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Medium, messenger, transmission : an approach to media philosophy

By Sybille , Enns , Anthony; Krämer

Book information

Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
978-90-8964-741-2, 9089647414, 9789462983083, 9462983089, 978-90-4852-499-0
Language
englishgerman
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1465052 bytes)
Series
Recursions: theories of media materiality and cultural techniques
Pages
269\271
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
filosofi.;Kommunikation -- teorifilosofi.;Massmedia -- teorifilosofi.;Metafysik.Mass media -- Philosophy.;Communication -- Philoso

Description

This book presents an innovative new way of thinking about transmission media: through the figure of the messenger as a key metaphor. It explores a strikingly diverse range of types of transmission, including the circulation of money, the translation of languages, angelic visitations, the spread of infectious disease, the transferences that occur in psychoanalysis, the act of bearing witness, and the development of cartography. In each case, Sybille Krämer uses the insight offered by the metaphor of the messenger to help explain and explore the field of media philosophy and the ways that mediation shapes our understanding of the world around us.

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