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I wonder if ventriloquation is related in any way to the notion of dual stimulation? mike On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Larry Purss <lpscholar2@gmail.com> wrote: > Greg, here is a further description of the book. It seems to be the book > is putting into question a similar theme to Gadamer who suggests effective > history has its own agency [living text] and the *fusion* of understandings > modify [expand] BOTH horizons. The text has its own agency. > Not sure if Gadamer is included in this book but the theme seems > fascinating [and a way to understand organizations] > The cost of the book is prohibitive but the theme is fascinating. > Larry > > FROM THE PUBLISHER > > What happens when people communicate or dialogue with each other? This is > the daunting question that this book proposes to address by starting from a > controversial hypothesis: What if human interactants were not the only ones > to be considered, paraphrasing Austin (1962), as 'doing things with words'? > That is, what if other 'things' could also be granted the status of agents > in a dialogical situation? "Action and Agency in Dialogue: Passion, > Incarnation, and Ventriloquism" proposes to explore this unique hypothesis > by mobilizing metaphorically the notion of ventriloquism. According to this > ventriloqual perspective, interactions are never purely local, but > dislocal, that is, they constantly mobilize figures (collectives, > principles, values, emotions, etc.) that incarnate themselves in people's > discussions. This highly original book, which develops the analytical, > practical and ethical dimensions of such a theoretical positioning, may be > of interest to communication scholars, linguists, sociologists, > conversation analysts, management and organizational scholars, as well as > philosophers interested in language, action and ethics. > > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Anyone out there know much about Francois Cooren or the Montreal School > of > > Organizational Communication? > > > > As for the former, Cooren's book Action and Agency in Dialogue asks: > > "What if human interactants were not the only ones to be considered, > > paraphrasing Austin (1962), as “doing things with words”? That is, what > if > > other “things” could also be granted the status of agents in a dialogical > > situation?" > > > > As for the latter, the MSOC is characterized by wikipedia as: > > "taking communication as the "site and surface" of organizations, meaning > > that the latter emerge from and are maintained by communication > processes." > > > > Both of these seem to be very important points that, I thought, > articulate > > well with recent XMCA conversations. > > > > Anyone have any insight? > > Perhaps a recommendation? > > -greg > > > > -- > > Gregory A. Thompson, Ph.D. > > Sanford I. Berman Post-Doctoral Scholar > > Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition > > Department of Communication > > University of California, San Diego > > http://ucsd.academia.edu/GregoryThompson > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca