Media of reason
Subtitle: a theory of rationality
By: Matthias Vogel ; translated by Darrell P. Arnold
Contributors: Arnold, Darrell (Darrell P.)
Series: New directions in critical theory
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780231150583; 9780231527750
Subjects: Rationalism; Philosophy; Mass media
Work titles: Medien der Vernunft
Description: Matthias Vogel challenges the belief that reason is determined solely by our discursive, linguistic abilities as communicative beings. In his view, the medium of language is not the only force of reason, that music, art and other nonlinguistic forms of communication are also significant.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On the situation of the project of the enlightenment; title: What is enlightenment?; title: How to achieve the enlightenment; title: Orientating reflections on the theory of rationality; title: Why a theory of rationality as a theory of media?; title: What are media?; title: Sociological theory of media; title: Media and technology; title: Dewey's action-theoretic conception of media; title: Toward a general theory of media; title: Introduction; title: Interpretationism expanded by media theory; title: Further theoretical foundations of media theory; title: Consequences for a concept of rationality; title: Explicative benefits; title: Normative returns.