Speaking into the air: a history of the idea of communication/ (Record no. 153524)
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| fixed length control field | 02047nam a2200193Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780226662763 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 302.201 |
| Item number | PET/S |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Peters, John Durham |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Speaking into the air: a history of the idea of communication/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | John Durham Peters |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Chicago: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University of Chicago Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 293 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : the problem of communication. The historicity of communication --<br/>The varied senses of "communication" --<br/>Sorting theoretical debates in (and via) the 1920s --<br/>Technical and therapeutic discourses after World War II. 1. Dialogue and dissemination. Dialogue and eros in the Phaedrus --<br/>Dissemination in the synoptic gospels. 2. History of an error : the spiritualist tradition. Christian sources --<br/>From matter to mind : "communication" in the seventeenth century --<br/>Nineteenth-century spiritualism. 3. Toward a more robust vision of spirit : Hegel, Marx, and Kierkegaard. Hegel on recognition --<br/>Marx (versus Locke) on money --<br/>Kierkegaard's incognitos. 4. Phantasms of the living, dialogues with the dead. Recording and transmission --<br/>Hermeneutics as communication with the dead --<br/>Dead letters. 5. The quest for authentic connection, or bridging the chasm. The interpersonal walls of idealism --<br/>Fraud or contact? : James on psychical research --<br/>Reach out and touch someone : the telephonic uncanny --<br/>Radio : broadcasting as dissemination (and dialogue). 6. Machines, animals, and aliens : horizons of incommunicability. The Turing test and the insuperability of eros --<br/>Animals and empathy with the inhuman --<br/>Communication with aliens. Conclusion : a squeeze of the hand. The gaps of which communication is made --<br/>The privilege of the receiver --<br/>The dark side of communication --<br/>The irreducibility of touch and time. |
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| Keyword | Communication--Philosophy |
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| Keyword | Mass media--Social aspects |
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| Keyword | Communication--Social aspects |
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| Keyword | Communication |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 302.201 PET/S | P08305 | 27/07/2022 | 27/06/2022 | General Books |