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Interpreting Networks
. Ed(S): Krieger, David J.; Belliger, Andrea
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Paperback. Editor(s): Krieger, David J.; Belliger, Andrea. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
After postmodern critique has deconstructed, decentered, and displaced order and identity on all levels, we are faced with the Humpty Dumpty question of how to put the pieces back together again. This book brings together the seldom associated discourses of hermeneutics, actor-network theory, and new media in order to formulate a theory of a global network society. Hermeneutics re-opens the question of unity in a fragmented world. Actor-network theory reinterprets the construction of meaning as networking. New media studies show how networking is done. Networks arise, are maintained, and are transformed by communicative actions that are governed by network norms ... Read more
After postmodern critique has deconstructed, decentered, and displaced order and identity on all levels, we are faced with the Humpty Dumpty question of how to put the pieces back together again. This book brings together the seldom associated discourses of hermeneutics, actor-network theory, and new media in order to formulate a theory of a global network society. Hermeneutics re-opens the question of unity in a fragmented world. Actor-network theory reinterprets the construction of meaning as networking. New media studies show how networking is done. Networks arise, are maintained, and are transformed by communicative actions that are governed by network norms ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837628111
SKU
V9783837628111
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About . Ed(S): Krieger, David J.; Belliger, Andrea
David J. Krieger (Prof. Dr. habil. habil.), social scientist and philosopher, is a co-founder and co-director of the institute for Communication & Leadership, a private research and training institution, in Lucerne. He is author of many scientific articles and books and director of various MAS and MBA programs. His main areas of research are communication theory, systems theory, theories of ... Read more
Reviews for Interpreting Networks
»Der Band [beeindruckt] nicht nur durch seine Eigenschaft, konzise Überblicke herzustellen, sondern auch dadurch, dass in den einzelnen Abschnitten immer wieder deutlich der Bezug zur Hauptthese hergestellt und durch Vor- und Rückgriffe eine dichte Argumentation geführt wird. Die Klarheit und Nachvollziehbarkeit des Textes lässt ihn dabei als eine einführende Lektüre in die ANT und ihre Anwendungsgebiete ebenso geeignet erscheinen wie ... Read more