Description
Duck also introduces the concept of acquaintance as a continuous cycle of anticipating possibilities and assessing their accuracy. He highlights the crucial role of social expectations and their subsequent revision in the formation of meaningful relationships. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the book draws on insights from psychology, communication, sociology, clinical practice and literature to explore how these relationships function and evolve. Duck also addresses the limitations of current research and practice, emphasising the impact of change on real-life relationships and its implications for future scholarship and clinical work in relationship inquiry.
Reimagining Relationships is an essential resource for scholars and students of psychology, communication studies, sociology and relationship and family studies. It is also valuable for psychology professionals and members of relationship research associations.
About the Author
Steve Duck, Daniel and Amy Starch Distinguished Research Chair, Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies, The University of Iowa, USA
Reviews
'In Reimagining Relationships, Steve Duck has (re)set the standard for interdisciplinary scholarship on relationships. Duck weaves together threads from psychology, sociology, communication studies, and family studies; creates an intellectual tapestry that is well-informed by philosophy; and offers unique insight regarding partners' doing of relationships. I heartily recommend this engaging book.' -- Stanley O. Gaines, Jr., Brunel University of London, UK
'Turning what seems like conflict into concert by importing rhetorical principles to sensibly stitch together research across disciplines, Duck invites us to serve as Society's Secret Agents to reimagine relationships more holistically as embedded social structures that reflect and refract the dynamics of everyday life.' -- Leah E. Bryant, DePaul University, USA
'Steve Duck has taught many generations of scholars more about the interdisciplinary study of relationships than any other scholar. In this book, he extends our knowledge base even further by integrating what scholars from a variety of disciplines have contributed to different dimensions of relationships, with primary emphases on research and theory. Those from psychology, communication studies, sociology, and others will find comforting security blankets from their root disciplines, but, at the same time, will be pushed to extend their understanding of how their backgrounds interface with information from other disciplines that they are less comfortable with. This book is an amazing scholarly contribution that should be on every relationship scholar's bookshelf. It is simultaneously a review of previous work, provides new ways of thinking about relationships, and entices scholars to reach new levels of productivity.' -- Mark A. Fine, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
'Steve Duck offers scholars in the relationship field a thoughtful book to encourage the field to reconsider current approaches and emphases. Duck highlights the importance of everyday conversation, that human life and relationships are constantly changing, that there are different "strands to relationships" that develop independently, and that relationships are enacted in the context of broader social influences. An intelligent book that will lead any serious relationship scientist to study their favorite relationship phenomena through a broader lens.' -- Susan Sprecher, Illinois State University, USA
'In classic Steve Duck fashion, this book turns the familiar inside out. Drawing on decades of scholarship, the theorizing helps readers recognize how everyday understandings of relationships conceal rich, intricate processes.' -- Jimmie Manning, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
Book Information
ISBN 9781035329748
Author Steve Duck
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
