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What the content-free conversation says about communication
For years I have had a number of friends with whom I have perfected the art of the content-free conversation. Such a conversation is primarily one had in quotes and pop-culture associations where the point is more to test the … Continue reading
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Tagged banter, communication, conversation, free conversation, gesture and speech, Luhmann, meaning, normativity, personal nature, semiotics, speech act, speech action
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The problem with communication – part one
Niklas Luhmann, the German social theorist whose work I will have the pleasure of becoming intimate with over the next few years, believed that communication was highly improbable despite our use of it daily. Communication is something we all assume … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, Niklas Luhmann, philosophy, political philosophy, social theory, society, SPT
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