Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 225 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9780520976016
Series Statement:
Environmental communication, power, and culture 2
Content:
Who is the human in media philosophy? Although media philosophers have argued since the twentieth century that media are fundamental to being human, this question has not been explicitly asked and answered in the field. Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure. Building on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy. Delving into the narratives of the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Black Panther Party, and the digitization of Michael Brown’s killing, On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Illustrations
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction. The Medium Is the Message, Revisited: Media and Black Epistemologies
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1. Technological Darwinism
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2. Black Escapism on the Underground (Black) Anthropocene
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3. Toward a Theory of Intercommunal Media
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4. Black “Matter” Lives: Michael Brown and Digital Afterlives
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Conclusion. The Reparations of the Earth
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520355798
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520355804
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9780520355804
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520976016
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