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Construing constructionism: some reflections on the tension between PCP and social constructionism

Warren, B.

Keywords:
social constructionism, personal construct psychology, Marxism, neostructuralism, pragmatism, individual agency

Abstract:
This paper represents a synthesis that brings together several lines of thinking about the supposed challenge that social constructionism brings to personal construct psychology (PCP). It consolidates previous writing within PCP relevant to this challenge, and notes problems with earlier theories that are analogous to social constructionism, as well as considering 'the social' in PCP. While not an argument in any strict sense it does reach a conclusion and it does raise some points of criticism for social constructionism, albeit that these are not new.