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The Power of Distributed Perspectives
Contributor(s): Abel, Günter (Editor), Plümacher, Martina (Editor)
ISBN: 3110482649     ISBN-13: 9783110482645
Publisher: de Gruyter
OUR PRICE:   $228.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Epistemology
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 306.42
LCCN: 2016045775
Series: Berlin Studies in Knowledge Research
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.55 lbs) 373 pages
 
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How do people and institutions manage to bring their different perspectives into an effective and productive interplay? How can we overcome obstacles for the creative potentials of distributed perspectives? Traditionally, the perspectives of people and institutions are considered to be fixed and isolated points of view. In such a picture, the perspectives seem determined in advance by positions and persons seem trapped within their perspectival horizons. In contrast, the new approach of this volume's contributions focuses on the simple but fundamental fact that people (in their perceiving, speaking, thinking, and acting) always already refer to fellow human beings and coordinate their own perspectives with those of other persons and institutions. The contributions of the present volume concentrate on the structures, mechanisms, and dynamics of the interplays of different perspectives of interacting, communicating, and cooperating persons and institutions. The volume focuses on how the creative potentials as well as the organizational effectiveness of distributed perspectives can be set free.

Contributor Bio(s): Abel, Gunter: - Günter Abel and Martina Plümacher, TU Berlin.