Conversational Realities: Constructing Life through Language

Introduction A Rhetorical-Responsive Version of Social Constructionism PART ONE: A RHETORICAL-RESPONSIVE VERSION OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM The Conversational Background of Social Life Beyond Representation Situating Social Constructionism Knowing 'From Within' Dialogue and Rhetoric in the Construction of Social Relations PART TWO: REALISM, THE IMAGINARY AND A WORLD OF EVENTS The Limits of Realism Social Life and the Imaginary Linguistic Relativity in a World of Events PART THREE: CONVERSATIONAL REALITIES In Search of a Past Therapeutic Re-Authoring Real and Counterfeit Constructions in Interpersonal Relations The Manager as a Practical Author Conversations for Action Rhetoric and the Recovery of Civil Society Epilogue Rhetorical-Responsive Social Constructionism in Summary Form Afterword - Roy Bhaskar