The Impossible Dream? Reflections on the Intellectual Journey of Roy Harris (1931−2015). (2nd January 2016) - Hutton, Christopher
Abstract: This paper reviews the intellectual tensions that shaped the writings of Roy Harris from the time of his appointment to the Chair of General Linguistics at Oxford University in 1978 until his death in 2015. In particular it points to a conflict between Harris' critical, reflexive agenda and his ambitions to produce an integrated, 'integrational' theory of communication.