Medium, messenger, transmission : an approach to media philosophy / Sybille Krämer ; translated by Anthony Enns.
This rich study provides a comprehensive introduction to media philosophy while offering a new perspective on the concept and function of transmission media in all systems of exchange. Krämer uses the figure of the messenger as a key metaphor, examining a diverse range of transmission events, inclu...
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| Other title: | Medium, Bote, Übertragung. English |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques.
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| Summary: | This rich study provides a comprehensive introduction to media philosophy while offering a new perspective on the concept and function of transmission media in all systems of exchange. Krämer uses the figure of the messenger as a key metaphor, examining a diverse range of transmission events, including the circulation of money, translation of languages, angelic visitations, spread of infectious diseases, and processes of transference and counter-transference that occur during psychoanalysis. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (269 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-259) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789048524990 9048524997 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |