Ken Gergen

Institution Swarthmore College Current Position Senior Research Professor Highest Degree Ph.D. in Psychology from Duke University, 1962 Research Interests Interpersonal Processes Self/Identity Courses Taught Concepts of the Person Identity and Community Personality Theory and Interpretation Reading Culture Self and Other Technology, Self, and Sociey The Self Theory, Ideology and Practice   Ken Gergen Department of Psychology Swarthmore College 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081 U.S.A. Home Page Phone: (610) 328-8434 Fax: (610) 328-7814 Kenneth Gergen has research interests in narratives of the self; processes of social construction; psychological discourse, theory formation and evaluation; relational theory, rhetoric of inquiry; and culture critique. Books: Gergen, K. (1999). An invitation to social construction. London: Sage. Gergen, K. (1994). Realities and relationships: Soundings in social construction. Cambridge, Harvard University Press. (Spanish edition, Realidades y Relaciones, Barcelona: Paidos; Danish edition, Virkelighed og relationer, Dansk Psykologisk Forlag, 1997.) Gergen, K. (1993). Refiguring self and psychology. Hampshire: Dartmouth Publishing Co. Gergen, K. (1991). The saturated self: Dilemmas of identity in contemporary life. New York: Basic Books. (Spanish edition, El yo saturado, Barcelona: Paidos. German edition, Das Ubersattigte Selbst, Heidelberg: Carl Auer, 1996. Greek edition, 1997.) Gergen, K., & Davis, K. E. (1985). The social construction of the person. New York: Springer-Verlag. Gergen, K., & Graumann, C. F. (1996). Psychological discourse in historical perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press. Gergen, K., Hosking, D., & Dachler, H. P. (1995). Management and organization: Relational alternatives to individualism. Aldershot: Avebury. Gergen, K., & Mcnamee, S. (1999). Relational responsibility. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage. Gergen, K., & McNamee, S. (1991). Therapy as social construction. London: Sage. (Spanish edition, La terapia como construccion social, Barcelona: Paidos, 1996. Portugese edition, A terapia como construcao social, Porto Alegre: Artes Medicas, 1998: Japanese edition, 1997; Italian edition, La terapia come costruzione sociale, Milano: Franco Angeli, 1998.) Gergen, K., & Shotter, J. (1989). Texts of identity. London: Sage. Gergen, K., Stam, H. J., & Rogers, T. B. (1987). Metapsychology: The analysis of psychological theory. New York: Praeger. Semin, G., & Gergen, K. (1990). Everyday understanding: Social and scientific implications. London: Sage.

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