Medium, Messenger, Transmission

Sybille Krämer

Medium, Messenger, Transmission

An Approach to Media Philosophy

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.
Author

Sybille Krämer

Dr. Sybille Krämer is professor of theoretical philosophy at the Freie Universität Berlin. She is the author of six books: Technik, Gesellschaft und Natur: Versuch über ihren Zusammenhang (1982), Symbolische Maschinen: Die Idee der Formalisierung in geschichtlichem Abriss (1988), Berechenbare Vernunft: Kalkül und Rationalismus im 17. Jahrhundert (1991), Sprache, Sprechakt, Kommunikation: Sprachtheoretische Positionen des 20. Jahrhunderts (2001), Gewalt der Sprache - Sprache der Gewalt (2005), and Medium, Bote, Übertragung: Kleine Metaphysik der Medialität (2008).
Title
Medium, Messenger, Transmission
Subtitle
An Approach to Media Philosophy
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Price
€ 128,99
ISBN
9789048524990
Format
eBook PDF
Number of pages
270
Language
English
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Series
Recursions
Category
Media Studies
Discipline
Film, Media, and Communication
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