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Media and the Power of Knowledge
By Steve Fuller
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Description
Fuller radically extends Marshall McLuhan's slogan, 'The medium is the message', by reading the distinction between 'hot' and 'cool' media through the lens of sociologist Max Weber's 'prophetic' and 'priestly' religious voices, the former demanding that receivers complete the message, the latter that they conform to it.
Readers will find a comparative appraisal of Socrates and Jesus as long-standing media personalities, as well as the fate of individual integrity, expert authority and the public sphere in the radically democratized landscape of the post-truth condition, in which truth-telling has been turned into a performing art that may adopt many forms. Does the tweet signal the return of the aphorism as a conveyor of insight about the world?
Historically and philosophically informed, while presenting provocative arguments that address today's concerns, this book considers the likely future developments of the media and its far-reaching implications for the human condition.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2025-11-13
Publication Date:
2025-11-13
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1780930062
ISBN13:
9781780930060
Weight:
529 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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