This book brings to social scientists a new look at how human beings are
striving towards understanding others-- and through that effort-- making
sense of themselves. It brings together researchers from all over the
World who have suggested a set of new approaches to the basic research
issue of how human beings are social beings, while being unique in their
personal ways of being. Issues of social representation, communication,
dialogical self, and human subjectivity are represented in this book.
The book contributes to the contemporary epistemological and ethical
debate about the question of otherness, and would be of interest to
educationalists, sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists. It is
an invitation to the wide readership to join in this collective effort
towards the construction of new conceptions about myselfothers
relationships that allow for innovative understanding of various social
practices and problem solving in society.