Social constructionism: Homogenizing the world, negating embodied experience

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-89

  Halling, Steen ^a   Lawrence, Charles ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0012878562     PISSN: 10688471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0091188     Document Type: Article

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