Table of Contents

Introduction by Mike Sandbothe; Preface; 1. The basic mechanism: supposition and presupposition; 2. Models of reality; 3. Culture programmes; 4. Interim summary (1); 5. Histories and discourses; 6. Agency; 7. Communication; 8. Process-dependent realities; 9. Beyond dualism; 10. Interim summary (2); 11. Identity; 12. Morality; 13. Truth; 14. Interim summary (3); 15. Why a theory of histories & discourses?; Glossaries; Selected references

About the Author

Siegfried J. Schmidt is professor of communication theory and media culture at Munster University. His doctoral thesis (1968) was on the relation of language and thought, and he has written a number of books on constructivist themes.