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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... role of the object in perception and organizes his or her act accordingly . This idea is further advanced by Mead's claim that the real- ity of the object in perception is a “ distant ” one , and it invites us to “ action with reference ...
... role of the object in perception and organizes his or her act accordingly . This idea is further advanced by Mead's claim that the real- ity of the object in perception is a “ distant ” one , and it invites us to “ action with reference ...
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... role of the objects in the situation , as of the others in it , and makes a selection of the act he or she is going to present : Whatever other promptings may manifest themselves , at the moment of the act , typi- cally , it is the ...
... role of the objects in the situation , as of the others in it , and makes a selection of the act he or she is going to present : Whatever other promptings may manifest themselves , at the moment of the act , typi- cally , it is the ...
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... role in the acts that an individual , a discursively and interactionally minded organism that he or she is , undertakes . BIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ACTS One cannot , however , say that either the paradox of being simultaneously an individual ...
... role in the acts that an individual , a discursively and interactionally minded organism that he or she is , undertakes . BIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ACTS One cannot , however , say that either the paradox of being simultaneously an individual ...
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... role of the “ environment ” in adaptive behavior and develops a " co - relational " theory . The co - relational approach to evolutionary explanations of behavior is undertaken by considering the ecology of each individual and assessing ...
... role of the “ environment ” in adaptive behavior and develops a " co - relational " theory . The co - relational approach to evolutionary explanations of behavior is undertaken by considering the ecology of each individual and assessing ...
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... role in the execution of the relevant acts . In other words the behaviors would be conscious and situated activities . For example , it is the case that humans defend their “ nests ” -home , land , and country — but they are defended as ...
... role in the execution of the relevant acts . In other words the behaviors would be conscious and situated activities . For example , it is the case that humans defend their “ nests ” -home , land , and country — but they are defended as ...
Contents
Identificatory Processes | 81 |
The Self in Action | 183 |
Epilogue | 275 |
References | 279 |
Index | 291 |
About the Author | 299 |
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