| Primal Scenes of Communication: Communication, Consumerism, and Social Movements Contributor(s): Angus, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791446654 ISBN-13: 9780791446652 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 302.201 |
| LCCN: 99054268 |
| Series: Suny the Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: (0.92 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |