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Worlds of Communication

Interdisciplinary Transitions- In collaboration with Colin B. Grant and Tino G.K. Meitz

by Siegfried J. Schmidt (Author)
©2011 Edited Collection XIV, 323 Pages

Summary

This collection of papers published in the last forty years documents the author’s journey from philosophy of language to text theory and then to an empirical science of literature, ending with a concept of literary studies as a legitimate part of media culture studies. The main emphasis is placed on communication as a social system. The approach used in the book is strictly interdisciplinary in order to cope with the complexity of the different types of human communication, ranging from everyday talk to literary communication or advertising. Radical Constructivism provides the epistemological basis for this approach – a basis that has undergone important modifications in the course of the author’s development.

Details

Pages
XIV, 323
Publication Year
2011
ISBN (Softcover)
9783034301688
Language
English
Keywords
human communication, literary communication or advertising literary studies philosophy of language to text theory literary communication or advertising media culture studies
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2011. XIV, 323 pp., 1 table

Biographical notes

Siegfried J. Schmidt (Author)

Siegfried J. Schmidt held chairs in philosophy, linguistics, literary studies and communication theory at the Universities of Karlsruhe, Bielefeld, Siegen and Münster from 1968 until 2006. He has worked as guest professor at a number of universities in Europe, Canada, the USA, Japan and Australia. During his academic career he published more than 750 books and articles in 21 languages.

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