Representing Relationships Modes of Cognition and Connection Fiske Hardback

Representing Relationships\n\nModes of Cognition and Connection\n\nBuilding beyond Relational Models Theory, this book explores the four ways people conceive, communicate, and modulate social relationships.\n\nAlan Page Fiske (Author)\n\n9781108837729, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 11 December 2025\n\n450 pages\n28 x 19 x 2.8 cm, 0.834 kg\n\n'For many years, this theory has been the prism through which I study the social world. With it, you understand social relations, their embodiments, and how those are different, and yet the same, across cultures. If an alien ever asks you for a guide to understanding sociality, hand them this book.' Thomas Schubert, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway\n\nThe four fundamental forms of sociality structure our relationships. By comparing hundreds of cultures across more than 5,000 years, this book builds on relational models theory to reveal how each of the four basic types of relationship is conceived in t.