Constructing Identities

Provides a distinctive overview and analysis of the place of social constructionism in social psychology. The text discusses two main arguments, questioning how social constructionism accounts for changes in human identities, and how it might accommodate a role for nonhumans. This volume provides a distinctive overview and analysis of the place of social constructionism in social psychology. The author′s arguments revolve around two key questions: How can social constructionism account for changes in human identities? In what ways might social constructionism accommodate a role for nonhumans - whether technological or `natural′ - in the constitution of identity? Michael locates these questions between recent innovations in social psychology and the highly influential contributions of actor-network theory, which has come to dominate the sociology of scientific knowledge.