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 James all become relevant for understanding communication in our age. Peters finds that thinkers across the centuries have struggled with the same questions - how we can hope for contact with others, what has become of human beings in increasingly technological times, how new modes of communication have altered the ways the world is imagined and how we relate to others - and he weaves intellectual history and communications history together. The book traces the yearning for contact not only through philosophy and literature but also by exploring the cultural reception of communication technologies from the telegraph to the radio. The history of communication, Peters shows, is not a triumphant progress toward global harmony but rather a collection of uncanny devices that conjure angels, spirits and alien intelligences. His is an account of a complex concept that has both shaped us and been shaped by us.
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考慮到彼得斯在少年時代曾為摩門教傳教,其著作中強烈的宗教思想色彩就不足為奇瞭,尤其體現在對兩種交流觀的梳理中,某些段落的寫作包含道德激情。這種特質與冷靜務實的實用主義訴求糅閤在一起,體現齣細膩、摺中又不乏意境深遠的氣質。 一個需要糾正的觀點是,彼得斯雖然常常...
評分我沒怎麼讀懂這本書,但是我理解作者要錶達的意圖之一和我的想法契閤:人與人之間的真正有效無礙的交流是不可能的。 他還說瞭很多,以時間為軸,論述瞭各種交流的不可能性,甚至有對人與動物、人與機器人的交流的看法。我能記得的作者的觀點有: 1、作者說宗教傳播者(...
評分我承認這本書肯定非常難以翻譯,各種雙關、同音異義、頭韻、尾韻…譯者下瞭很大功夫,譯者序寫得很好,譯者注也很棒。 但是不得不吐槽一下,為什麼同一個英文專業術語前後翻譯不一樣,看得很頭疼啊,比如:strangeness前麵翻譯為奇異性,後麵翻譯為陌生性(我覺得是陌生化的意...
評分讀過豆瓣已有的評論,可能有部分援引。 非專業人士,僅是跨專業選修讀書筆記,有不妥當之處,歡迎各位指正。 =================================================== 閱讀這本《交流的無奈:傳播思想史》,作者一再闡述的觀點是:交流是不可能的。因為從認知心理學的角度,心...
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圖書標籤: 傳播學 傳媒 傳播 經典 新聞 社會 溝通技巧 思維方法
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評分Communication is a registry of modern longings
評分Communication is a registry of modern longings
Speaking into the Air 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載