Transmitting Culture

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-11345-8
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 236 g

Reihe: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism

An examination of the difference between communication and transmission that stresses technologies and institutions long overlooked in the study of symbols and signs throughout the history of civilizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Debray, Regis

Debray, Régis

Weitere Mitwirkende

Rauth, Eric

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Kulturphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword1. The Medium's Two BodiesThe Material DimensionThe Diachronic DimensionThe Political DimensionThe Mechanics of TransmissionCircumscribing a DisciplineOrganized Matter and Materialized OrganizationNetworks and TerritoriesChristianity's Mediology2. Crossroads or Double Helix?The Two LinesThe Tragedy of Transmission3. The Exact Science of AngelsA Venerable ProtomediologyGo-BetweensAngels, Present!Mediabolics4. Fault LinesThe Seismic ZoneInterdependenciesDemarcation5. Tool LinesEthnos contra TechnicsRetrograde ProgressMan's Proper Study6. Disciplinary ImperialismsThe Risks of "All-Socio"The Risks of "All-Bio"7. Ways of DoingDecenteringMaterializingDynamizingA Disciplinary ProvisoAgainst the Stream

Über Autor(innen)

Régis Debray is professor of philosophy in the Faculté de Lettres at the Université de Lyon III. Founder and editor of Les Cahiers de médiologie, former aide to president François Mitterand, erstwhile associate of Che Guevara, and captive cause célèbre in Bolivia (1967;1970), he is the author of numerous books, including Media Manifestos: On the Technological Transmission of Cultural Forms; Charles de Gaulle: Futurist of the Nation; Against Venice; Revolution in the Revolution?; and Teachers, Writers, Celebrities: The Intellectuals of Modern France. His political memoir, Blessed Be Our Gods, is forthcoming.