Shotter, John. <br/><br/>
Conversational realities :  constructing life through language / 
John Shotter. 
 - London ;  Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  Sage Publications,  1993. 
 - 201 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Inquiries in social construction .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-196) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: a rhetorical-responsive version of social constructionism -- Part I: A rhetorical-responsive version of social constructionism -- The conversational background of social life: beyond representationalism -- Situating social constructionism: knowing 'from within' -- Dialogue and rhetoric in the construction of social relations -- Part II: Realism, the imaginary and a world of events -- The limits of realism -- Social life and the imaginary -- Linguistic relativity in a world of events -- Part III: Conversational realities -- In search of a past: therapeutic re-authoring -- Real and counterfeit constructions in interpersonal relations -- The manager as a practical author: conversations for action -- Rhetoric and the recovery of civil society -- Epilogue: Rhetorical-responsive social constructionism in summary form -- Afterword / Roy Bhaskar. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803989326 0803989334 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93085177 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Conversational analysis.<br/>Sociolinguistics.<br/>Interpersonal relations
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.44