Z D Gurevitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 155124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Z D Gurevitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Z D |
| FAMILY NAME | Gurevitch |
| SIGNATURE | GUREVITCH Z D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Sociology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91905, Israel |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Dialogic Connection and the Ethics of Dialogue
The Embrace
This article develops the notion that non-distance is a constitutive element in human relations. The essential difference between body-engagement as a relation of non-distance and face-engagement (comprising eye-contact and talk) as a relation of distance is demonstrated. Body-engagement reduces distance and the separate self/body dissolves through touch. The full significance of touch as an encounter and a merging together of bodies is found in …
The Power of Not Understanding
Attempts to establish dialogue between conflicting identities usually focus on mutual understanding and the common, while downplaying the elements of the conflict and ignoring the element of otherness, which is especially important for conflicts in which the other is the opposite of the self. This article suggests real dialogue requires that the parties first acknowledge this otherness as the distance between them. Thus, the ability to not unders…
Distance and Conversation
Whenever faces are engaged in a face-to-face conversation distance is evoked between them as a 'common dialogic space' that both connects and separates. This space must be dealt with in conversation. The habitual tendency is to cover it up by formulating a topic that is external to the immediate relation. Keeping the topic going 'holds' the separate parties together in an ongoing engagement. When the topic for some reason fails to hold, the gap b…
The Other Side of Dialogue
The central assumption of phenomenological and related approaches holds that the possibility of mutual understanding and communication in interpersonal relations in contingent on the supposition of the sameness of self and other. Under this assumption, the otherness of the other is conceived as an obstacle to achieving mutual understanding. Thus, the categories of stranger and strangeness are not considered constitutive of interpersonal communica…
Impression Formation During Tactical Self-Presentation
The Other Side of Dialogue
The central assumption of phenomenological and related approaches holds that the possibility of mutual understanding and communication in interpersonal relations in contingent on the supposition of the sameness of self and other. Under this assumption, the otherness of the other is conceived as an obstacle to achieving mutual understanding. Thus, the categories of stranger and strangeness are not considered constitutive of interpersonal communica…
The Dialogic Connection and the Ethics of Dialogue
Distance and Conversation
Whenever faces are engaged in a face-to-face conversation distance is evoked between them as a 'common dialogic space' that both connects and separates. This space must be dealt with in conversation. The habitual tendency is to cover it up by formulating a topic that is external to the immediate relation. Keeping the topic going 'holds' the separate parties together in an ongoing engagement. When the topic for some reason fails to hold, the gap b…
Impression Formation During Tactical Self-Presentation
The Embrace
This article develops the notion that non-distance is a constitutive element in human relations. The essential difference between body-engagement as a relation of non-distance and face-engagement (comprising eye-contact and talk) as a relation of distance is demonstrated. Body-engagement reduces distance and the separate self/body dissolves through touch. The full significance of touch as an encounter and a merging together of bodies is found in …
Impression Formation During Tactical Self-Presentation
The Other Side of Dialogue
The central assumption of phenomenological and related approaches holds that the possibility of mutual understanding and communication in interpersonal relations in contingent on the supposition of the sameness of self and other. Under this assumption, the otherness of the other is conceived as an obstacle to achieving mutual understanding. Thus, the categories of stranger and strangeness are not considered constitutive of interpersonal communica…
The Power of Not Understanding
Attempts to establish dialogue between conflicting identities usually focus on mutual understanding and the common, while downplaying the elements of the conflict and ignoring the element of otherness, which is especially important for conflicts in which the other is the opposite of the self. This article suggests real dialogue requires that the parties first acknowledge this otherness as the distance between them. Thus, the ability to not unders…
Distance and Conversation
Whenever faces are engaged in a face-to-face conversation distance is evoked between them as a 'common dialogic space' that both connects and separates. This space must be dealt with in conversation. The habitual tendency is to cover it up by formulating a topic that is external to the immediate relation. Keeping the topic going 'holds' the separate parties together in an ongoing engagement. When the topic for some reason fails to hold, the gap b…
The Dialogic Connection and the Ethics of Dialogue
The Embrace
This article develops the notion that non-distance is a constitutive element in human relations. The essential difference between body-engagement as a relation of non-distance and face-engagement (comprising eye-contact and talk) as a relation of distance is demonstrated. Body-engagement reduces distance and the separate self/body dissolves through touch. The full significance of touch as an encounter and a merging together of bodies is found in …
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