Christian Fuchs

Marxist Humanism and Communication Theory

Media, Communication and Society Volume One

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book outlines and contributes to the foundations of Marxist-humanist communication theory. It analyses the role of communication in capitalist society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780367697129
• ISBN-10: 0367697122
• Artikelnr.: 60605111

Autorenporträt

Christian Fuchs is a critical theorist of communication and society. He is co-editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. He is author of many publications, including the books Social Media: A Critical Introduction (3rd edition 2021), Communication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory (2020), Marxism: Karl Marx's Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies (2020), Nationalism on the Internet: Critical Theory and Ideology in the Age of Social Media and Fake News (2020), Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism (2019), Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter (2016), Digital Labour and Karl Marx (2014), Internet and Society (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Erich Fromm and the Critical Theory of Communication
3. Revisiting the Althusser/E. P. Thompson-Controversy: Towards a Marxist Theory of Communication
4. Raymond Williams's Communicative Materialism
5. Henri Lefebvre's Theory of the Production of Space and the Critical Theory of Communication
6. Towards A Critical Theory of Communication with Georg Lukács's and Lucien Goldmann
7. Günther Anders's Critical Theory of Technology
8. Jean-Paul Sartre as Critical Theorist of Communication. An Engagement with "Critique of Dialectical Reason"
9. M. N. Roy, Socialist Humanism, and the Critical Analysis of Communication
10. Capitalism, Racism, Patriarchy
11. Conclusion