] Andy Lock, Tom Strong. Lock, Andy, author. Strong, Tom, author. Social constructionism Sociology HM1093 .L63 2010 302 22 Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Social Constructionism: Sources and Stirrings in Theory and Practice offers an introduction to the different theorists and schools of thought that have contributed to the development of contemporary social constructionist ideas, charting a course through the ideas that underpin the discipline. From the New Science of Vico in the 18th century, through to Marxist writers, ethnomethodologists and Wittgenstein, ideas as to how socio-cultural processes provide the resources that make us human are traced to the present day. Despite constructionists often being criticised as 'relativists', 'activists' and 'anti-establishment' and for making no concrete contributions, their ideas are now being adopted by practically-oriented disciplines such as management consultancy, advertising, therapy, education and nursing. Andy Lock and Tom Strong aim to provoke a wider grasp of an alternative history and tradition that has developed alongside the one emphasised in traditional histories of the social sciences. 2010 Text 1 online resource (402 pages) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511815454 eng