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<div>Christian Fuchs</div>
<div><b>Marxist Humanism and Communication Theory</b></div>
<div><u>Media, Communication and Society, Volume One</u></div>
<div>New York: Routledge. 2021. 310 pages</div>
<div>ISBN 9780367697129 (paperback)</div>
<div>ISBN 9780367697136 (hardback)</div>
<div>ISBN 9781003142959 (ebook)</div>
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>https://fuchsc.uti.at/books/marxist-humanism-and-communication-theor<span
></span>y/<br>
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<div>Engaging with the works of critical thinkers such as Erich Fromm,
E. P. Thompson, Raymond Williams, Henri Lefebvre, Georg Lukács,
Lucien Goldmann, Günther Anders, Jean-Paul Sartre, M. N. Roy, Angela
Davis, C. L. R. James, Rosa Luxemburg, Eve Mitchell, and Cedric J.
Robinson, the book provides readings of works that inform our
understanding of<u> how to critically theorise communication in
society</u>. The topics covered include the relationship of
capitalism, racism, and patriarchy; communication and alienation; the
base/superstructure-problem; the question of how one should best
define communication; the political economy of communication; ideology
critique; the connection of communication and struggles for
alternatives.<br>
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<div><u>Written for a broad audience of students and scholars
interested in contemporary critical theory</u>, this book will be
useful for courses in media and communication studies, cultural
studies, Internet research, sociology, philosophy, political science,
and economics.<br>
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<div>This is the first of five<i> Media, Communication and Society</i>
volumes, each one outlining a particular aspect of the foundations of
a critical theory of communication in society.</div>
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<div>Table of Contents</div>
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1. Introduction<br>
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2. Erich Fromm and the Critical Theory of Communication<br>
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3. Revisiting the Althusser/E. P. Thompson-Controversy: Towards a
Marxist Theory of Communication<br>
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4. Raymond Williams's Communicative Materialism<br>
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5. Henri Lefebvre's Theory of the Production of Space and the
Critical Theory of Communication<br>
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6. Towards A Critical Theory of Communication with Georg Lukács's
and Lucien Goldmann<br>
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7. Günther Anders's Critical Theory of Technology<br>
<br>
8. Jean-Paul Sartre as Social Theorist of Communication. An Engagement
with "Critique of Dialectical Reason"<br>
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9. M. N. Roy, Socialist Humanism, and the Critical Analysis of
Communication<br>
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10. Capitalism, Racism, Patriarchy<br>
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<div>11. Conclusion</div>
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