Part II of this book brings together three Harré texts that explore the centrality of
conversations in both social reality and the study of that reality. Three fundamental insights …

Rom Harré was a philosopher of science who is especially known for his contributions to
psychology. But a lot of his writings can also be regarded as exercises in social theorizing …

BACKGROUND The proximate origins of CA are to be found in the work of Erving Goffman
and Harold Garfinkel. These two giants of American social theory essentially inaugurated …

Explores the properties R. Harré (1983) ascribed to conversational realities and shows that
such realities exist in the everyday world. Basic ways of talking are discussed (eg, L …

It is then that the reader asks that crucial question,'What's it all about?'But what 'it'is, of
course, is not the actual text... but the text the reader has constructed under its sway. And …

Review: Strange Bedfellows Fiona J. Hibberd, Unfolding Social Constructionism. New York:
Springer, 2005. 207 pp. ISBN 0387229752 ties; reconciliation—move us well beyond a …

Taking Rom Harré's social constructionism as a focus we point to and discuss the issue of
the a priori psychological subject in social constructionist theory. While Harré indicates that …

Sensemaking, organizing and storytelling are three conceptual fields in organization studies
that are clearly interrelated, yet these linkages remain open for development. The purpose of …

The most pivotal topic in human psychology is language and cognition. Humans swim in a
sea of talking, listening, planning, and reasoning. From toddling to early adulthood, children …

Although hailing from cognate analytical schools, the contributors to Hedwig te Molder and
Jonathan Potter's edited volume Conversation and Cognition hold a remarkable diversity of …