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Communication and communion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Tim Ingold
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3QY, Scotlandtim.ingold@abdn.ac.uk

Abstract

Shanker & King's (S&K's) dynamic systems approach converges with developments in social anthropological studies of communication which were long ago anticipated in the writings of Volosinov and Schutz. Following a review of these writings, this commentary suggests that a dynamic systems approach should distinguish communion from communication. It concludes with a remark on the evolutionary implications of the approach.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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