In this candid and concise volume, Kyle Conway, author of The Art of Communication in a Polarized World, considers how we can open ourselves to others and to ideas that scare us by reading difficult texts. Conway argues that because we resist ideas we don't understand, we must embrace confusion as a constitutive part of understanding and meaningful exchange, whether between a reader and a text or between two people.Building on the work of hermeneutics scholar Paul Ricoeur, Conway evaluates the recurring paradox of miscommunication that results in deeper understanding and proposes strategies for reading that will allow individuals give up the illusion of certainty.
In elegant and compelling prose, Conway introduces readers to the idea that it is through uncertainty that we can gain access to new and meaningful worlds-those of texts and other people.
| ISBN: | 9781771993746 |
| Publication date: | 25th July 2023 |
| Author: | Kyle Conway |
| Publisher: | AU Press an imprint of University of British Columbia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 168 pages |
| Series: | Cultural Dialectics |
| Genres: |
Communication studies |
In this candid and concise volume, Kyle Conway, author of The Art of Communication in a Polarized World, considers how we can open ourselves to others and to ideas that scare us by reading difficult texts. Conway argues that because we resist ideas we don't understand, we must embrace confusion as a constitutive part of understanding and meaningful exchange, whether between a reader and a text or between two people.Building on the work of hermeneutics scholar Paul Ricoeur, Conway evaluates the recurring paradox of miscommunication that results in deeper understanding and proposes strategies for reading that will allow individuals give up the illusion of certainty.
How to Read Like You Mean It features in the following genres: Communication studies
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How to Read Like You Mean It was written by Kyle Conway and published by AU Press an imprint of University of British Columbia Press
How to Read Like You Mean It has 168 pages
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