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Language: English
Published by Columbia University Press, 2004
Series: Book 27 of 103 - European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
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- Title
- Transmitting Culture
- Author
- Debray, RÃ gis
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0231113455
- ISBN 13
- 9780231113458
- Item weight
- 1.2 pounds
- Series
- Book 27 of 103: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
An examination of the difference between communication and transmission that stresses technologies and institutions long overlooked in the study of symbols and signs throughout the history of civilizations.
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About the Author
Régis Debray is professor of philosophy in the Faculté de Lettres at the Université de Lyon III. Founder and editor of Les Cahiers de médiologie, former aide to president François Mitterand, erstwhile associate of Che Guevara, and captive cause célèbre in Bolivia (1967–1970), he is the author of numerous books, including Media Manifestos: On the Technological Transmission of Cultural Forms; Charles de Gaulle: Futurist of the Nation; Against Venice; Revolution in the Revolution?; and Teachers, Writers, Celebrities: The Intellectuals of Modern France. His political memoir, Blessed Be Our Gods, is forthcoming.
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