The presence of self / R.S. Perinbanayagam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perinbanayagam, R. S., 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on ideas from Charles Sanders Peirce, 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.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Dialogic Processes; Chapter 1: Dialogic Acts; Chapter 2: Rhetoric and the Self; Part II: Identificatory Processes; Chapter 3: Identity: The Continuity and Differentiation of Self; Chapter 4: The Poetics of Identity; Part III: The Self in Action; Chapter 5: Speaking of the Self; Chapter 6: The Plays of the Self; Epilogue; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-30423-4

1-283-61725-0

9786613929709

1-4616-4526-3

OCLC:

855502543