Primal scenes of communication : communication, consumerism, and social movements / Ian Angus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angus, Ian H.

Series:

SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Philosophy.

Communication.

Communication--Social aspects.

Social movements.

Physical Description:

ix, 214 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2000]

Summary:

Primal Scenes of Communication argues that the materiality of communication media constitute social relations and that social relations should be understood as "technology-identity complexes". This theory is employed to characterize consumer society, and the social movements that criticize consumer society, as a unique epoch of communication.

Contents:

1. Language and Institution in the Human Sciences 1

Part I The Materiality of Expressive Forms

2. Medium of Communication 19

3. Comparative Media Theory 35

4. Technology and Social Identity 57

5. Phenomenology of Communication 67

Part II Loss of Mediation in Consumer Society

6. From Competitive Capitalism to Consumer Society 77

7. Reduction of Culture to Information 89

8. Representation versus Constitution 101

9. Consumer Identities 115

Part III Social Movements

10. Three Strategies of Resistance 127

11. New Mediations 139

12. Discourse and Identity 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index.

ISBN:

0791446654

0791446662

OCLC:

42717934