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.
| ISBN: | 9789462983083 |
| Publication date: | 17th June 2016 |
| Author: | Sybille Krämer |
| Publisher: | Amsterdam University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 270 pages |
| Series: | Recursions |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism |
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.
Medium, Messenger, Transmission features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism
Medium, Messenger, Transmission is available in Paperback, Hardback
Medium, Messenger, Transmission was written by Sybille Krämer and published by Amsterdam University Press
Medium, Messenger, Transmission has 270 pages
Yes it is part of Recursions series
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