Pragmatics of Human Communication
Watzlawick, Paul / Bavelas, Janet Beavin (University of Victoria) / Jackson, Don D.
Called "one of the best books ever about human communication, " and a perennial bestseller, Pragmatics of Human Communication has formed the foundation of much contemporary research into interpersonal communication, in addition to laying the groundwork for context-based approaches to psychotherapy. The authors present the simple but radical idea that problems in life often arise from issues of communication, rather than from deep psychological...