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Cochran, Larry

 
9780313246333: Position and the Nature of Personhood: An Approach to the Understanding of Persons
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ISBN 10 : 0313246335 ISBN 13 : 9780313246333
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1985

Synopsis

In this practical and innovative study, Richard Conville proposes a way to think about the process of communication in personal relationships. He moves beyond rigid stage models of relational development and advocates a new, helical model with a four-phase structure of transition between relational phases. The model is based on Difference--developed as a theoretical concept--and on structural analysis of relational partners' narratives of their transition experiences. This perspective offers both a conceptual and a methodological alternative to current work in relationship development. Though its focus is only one part of the wide-ranging communication field, its principles can easily be applied to other communication contexts.

Conville opens with a description of Difference, a necessary component of current theory in interpersonal relationships, and its role in the structure of relationships. He examines narratives by partners in three personal relationships to locate dialectical differences of time, intimacy, and affect. Later chapters examine the four transition phases of relationships: security, disintegration, alienation, and resynthesis. These four phases are seen as meta-dialectics that mark the social domain in which personal relationships are played out. Relational Transitions will prove to be of particular interest to scholars and students of communication, psychology, sociology, family studies, and anthropology.

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À propos de l'auteur

RICHARD L. CONVILLE is Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has taught in the field of interpersonal communication since 1972, and his research has appeared in journals such as Human Communication Research, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and Communication Monographs. Professor Conville has served on the Board of Directors of the International Communication Association and on the editorial boards of the Southern Communication Journal and Communication Theory.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
1985
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0313246335
ISBN 13 
9780313246333
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
191
Coordonnées du fabricant
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