Relating
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- ISBN 9781572301016
- Weight: 465g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jul 1996
- Publisher: Guilford Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Leslie A. Baxter, Ph.D., University of Iowa
