Dialectical Approaches to Studying Personal Relationships

This work describes different ways of understanding personal relationships from a dialectical perspective. It is written for scholars and students within the social sciences and the humanities that seek answers to questions about how people relate to one another. Following the Bakhtinian perspective, the contributors honour the values of dialogism by respecting different and sometimes contradictory views, assuming that these views can be valid, and joining in a discussion with the editors and other contributors about their emerging work. They also acknowledge that the chapters in this text are part of an ongoing process to frame and reframe emerging ideas, and allow the freedom to express creative, unique ideas.