Kenneth J. Gergen

List of John Benjamins publications for which Kenneth J. Gergen plays a role.

Articles

Gergen, Kenneth J. and Mary M. Gergen 2011 Narrative tensions: Perilous and productiveNarrative Inquiry 21:2, pp. 374–381 | Article
We focus on four major tensions pervading much narrative inquiry to date, tensions that threaten to divide the field into alienated enclaves. Of specific concern are psychological vs. social explanations of narrative, structural vs. process orientations to research, approaches that celebrate… read more
Gergen, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen 2007 Narratives in actionNarrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 133–143 | Article
In various professional fields today, a profusion of practices are inspired by or draw sustenance from narrative inquiry; similarly, narrative inquiry must attend to these practices as they are vital to its future. Ultimately a full fledged dialogue between scholars and practitioners is to be… read more
Gergen, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen 2006 Narratives in actionNarrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 112–121 | Article
In various professional fields today, a profusion of practices are inspired by or draw sustenance from narrative inquiry; similarly, narrative inquiry must attend to these practices as they are vital to its future. Ultimately a full fledged dialogue between scholars and practitioners is to be… read more
Abstract From a social-constructionist standpoint, emotional expressions are constitu-ents of lived narratives, and gain their meaning from their position within these narratives. These special forms of narrative, termed emotional scenarios, are themselves lodged within a broader cultural and… read more