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- Author: John Durham Peters
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226662772
- ISBN-13: 9780226662770
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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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 InquirerEXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Author: John Durham Peters
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226662772
- ISBN-13: 9780226662770
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
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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