Observations on Transaction
A Discussion of Watzlawick’s Second Axiom
©2002
Monographs
152 Pages
Summary
This book deals with two aspects of interpersonal communication – the content aspect and the relationship aspect. Concepts like meta-communication are analysed, as well as reductionism, social system or aspect. The study criticizes approaches toward a Philosophy of Communication which start from notions like Ordinary Language or Language Instinct or Communication as Oriented Toward (Mutal) Understanding. This essay gives a vivid, sometimes witty and polemical discussion of several points linked to themes like idealisation or systemic concept of person, and it proposes an attempt to base a conception of communication on the constructivist’s understanding of the term of observation. The way how a comprehension of transaction is shaped proves to be useful for understanding emotions as an element of human life and social interaction.
Details
- Pages
- 152
- Publication Year
- 2002
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631394588
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Relationship aspect Linguistic reductionism Meta-communication
- Published
- Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2002. 152 pp.
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