著者

山口 毅

出版者

東京大学

雑誌

東京大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 (ISSN:13421050)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.38, pp.229-236, 1998-03-26

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This paper examines the "ontological gerrymandering" critique and subsequent controversies in the constructionist studies of social problems. After glancing over three kinds of responses to this critique within the constructionist camp, I focus on their coping with the self-referential aspect of the constructionist perspective. Further, I take up political and moral concerns in constructionism. My insistence is that within these concerns one can find one clue to overpass the epistemological and methodological difficulties in constructionism. In conclusion, I address a question of the pragmatic justification in the studies of social problems.