The Presence of SelfDrawing 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. These arguments are supported by an analysis of everyday conversations, certain inter-personal encounters, and acts of reading and watching sporting engagements. |
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... manifest their presence in nature . Suzanne Langer has reviewed the relevant literature and has argued for the centrality of the " act concept " in understanding the behav- ior of all organisms . To begin with , she notes that " the ...
... manifest their presence in nature . Suzanne Langer has reviewed the relevant literature and has argued for the centrality of the " act concept " in understanding the behav- ior of all organisms . To begin with , she notes that " the ...
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... manifest themselves , at the moment of the act , typi- cally , it is the social one that dominates it . In the manipulatory and consum- matory phase of the act , it becomes a social act , and subsumes a reflective social self . In these ...
... manifest themselves , at the moment of the act , typi- cally , it is the social one that dominates it . In the manipulatory and consum- matory phase of the act , it becomes a social act , and subsumes a reflective social self . In these ...
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... manifestation in self and act impact on the others with whom he or she has to deal , just as their knowledge impacts on the individual in question . These stocks of knowledge , to the extent that they reach the individual and become ...
... manifestation in self and act impact on the others with whom he or she has to deal , just as their knowledge impacts on the individual in question . These stocks of knowledge , to the extent that they reach the individual and become ...
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... . If then culture and genes " co - evolve , " how do they manifest themselves in the conduct of an individual at the moment of the making of the social act ? One can use Paul Weiss's defense of the holistic position 14 Chapter 1.
... . If then culture and genes " co - evolve , " how do they manifest themselves in the conduct of an individual at the moment of the making of the social act ? One can use Paul Weiss's defense of the holistic position 14 Chapter 1.
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... manifest the act , the individual observes that the other is a more powerful ( socially or physically ) individual and suppresses his or her act , controls it or redefines the emotion and smiles weakly and moves on to the next phase ...
... manifest the act , the individual observes that the other is a more powerful ( socially or physically ) individual and suppresses his or her act , controls it or redefines the emotion and smiles weakly and moves on to the next phase ...
Contents
Identificatory Processes | 81 |
The Self in Action | 183 |
Epilogue | 275 |
References | 279 |
Index | 291 |
About the Author | 299 |
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