The Genes of Culture: Towards a Theory of Symbols, Meaning, and Media, Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9781433182624 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Lance Strate; Christine L. Nystrom; Carolyn Wiebe

Opis

The Genes of Culture integrates insights from philosophy, the physical sciences, social psychology and cultural criticism to pose challenging questions for today's students of media. An exemplary foundation reader for graduates or undergraduates in communication and media studies.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments - Introduction - Prologue - Language: The Monkeys' Tale - The Children's Tale - From Signal to Speech - Language and the Birth of Self - Narrative - Metaphor, Explanation, and Tales of the Self - Connections: Tribal Tales - Transitions and Transformations: The City, the Self, and the Sacred - Sounds of Silence: The Evolution of Writing - Kings, Consciousness, and Intimations of Immortality - Selected Bibliography - On Narrative - On Technopoly - Alternative Narratives - Final Tidbit: Nystrom's Nuggets of Wisdom - Reading List - Addendum: Remembrances.

O autorze

Christine L. Nystrom was a professor of media and communication in the Media Ecology program at New York University for over 30 years. She is regarded as one of the founders of that field, alongside her colleague Neil Postman.