Philosophy of Communication (Mit Press)

ISBN 10: 0262516977 / ISBN 13: 9780262516976

Published by MIT Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Philosophy of Communication (Mit Press)
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262516977
• ISBN 13: 9780262516976
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Classical, modern, and contemporary philosophical writings that address the fundamental concepts of communication.

To philosophize is to communicate philosophically. From its inception, philosophy has communicated forcefully. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle talk a lot, and talk ardently. Because philosophy and communication have belonged together from the beginning—and because philosophy comes into its own and solidifies its stance through communication—it is logical that we subject communication to philosophical investigation. This collection of key works of classical, modern, and contemporary philosophers brings communication back into philosophy's orbit. It is the first anthology to gather in a single volume foundational works that address the core questions, concepts, and problems of communication in philosophical terms.

The editors have chosen thirty-two selections from the work of Plato, Leibniz, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Lacan, Derrida, Sloterdijk, and others. They have organized these texts thematically, rather than historically, in seven sections: consciousness; intersubjective understanding; language; writing and context; difference and subjectivity; gift and exchange; and communicability and community. Taken together, these texts not only lay the foundation for establishing communication as a distinct philosophical topic but also provide an outline of what philosophy of communication might look like.

About the Author

Briankle G. Chang is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Deconstructing Communication: Representation, Subject, and Economies of Exchange. Garnet C. Butchart is Associate Professor in the Department of Cmmunication and Rhetorical Studies at Duquesne University. He is the author of Embodiment, Relation, Community: A Continental Philosophy of Communication.