Communicative Praxisand the Space of Subjectivity spans the fields of philosophy andcommunication, illustrating how the amalgam of discourse and action, andlanguage and social practices, is constitutive of the way that we define ourselvesand makes sense of the world in which we exist.

The author provides an elaboration of an original concept inwhich communication and praxis are commingled, which allows discourse and actionto be viewed as twin halves of the constitution of meaning in our personal andsocial existence. The interwoven texture of discourse and action and languageand social practices accommodates the author's novel notions of reference,self-implicature, and rhetoric. These notions are developed against thebackdrop of an entwined hermeneutical understanding and explanation.Communicative praxis is multifaceted saying, writing, and doing that is about something, by someone, and to and forsomeone.

The interlacing moments of hermeneutical reference,self-implicature, and rhetoric display an interface of the fields of philosophyand communication studies. The economy of communicative praxis is stimulated bythe forces of philosophical analysis and interpretation coupled with anacknowledgment of the transactional dynamics in the rhetoric of the ongoingcommunity of investigators and concerned citizens. The art of thinking, whichphilosophers - by mandate of their tradition - have been called upon to develop,proceeds hand in glove with the contextuality of thought as it emerges from therough and tumble of everyday social and political interactions. It is thus thatCommunicative Praxis and the Space of Subjectivitycan properly be viewed as a work that integrates the disciplines ofphilosophy and communication studies in such a manner as to enrich thecontributions of each.

About the Author
Calvin O. Schrag, the George Ade Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus of Purdue University, is the author of numerous books on philosophy. His most recent publications are: The Resources of Rationality: The Self After Postmodernity; and God as Otherwise than Being. He is a recipient of Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowship awards and he is a founding editor of the international philosophical journal, Continental Philosophy Review.

Reviews
With this important treatise on the contemporary philosophy of interpretation, Schrag takes his stand at the leading edge of hermeneutic discussion. . . . Highly recommended."" - Choice

""He (Schrag) marvelously exemplifies and practices the ideal of philosophy as a reflective overcoming of one-sidedness. . . . His book is well worth reading for an up-to-date, state of the art discussion of the most fundamental issues in the debate between modernism and post-modernism."" - Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology

""Calvin O. Schrag is one of those remarkable writers who can draw widely from the diverse and complex work of contemporary philosophy, and do so without sacrificing detailed interpretation."" - International Studies in Philosophy



Book Information
ISBN 9781557533012
Author Calvin O. Schrag
Format Paperback
Page Count 219
Imprint Purdue University Press
Publisher Purdue University Press
Weight(grams) 399g