On the Communicative Turn in Philosophy
On the Communicative Turn in Philosophy (Book)
Exploring Intersubjectivity, Community and the Ethics of Dialogue
The book aims to give prominence to the way the concept of communication has been deployed within philosophical debates. It shows how philosophers have adopted this concept in their discussions on the issues of intersubjectivity, community and the ethics of dialogue.
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The book aims to give prominence to the way the concept of communication has been deployed within philosophical debates. It shows how philosophers have adopted this concept in their discussions on the issues of intersubjectivity, community and the ethics of dialogue.
Although mainstream philosophers do not, as yet, consider the philosophy of communication as a branch in its own right, instead subsuming it within the philosophy of language as pragmatics, the concept of communication is broader than that of language. This book aims to develop the relationship between communication and philosophy further.
Mangion hopes to encourage others to conduct further research by aligning communication with questions that are of a philosophical nature.
Claude Mangion serves as associate professor and head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Malta. His research interests include the philosophy of communication, contemporary philosophy, speculative realism, the problem of evil and film as philosophy.
Introduction
Section A: Communication and Intersubjectivity
1. Husserl on the Analogous Other
2. Merleau-Ponty on the Embodied Other
3. Schutz and Habermas: From the Pure We-Relation to the Lifeworld
Section B: Communication and Community
4. Mead and Carey on Community as ‘Participation’
5. Agamben on Community as ‘Communicability’
6. Nancy on Community as ‘Exposure’
Section C: Communication and the Ethics of Dialogue
7. Levinas on Dialogue and the Ethics of the Face
8. Bakhtin on the Existential Ethics of Dialogue
9. Gadamer on the Ethics of ‘Genuine’ Dialogue
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
