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Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-332) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Prologue Coming to Narrative: The Early Years Bipolarity in the Graduate Student Self The Graduate Don't Blow It Oh, Henry Dark Side of the Moon Taking Chances: Interpretive Sensibilities and the Struggle for Meaning A Therapeutic Interlude So Long Interlude: Life's Forward Momentum A Simple Twist of Fate It's About Time: Narrative and the Divided Self Epilogue Notes References Index About the Author.

"Reflecting on a 50 year university career, Distinguished Professor Arthur Bochner, former President of the National Communication Association, discloses a lived history, both academic and personal, that has paralleled many of the paradigm shifts in the human sciences inspired by the turn toward narrative. He shows how the human sciences--especially in his own areas of interpersonal, family, and communication theory--have evolved from sciences directed toward prediction and control to interpretive ones focused on the search for meaning through qualitative, narrative, and ethnographic modes of inquiry. He outlines the theoretical contributions of such luminaries as Bateson, Laing, Goffman, Henry, Gergen, and Richardson in this transformation. Using diverse forms of narration, Bochner seamlessly layers theory and story, interweaving his professional and personal life with the social and historical contexts in which they developed"-- Provided by publisher.