Vandeputte Critique of Journalistic Reason

Philosophy and the Time of the Newspaper
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-8232-9027-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

This book examines philosophy’s recurrent preoccupation with journalism. It shows how modern European philosophy's preoccupation with the news inflects theories of history, time, and language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vandeputte, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations vii

Morning News: Kant, Hegel 1

1 Talking Machines: Kierkegaard 19

2 Idolatry of Facts: Nietzsche 72

3 Last Days: Benjamin 121

Afterword: “Today” 175

Acknowledgements 183

Notes 185

Bibliography 223

Index 237

Über Autor(innen)

Vandeputte Tom:

Tom Vandeputte is head of Critical Studies at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, where he teaches continental philosophy and critical theory. He is also a fellow at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICI) Berlin, where he is preparing a book on the political thought of Walter Benjamin.Tom Vandeputte is head of Critical Studies at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, where he teaches continental philosophy and critical theory. He is also a fellow at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICI) Berlin, where he is preparing a book on the political thought of Walter Benjamin.