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Speaking into the Air

Paperback • 2000 • English

Speaking into the Air

By John Durham Peters

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About the book

In contemporary debates, communication is variously invoked as a panacea for the problems of both democracy and love, as a dream of a new information society brought about by new technologies, and as a wistful ideal of human relations. How, and why, did communication come to shoulder the load it carries? In John Durham Peters's work, the teachings of Socrates and Jesus, the theology of Saint Augustine, the political philosophy of Locke, and the American tradition from Emerson through William Jam...Show more

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9780226662770

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Speaking into the Air

Format

Paperback

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