| Description |
1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Saussure on the Structure of Communication; Chapter 2: Peirce on the Life of Signs; Chapter 3: Foucault on Discourse and Power; Chapter 4: Eco on Culture and Communication; Chapter 5: Derrida and the Deconstruction of Communication; Chapter 6: Gadamer on Communication as Hermeneutics; Chapter 7: Wittgenstein on Language as a Form of Life; Chapter 8: J.L. Austin and Speech Act Theory; Chapter 9: P. Grice and the Theory of Conversation; Chapter 10: Searle and the Intentionality of Speech Acts |
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Chapter 11: Habermas on Communication and Social TheoryChapter 12: Halliday on Language and Social Semiotics; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Cover |
| Summary |
A comprehensive introduction to the forms and various philosophical theories of communication, this volume is composed of three sections focusing on the production of culturally relevant communication, the interpretation of communicative messages, and the effects of communication on both speaker and listener. Each section draws on the work of key philosophers - from Foucault to Derrida to Habermas - and presents a detailed critical overview of the work in relation to the field of communication. Exhaustively researched, this book presents an up-to-date overview of thinking on communication theo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Communication -- Philosophy
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Communication.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies
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Communication
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Communication -- Philosophy
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Kommunikation -- teori, filosofi.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1841504297 |
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9781841504292 |
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9781841505022 |
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1841505021 |
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1283162768 |
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9781283162760 |
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9786613162762 |
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6613162760 |
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