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empirical studies of gossip
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gossip and knowledge
gossip and privacy
gossip as inquiry
history of gossip
legal regulation of gossip
morality of gossip
philosophy of gossip
Product details
- ISBN 9780700606702
- Weight: 358g
- Dimensions: 168 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 22 Jul 1994
- Publisher: University Press of Kansas
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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As ubiquitous and influential as gossip is, it has been surprisingly downplayed as a topic of philosophical, psychological, and sociological investigation and debate. In this book, twenty-two scholars from several disciplines turn a professional eye to that much-maligned yet heavily practiced form of conversation. They consider gossip and humor, logic, morality, privacy, legal and medical issues, feminism, history, rumor, and reputation. Provocative and varied, their essays suggest that gossip has unexpected virtues and pave the way for future debate on this omnipresent pastime.
Robert F. Goodman is coauthor of Deadlock in School Desegregation and coeditor of Rethinking Knowledge and Values: Reflections Across the Disciplines.
Aaron Ben-Ze'ev is author of The Perceptual System: Philosophical and Psychological Considerations and Aristotle's On the Soul.
Aaron Ben-Ze'ev is author of The Perceptual System: Philosophical and Psychological Considerations and Aristotle's On the Soul.
