Overview

Investigating the phenomena of technology, science, technique, and mass communication, Piyush Mathur contends that the enterprise of science communication may be misleading vis-à-vis technology—if in part because it frequently coextends with a flawed, but dominant, notion of science that presumptuously implicates technology anyway. Grappling with what authentically constitutes science and the prospective effects of its realization on a global future of mass communication, Mathur explores how various technological forms play specifically into ecologically sensitive mass communication. The result is an eco-communicative theory of technology that includes its classification based upon a set of qualitative principles and a profile of the notion of development. On the whole, though, Technological Forms and Ecological Communication: A Theoretical Heuristic brings the fields of philosophy and history of science, philosophy and sociology of technology, communication studies, and development studies into conversation with one another.

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Author:   Piyush Mathur
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9781498520478

ISBN 10:   1498520472
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   25 September 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Preface List of Figures Chapter 1: Technology, Ecology, & Communication Chapter 2: In Apprehending Technology, Bypass the Foucauldian Framework Chapter 3: Science Defined in Terms of Object Versus Method of Study: The Problematics of the Two Approaches Chapter 4: Diverse Objects, Diverse Subjects: An Inquest into a State of Pre- Fragmentation Termed Science Chapter 5:The Argument Concerning the Christian-Religious Inception of Science Chapter 6: Mystique & Domination: A Matter of Mutual Reinforcement The Theological Substructure of the Dominant Notion of Science Chapter 7: Some Terminological Revelations Through European History: The Invalidity of Science as a Theoretical Concept Chapter 8: Science: A Basket Category And why Science-Technology Differential Matters to Communication Chapter 9: An Eco-Communicative Theory of Technology Chapter 10: The Principle of Proximation: Proximate & Distant Technologies Chapter 11: The Principle of Temporality: Newer, Older, Obsolete, & Antiquated Technologies Chapter 12: The Principle of Concentration: Concentrative & Disseminative Technologies Chapter 13: The Principle of Anthropocentrism: Meat Technologies; Technologies of Polity; Communication Technologies Chapter 14: The Principle of Uncertainty: Uncertain Technologies Chapter 15: The Unprincipled Case of the Technologies of Development Chapter 16: Conclusion Bibliography About the Author

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This book is brilliantly researched and opens a new chapter in a heated debate on science and technology. The author critically re-thinks some of the basic notions of our civilization providing new answers to troubling environmental questions. Technological Forms and Ecological Communication: A Theoretical Heuristic is modern philosophy at its brightest. -- Viacheslav Kudashov, Siberian Federal University Technological Forms and Ecological Communication: A Theoretical Heuristic is a remarkable achievement. Mathur's critical explorations of how technology, ecology, and communication must be reappraised today from a comprehensively global perspective make this study essential reading for those engaged in communication, development, science and technology, or environmental studies. -- Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University With boundless intellect and compassion Piyush Mathur elucidates the centuries-long evolution of our contemporary concepts of science, technology, and communication. In so doing, he reveals their inherent vagueness and relativity, while presenting brave insights into how to address anew our planetary distress. A stunning contribution! -- Chellis Glendinning, Independent scholar and psychologist

A brilliantly-focused research opening a new page in a heated debate on science and technology. The author critically re-thinks some of the basic notions of our civilization providing new answers to troubling environmental questions. Technological Forms and Ecological Communication: A Theoretical Heuristic is modern philosophy at its brightest. -- Viacheslav Kudashov, Siberian Federal University

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Piyush Mathur is an independent scholar.

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