This imaginative and original book challenges the traditional scientific view that naturally occurring psychological and sociological `realities are to be discovered underlying appearances. Instead, it claims that such orderly realities are both socially constructed and sustained within the context of people s disorderly, everyday conversational activities. John Shotter s interdisciplinary analysis highlights the socially contested but imaginary nature of many of the `things we talk about in social life and ...
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This imaginative and original book challenges the traditional scientific view that naturally occurring psychological and sociological `realities are to be discovered underlying appearances. Instead, it claims that such orderly realities are both socially constructed and sustained within the context of people s disorderly, everyday conversational activities. John Shotter s interdisciplinary analysis highlights the socially contested but imaginary nature of many of the `things we talk about in social life and illuminates the processes of their construction. He offers a broad-ranging exploration of the rhetorical, argumentative nature of conversational communication, using examples from psychotherapy, management and everyday
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Add this copy of Conversational Realities: Constructing Life Through to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Shelley and Son Books (IOBA) rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hendersonville, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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Very Good + Size: 5x0x8; Cover is red, pink, and black accents against a white background. Spine is black with white lettering. Contents include an epilogue and references. Afterword by Roy Bhaskar. Indexed. vi, 201 pp. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf, else fine."John Shotter is Professor of Interpersonal relations, Department of Communication, University of New Hampshire. Conversational Realities challenges the traditional scientific view that naturally occurring psychological and sociological 'realities' of a systematic kind are to be discovered underlying appearances. Instead, this book claims that such orderly 'realities' are both socially constructed and sustained within the context of people's disorderly everyday conversational activities." (From the back cover).
Add this copy of Conversational Realities: Constructing Life Through to cart. $44.96, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by SAGE Publications Ltd.
Add this copy of Conversational Realities: Constructing Life Through to cart. $67.51, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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