Relating : dialogues and dialectics / Leslie A. Baxter, Barbara M. Montgomery.
"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 co...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[1996]
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| Series: | Guilford communication series.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "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."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-272) and index. |
| ISBN: | 157230099X 9781572300996 1572301015 9781572301016 |