John durham peters speaking into the air is not only a welcome invitation to further developing what has been a relatively minor aspect of communication studies, but it also is one of the most powerful assertions of a position with respect to the still evolving media revolution since marshall mcluhans groundbreaking gutenberg galaxy 1962. A history of the idea of communication by john durham peters for online ebook. A history of the idea of communication by john durham peters and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Peters traces the evolution of ideas around communication throughout history and extrapolates their wider social, political, philosophical and religious implications. The title, speaking into the air is a fitting title. 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. Even though dialogue tends to be viewed as the better means of communications, peters believes that it can be cruel and destructive.
Dialogue and dissemination in chapter one of speaking into the air, peters 1999 compares two forms of communication. Peters maintains that communication is ultimately unthinkable apart from the task of establishing a kingdom in which people can live together peacefully. John durham peters is professor of english and film and media studies at yale university. Communication plays a vital and unique role in societyoften blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same tim. The book provides a fascinating study of communication, drawing on history, philosophy, religion, and science. Pdf speaking into the air download full pdf book download. Peters finds that thinkers across the centuries have struggled with the same questions how we can hope for contact with others, what has become of human beings in increasingly technological times, how new modes of communication have altered the ways the world is imagined and how we relate to others and he weaves intellectual history and.
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Communication plays a vital and unique role in societyoften blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same time heralded as a panacea for human relations. A history of the idea of communication by john durham peters communication plays a vital and unique role in societyoften blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same time heralded as a panacea for human relations. The modern american problem of communication wilbur schramm. A history of the idea of communication by john durham peters chicago university press, 1999 this intellectual history of the rise of communication in the modern age redefines the term as profoundly ethical and political. To john durham peters,communication is not a singular process, idea, or set of givens, but a pathosdrenched question haunting western culture p. Communication is a modern notion, developed in the nineteenth century and he argues that it has not been studied enough. The history of communication, peters shows, is not a triumphant progress toward global harmony but rather a collection of uncanny devices that conjure angels, spirits and alien intelligences.
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A history of the idea of communication, john durham peters is published by university of chicago press. John durham peters speaking into the air is not only a welcome invitation to further developing what has been a relatively minor aspect of communication studies, but it also is one of the most powerful assertions of a position with respect to the still evolving media revolution since marshall mcluhans. John durham peters in contemporary debates, communication is variously invoked as a panacea for the problems of both democracy and love, as a dream of a new information. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Communication is a necessity, but is also doomed to miscommunication. By taking selfreflective and historical perspective, john peters seems to relativize the philosophical proposition that humans are speaking animalaristotle. A history of the idea of communication, written by american scholar john durham peters, is a major work in communication studies and the authors first book. A history of the idea of communication john durham peters communication plays a vital and unique role in societyoften blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same time heralded as a panacea for human relations. Lastly, speaking into the air provides a historical grounding which can be used to support and deepen zizeks criticism of language as a source of violence. The concept of communication only took its current shape37 in the nineteenth century. Combining insights from pragmatism, critical theory and continental philosophy it proposes. Dialogue and dissemination the concept of communication only took its current shape37 in the nineteenth century.
Speaking into the air delivers what superb serious books always dohours of intellectual challenge as one absorbs the gradually unfolding vision of an erudite, creative author. If the questions are like these, john peters speaking into the air may be a good and, perhaps, the first introduction. Read unlimited books and audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and. A media historian and social theorist, he has authored a number of noted scholarly works. Given our condition as mortals, communication remains not. Jan 20, 2014 lastly, speaking into the air provides a historical grounding which can be used to support and deepen zizeks criticism of language as a source of violence. A history of the idea of communication kindle edition by peters, john durham.
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