num_pages: 214
description: Primal Scenes of Communication argues that the materiality of communication media constitute social relations and that social relations should be understood as "technology-identity complexes." This theory is employed to characterize consumer society, and the social movements that criticize consumer society, as a unique epoch of communication.
language: English
title: Primal Scenes of Communication: Communication, Consumerism, and Social Movements
titlecomplete: Primal Scenes of Communication: Communication, Consumerism, and Social Movements (Suny the Philosophy of the Social Sciences)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: State University of New York Press