Mangion Claude. Philosophical Approaches to Communication

Intellect, 2011. — 330 pages. — ISBN: 978-1-84150-502-2.A comprehensive introduction to the forms and various philosophical theories of communication, this volume is composed of three sections focusing on the production of culturally relevant communication, the interpretation of communicative messages, and the effects of communication on both speaker and listener. Each section draws on the work of key philosophers—from Foucault to Derrida to Habermas—and presents a detailed critical overview of the work in relation to the field of communication. Exhaustively researched, this book presents an up-to-date overview of thinking on communication theory in one inclusive volume.Saussure on the Structure of Communication
Peirce on the Life of Signs
Foucault on Discourse and Power
Eco on Culture and Communication
Derrida and the Deconstruction of Communication
Gadamer on Communication as Hermeneutics
Wittgenstein on Language as a Form of Life
J. L. Austin and Speech Act Theory
P. Grice and the Theory of Conversation
Searle and the Intentionality of Speech Acts
Habermas on Communication and Social Theory
Halliday on Language and Social Semiotics