Zum Inhalt:

Part I

The Model Ex Negativo: Linguistic Reification of People

1. The Critique of Inflexible Possessiveness in Conversation Having versus Being

    Frau Jenny Treibel: The "Money-Bang Disposition" and its Expression in Conversation

    Silvia im 'Stern': Inflexibility in Conversation

2. The Critique of Manipulation in Communication

    Jürgen Habermas: Strategic Action versus Communicative Action

    Effi Briest: Manipulation versus Understanding

    Der Schwierige: "Designing" Conservation

Part II

The Model Ex Positivo: Mainenance of Intersubjectivity in Communication

3. An Ethical Model of Communication in Fontane and Hofmannsthal

    Preliminary Methodological Remarks

    Frau Jenny Treibel: Moral Development, Communication, and Utopia

    Der Schwierige: Cooerative Communication Oriented Toward Understanding