Speaking into the Air: A History of the Idea of Communication

Sampul Depan
University of Chicago Press, 26 Apr 2012 - 304 halaman
Communication plays a vital and unique role in society-often blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same time heralded as a panacea for human relations. A sweeping history of communication, Speaking Into the Air illuminates our expectations of communication as both historically specific and a fundamental knot in Western thought.

"This is a most interesting and thought-provoking book. . . . Peters maintains that communication is ultimately unthinkable apart from the task of establishing a kingdom in which people can live together peacefully. Given our condition as mortals, communication remains not primarily a problem of technology, but of power, ethics and art." —Antony Anderson, New Scientist

"Guaranteed to alter your thinking about communication. . . . Original, erudite, and beautifully written, this book is a gem." —Kirkus Reviews

"Peters writes to reclaim the notion of authenticity in a media-saturated world. It's this ultimate concern that renders his book a brave, colorful exploration of the hydra-headed problems presented by a rapid-fire popular culture." —Publishers Weekly

What we have here is a failure-to-communicate book. Funny thing is, it communicates beautifully. . . . Speaking Into the Air delivers what superb serious books always do-hours of intellectual challenge as one absorbs the gradually unfolding vision of an erudite, creative author." —Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer
 

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The Problem of Communication
1
Chapter 1 Dialogue and Dissemination
33
The Spiritualist Tradition Christian Sources
63
Hegel Marx and Kierkegaard
109
Chapter 4 Phantasms of the Living Dialogues with the Dead Recording and Transmission
137
Chapter 5 The Quest for Authentic Connection or Bridging the Chasm
177
Horizons of Incommunicability
227
A Squeeze of the Hand
263
Extracts Supplied by a Subsublibrarian
273
Acknowledgments
283
Index
285
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John Durham Peters is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa.

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