Transgressing Discourses: Communication and the Voice of Other (Suny Series, Human Communication Processes) (Paperback)

~ Michael Huspek (Editor), Gary P. Radford (Editor)

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The basic theme of this volume is excellent. Readers are treated to fascinating explorations of communication at the boundaries between discourses and selves. The essays address important theoretical issues, and do so often by treating significant social issues. Most welcome is the constructive tone that is for the most part maintained throughout the volume, demonstrating an effort to understand, engage, and critically assess different discourses and selves (and others) at once, without valorizing one over the other.

An essential theme running through this volume is the idea that our efforts to engage, as well as other's efforts to engage us, have been seriously impaired because of problems which are fundamentally communicative in nature. More specifically, there is general agreement among the contributors that the voice of other has not been sufficiently heard, and this on account of how discourses of the human sciences, as well as other dominant discourses (e.g. law) have structured our interaction with other. Each of the essays helps to clarify the nature of the communicative failing and to develop an appropriate corrective action.

Contributors include Sara Cobb, Lynn Comerford, Donald P. Cushman, Joseph Gemin, Alan Gross, Teresa Harrision, Michael Huspek, Branislav Kovacic, Klaus Krippendorff, Lenore Langsdorf, Robert MacDouglass, Gary P. Radford, John Shotter, Andrew Smith, and Brian Taylor. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Michael Huspek is Associate Professor of Communication at California State University, San Marcos. Gary P. Radford is Assistant Professor of Communication at William Paterson College of New Jersey. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 423 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791433544
• ISBN-13: 978-0791433546
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,105,950 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Genius Analysis, March 6, 2005

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These writings provide unequivocable communicative analysis and perspective. The level of thought expressed and the viewpoint contained in these readings is unmatched by any currently relevant socio-philosophical perspectives or political philosophies in use today. Huspek is a master of communication theory and provides ideas that rival the masters of political thought of the ages. The concepts described within are timeless and will translate to enlightenment of the many social ills encoutered by society and in the future.