Constructivism in the Human Sciences is a unique periodical that serves important roles in the rapidly evolving dialogue among the sciences, the humanities, the health professions, and agencies devoted to promoting constructive changes in human activities.
Founded in 1996, the journal encourages broad and developmental inquiry into human consciousness, global community, and the dialectic between individual selves and collective systems.
The unifying themes of the journal express a view of human beings as "actively complex, socially-embedded, and dynamically developmental self-organizing systems." Among its emphases are the human need for meaning and the centrality of meaning change in personal and collective development. There is also an appreciation of the integral interweaving of processes of embodiment, emotions, symbolic cognition, intersubjectivity, and practical action.
Currently read in more than 30 countries, Constructivism promotes diversity of expression in topics, methods, and forms, creating a uniquely stimulating mixture that includes poetry, experiential narratives, laboratory research, field studies, creative inquiry, and theoretical conjectures.
Explorations of the relationship between inner and outer life are encouraged, as are interdisciplinary dialogue, historical contextualization, and multicultural perspective. Humor and heartfelt emotions are welcomed.
Topics addressed in the journal thus far have included:
dimensions and processes of the self
intersubjectivity, intimacy, lov
dynamic systems theory, chaos
methods of measuring meaning
social responsibility, ethics
psychotherapists' epistemological styles
historical changes in the vocabulary and metaphors of psychology
patterns in the processing of personal and collective trauma
philosophy of science
original poetry, literary criticism, theater, music therapy
emotional attachment, the role of relationship in knowing
depression, grief, eating disorders, depersonalization. psychosomatics
family assessment, psychometrics
qualitative research methods
sexuality, gender, feminism
transtheoretical integration
the training of psychotherapists
the politics of personal identity
valuation processes in personal meanings
historical contributions to constructivism
postmodernism, post-rationalism
narrative processes, imagination
spirituality and consciousness
exercise, sport, and culture
coping, health, and education
meditation, contemplative practices
wisdom, Buddhism
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