Philosophical approaches to communication / Claude Mangion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangion, Claude.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Philosophy.

Communication.

Physical Description:

330 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2011.

Summary:

The terminology of communication is one of the buzzwords bandied about in contemporary society as the panacea to personal, social, political and economic problems. There seems to be a widespread belief that if we are able to communicate better then these problems would have a better possibility of resolution. In addition, talk of communication is frequently equated with the various communication and information technologies that proliferate today's world; for many people, a discussion on communication necessarily entails a discussion of the media or the internet. In these various scenarios the concept of communication is always taken for granted; it is assumed that everybody knows what communication entails since we communicate all the time and therefore any theorisation on the concept of would be redundant. What is needed, therefore, is an analysis of the dynamics involved in the act of communication that highlights its context of production, reception and effects. These different facets provide the framework for an analysis of a selected number of theorists who have contributed to furthering our understanding of the various aspects involved in the concept of communication. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Saussure on the Structure of Communication 13

Chapter 2 Peirce on the Life of Signs 33

Chapter 3 Foucault on Discourse and Power 59

Chapter 4 Eco on Culture and Communication 93

Chapter 5 Derrida and the Deconstruction of Communication 117

Chapter 6 Gadamer on Communication as Hermeneutics 147

Chapter 7 Wittgenstein on Language as a Form of Life 181

Chapter 8 J. L. Austin and Speech Act Theory 199

Chapter 9 P. Grice and the Theory of Conversation 221

Chapter 10 Searle and the Intentionality of Speech Acts 241

Chapter 11 Habermas on Communication and Social Theory 269

Chapter 12 Halliday on Language and Social Semiotics 305.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-330).

ISBN:

9781841504292

1841504297

OCLC:

670480336