Primal scenes of communication
Subtitle: communication, consumerism, and social movements
By: Ian Angus.
Series: SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Communication -- Philosophy.; Communication -- Social aspects.; Social movements.
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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.