a personal history of paradigm change in the human sciences /
First Statement of Responsibility
Arthur P. Bochner.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
350 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Writing lives : ethnographic narratives
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-332) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Reflecting on a 50 year university career, Distinguished Professor Arthur Bochner, former President of the National Communication Association, discloses a lived history, both academic and personal, that has paralleled many of the paradigm shifts in the human sciences inspired by the turn toward narrative. He shows how the human sciences--especially in his own areas of interpersonal, family, and communication theory--have evolved from sciences directed toward prediction and control to interpretive ones focused on the search for meaning through qualitative, narrative, and ethnographic modes of inquiry. He outlines the theoretical contributions of such luminaries as Bateson, Laing, Goffman, Henry, Gergen, and Richardson in this transformation. Using diverse forms of narration, Bochner seamlessly layers theory and story, interweaving his professional and personal life with the social and historical contexts in which they developed"--
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bochner, Arthur P.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
College teachers-- United States, Biography.
Social sciences-- Study and teaching (Higher)-- United States-- History.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Interpersonal Relations.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies.