Medium, messenger, transmission : an approach to media philosophy / Sybille Krämer ; translated by Anthony Enns
(Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques)
Material Type | E-Book |
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Publisher | Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press |
Year | [2015] |
Language | English |
Size | 1 online resource (269 pages) |
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Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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Contents | Introduction : the media philosphy of Sybille Kr©Þmer Prologue Methodological considerations |
Notes | This rich study provides a comprehensive introduction to media philosophy while offering a new perspective on the concept and function of transmission media in all systems of exchange. Krämer uses the figure of the messenger as a key metaphor, examining a diverse range of transmission events, including the circulation of money, translation of languages, angelic visitations, spread of infectious diseases, and processes of transference and counter-transference that occur during psychoanalysis Open Access Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and indexes Print version record |
Authors | *Krämer, Sybille, Enns, Anthony, Krämer, Sybille. |
Subjects | LCSH:Electronic books BSH:Electronic books LCSH:Mass media -- Philosophy All Subject Search LCSH:Communication -- Philosophy All Subject Search LCSH:Metaphysics FREE:The arts FREE:Film, TV and radio FREE:Films, cinema FREE:Film theory and criticism FREE:PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology All Subject Search BISACSH:PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology All Subject Search BISACSH:ART -- General All Subject Search FREE:Communication -- Philosophy All Subject Search FREE:Mass media -- Philosophy All Subject Search FREE:Metaphysics FREE:Medien FREE:Medialität FREE:Medientheorie FREE:Medienphilosophie FREE:Vermittlung |
Classification | DC23:302.23 |
ID | ED00001356 |
ISBN | 9789048524990 |