In contemporary debates, communication is variously invoked as a panacea for the problems of both democracy and love, as a dream of a new information society brought about by new technologies, and as a wistful ideal of human relations. How, and why, did communication come to shoulder the load it carries? In John Durham Peters's work, the teachings of Socrates and Jesus, the theology of Saint Augustine, the political philosophy of Locke, and the American tradition from Emerson through William James all become relevant for understanding communication in our age. Peters finds that thinkers across the centuries have struggled with the same questions - how we can hope for contact with others, what has become of human beings in increasingly technological times, how new modes of communication have altered the ways the world is imagined and how we relate to others - and he weaves intellectual history and communications history together. The book traces the yearning for contact not only through philosophy and literature but also by exploring the cultural reception of communication technologies from the telegraph to the radio. The history of communication, Peters shows, is not a triumphant progress toward global harmony but rather a collection of uncanny devices that conjure angels, spirits and alien intelligences. His is an account of a complex concept that has both shaped us and been shaped by us.
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[在电脑里翻到的，上学期的课程作业] “只有当代人才会在面对面时担心如何‘交流’的问题，仿佛他们之间相距千里之遥。‘交流’是盘根错节的思想文化问题，它把时代的种种自我冲突编进了自己的代码之中。” 这是作者彼得斯写在序论里的话，提示我们在阅读此书中应当时刻带着“...
评分 评分读过豆瓣已有的评论，可能有部分援引。 非专业人士，仅是跨专业选修读书笔记，有不妥当之处，欢迎各位指正。 =================================================== 阅读这本《交流的无奈：传播思想史》，作者一再阐述的观点是：交流是不可能的。因为从认知心理学的角度，心...
评分[在电脑里翻到的，上学期的课程作业] “只有当代人才会在面对面时担心如何‘交流’的问题，仿佛他们之间相距千里之遥。‘交流’是盘根错节的思想文化问题，它把时代的种种自我冲突编进了自己的代码之中。” 这是作者彼得斯写在序论里的话，提示我们在阅读此书中应当时刻带着“...
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把学术著作写出了文学作品的味道
评分Peters的文字美麗如同詩歌，是這學期最好看的一本理論書（一定要讀英文）。意識到交流之不可能，卻正呼喚出了上帝之愛：“我們能在多大程度上寬恕人的愚蠢”。而同情與寬恕之艱難，則彰顯了“我們有限的生命既神聖又悲哀”。
评分真的是交流的无奈
评分把学术著作写出了文学作品的味道
评分Peters的文字美麗如同詩歌，是這學期最好看的一本理論書（一定要讀英文）。意識到交流之不可能，卻正呼喚出了上帝之愛：“我們能在多大程度上寬恕人的愚蠢”。而同情與寬恕之艱難，則彰顯了“我們有限的生命既神聖又悲哀”。
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