The Marvelous Clouds
Subtitle: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media
By: John Durham Peters
Publisher: the University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780226253831
Subjects: Communication; Philosophy; Written communication; Internet
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In medias res; title: Understanding media; title: Of cetaceans and ships; or, the moorings of our being; title: The fire sermon; title: Lights in the firmament: sky media I (Chronos); title: The times and the seasons: sky media II (Kairos); title: The face and the book (inscription media); title: God and Google; title: Conclusion: the sabbath of meaning; title: Appendix: nonsimultaneity in cetacean communication.