Relating: Dialogues and Dialectics (The Guilford Communication Series) - Softcover

Baxter, Leslie A.; Montgomery, Barbara M.

 
9781572301016: Relating: Dialogues and Dialectics (The Guilford Communication Series)
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ISBN 10: 1572301015 ISBN 13: 9781572301016
Publisher: Guilford Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book draws on the dialogism of social theorist Mikhail Bakhtin to develop a new approach which the authors term relational dialectics to the study of interpersonal communication. Emphasizing a social self instead of a sovereign self, multivocal oppositions instead of binary contradictions, and indeterminate change instead of transcendent synthesis, chapters examine and critique prevailing approaches to interpersonal communication. Building on these theoretical foundations, the volume rethinks such key areas as relationship development, closeness, certainty, openness, communication competence, and the boundaries between self, relationship, and society, and raises intriguing questions for future research.

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Leslie A. Baxter, Ph.D., University of Iowa

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Publisher
Guilford Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1572301015
ISBN 13 
9781572301016
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
285

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