The presence of self / R.S. Perinbanayagam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perinbanayagam, R. S., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xiv, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2000]

Summary:

Drawing on ideas from Charles Sander Pierce, George Herbert Mead, Kenneth Burke, and Mikhail Bakhtin, this work focuses on the centrality of the social act in describing and understanding the beingness of the human individual, situating such acts in dialogic and rhetorical processes. Such processes enable actors to give presence to their selves and, it is claimed, put them into play by using both a logic and a poetic of identity. These arguments are supported by an analysis of everyday conversations, certain inter-personal encounters, and acts of reading and watching sporting engagements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290) and index.

ISBN:

0847693848

0847693856

OCLC:

41488845