| 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, love
- 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
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Honored Contributors
Walter Truett Anderson
Albert Bandura
Jerome S. Bruner
James F.T. Bugental
Donald H. Ford
Viktor E. Frankl ♥
Vittorio F. Guidano ♥
Hermann Haken
Humberto R. Maturana
Joseph F. Rychlak
Francisco J. Varela ♥
Heinz von Foerster
Ernst von Glaserfeld
Walter B. Weimer
♥ In Memoriam
Executive Board
Michael J. Mahoney
Executive Director
Neil McK. Agnew
Giampiero Arciero
Guido Bondolfi
Guillem Feixas
Marie L. Hoskins
Luis Joyce-Moniz
Cristiano Nabuco
Robert A. Neimeyer
Kenneth W. Sewell
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Constructivism in the Human Sciences
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- Volume 3, 1998 ($25)
- Volume 4, 1999 ($25)
- Volume 5, 2000 ($28) (students $18)
- Volume 6, 2001 ($28) (students $18)
- Volume 7, 2002 ($28) (students $18)
- Volume 8, 2003 ($28) (students $18)
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- Vittorio F. Guidano Memorial Fund
- Institutional Subscriptions: $75 per year
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Information for Authors
Contributions are encouraged and may assume a variety of forms, including artwork, critical commentary, creative writing, experimental and observational research, practical methods, reviews (audiovisual, book, film, literature), and theoretical conjectures.
Manuscripts may be submitted in English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. This multilingual policy is intended to encourage communications in the languages most familiar to their authors. Manuscripts will be translated into English for publication. APA style is acceptable but not required. Maximum length for most manuscripts is 3000 words.
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Michael J. Mahoney
CONSTRUCTIVISM
Box 311280
Denton, TX USA 76203-1280
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