27.4719, FYI: Editorial and Name Changes at Controversies

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Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:54:12
From: Paul Peranteau [paul at benjamins.com]
Subject: Editorial and Name Changes at Controversies

 John Benjamins Publishing Company announces that as of Volume 13, Marcelo
Dascal (Tel Aviv University) is named Founding Editor of the book series
Controversies while the Editorship is taken over by Giovanni Scarafile
(University of Salento).

In addition, the book series now bears the expanded title: Controversies |
Ethics and Interdisciplinarity

Controversy is a ubiquitous phenomenon in human theoretical and practical
life. It manifests itself in various forms, ranging from virulent polemics to
polite and well-ordered discussion. It expresses dissent, and may either lead
to irreconcilable conflict or pave the way to conflict resolution. It occurs
in private and everyday social life, in the courtroom and in politics, as well
as in science, the arts, philosophy, and theology. Wherever it occurs,
controversy sharpens critical thinking and prevents mental and social
stagnation. Rather than a peripheral phenomenon, controversy is the engine of
intellectual and practical progress.

The proper study of controversy is inevitably interdisciplinary, requiring the
cooperation of practitioners of the art of controversy as well as of
researchers in conflict resolution, mediation, diplomacy, communication,
linguistics, logic, rhetoric, history, philosophy, anthropology, psychology,
etc. The book series is predicated upon the belief that interdisciplinary
research is a must in the investigation of complex phenomena such as
controversy, and that it is feasible, even though it is not easy to achieve.

Controversies includes studies in the theory of controversy or any of its
salient aspects, studies of the history of controversy forms and their
evolution, case-studies of particular historical or current controversies in
any field or period, edited collections of documents of a given controversy or
a family of related controversies, and other controversy-focused books. The
series also acts as a forum for ‘agenda-setting’ debates, where prominent
discussants of current controversial issues take part. Since controversy
involves necessarily dialogue, manuscripts focusing exclusively on one
position will not be considered.

ISSN 1574-1583

https://benjamins.com/catalog/books/cvs/main
 
Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     General Linguistics
                     Philosophy of Language



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