Agency : Social Construction and Relational Action  

Oleh:

Gergen, Kenneth J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Theory and Psychology vol. 9 no. 1 (Feb. 1999), page 113–116.
Topik: social construction; agency; relational theory; social construction; action
Fulltext: 113TP91.pdf (34.76KB)

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Fisher's reading of social constructionist and relational theory is unfortunate. In the first instance, he fails to see that constructionism makes no attempt to establish a foundational ontology in which either agency or its absence is declared real or true. The relational alternative to the traditional account of agency as internal origination is not offered as a truth posit but a contribution to societal practice. On this view, agency is not 'empirically' available, as Fisher contends, but is a constitutive achievement of relationships. In this light, Fisher's concern with the function of the traditional conception of agency in maintaining the moral order is salutary.

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