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The social construction of what?

Ian Hacking · 1999

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Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social construction, Ian Hacking reminds us. His book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality.

Book details

Year
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Editions
1
Pages
272
ISBN
9780674004122

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