{"product_id":"pragmatics-of-human-communication-a-study-of-interactional-patterns-pathologies-and-paradoxes-9780393010091","title":"Pragmatics of Human Communication: A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies, and Paradoxes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePragmatics of Human Communication: A Study of Interactional Patterns, Pathologies, and Paradoxes\u003c\/strong\u003e by Janet Helmick Beavin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780393010091.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this study of pragmatic (behavioral) effects of human communication, disturbed behavior is seen as a communicative reaction to a particular situation rather than evidence of the disease of an individual mind. Communication is a relationship that is qualitatively different from the \"properties\" of the individuals involved.\n\nAfter defining certain general concepts, the authors present basic characteristics of human communication and illustrate their manifestations and potential pathologies. Then the systemic aspects of human interactions that arise from the patterning of specific characteristics of communication are exemplified by the analysis of Albees Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\n\nThey then extend it to psychotherapeutic double binds and the technique of \"prescribing the symptom.\" In conclusion, they postulate about mans communication with reality in the existential sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45254199345205,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393010090","price":41.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393010091_35985d6f-3117-4ffe-972f-f639299672c2.jpg?v=1779955812","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/pragmatics-of-human-communication-a-study-of-interactional-patterns-pathologies-and-paradoxes-9780393010091","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}