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Publication details [#48514]

Sikka, Tina. 2008. Pragmatics, poststructuralism, and hermeneutics: An examination of discursive-consensus formation and its ethical implications. Journal of Pragmatics 40 (2) : 227–243.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

consensus | dialogue | discursive practice | ethics | understanding

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper explores how Habermas, Derrida, Foucault, and Gadamer treat the subject of discursive-consensus formation and considers the ethical and political consequences of their respective positions with regard to consensus, understanding, and dialogue.