Explaining and Arguing: The Social Organization of Accounts - Hardcover

Antaki, Charles

 
9780803986053: Explaining and Arguing: The Social Organization of Accounts
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 080398605X ISBN 13: 9780803986053
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Explanations identify causes, back up claims and justify actions. Social scientists study them because they reveal how people understand and construct their worlds. This stimulating book offers a critical review of the major approaches to the study of everyday explaining and arguing.

Using concrete examples to illuminate the range of contemporary approaches, Antaki′s concern is to test theory against practice. He draws a picture of explanation as a richly social achievement of speaker and audience, involving a balance between delicate manoeuvre and the exercise of discursive power.

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About the Author

Charles Antaki is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Lancaster. He is editor of Analyzing Everyday Explanation (SAGE, 1988).

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080398605X
ISBN 13 
9780803986053
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
222

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