Launch of the book "Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of
Lukács, Adorno, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet" and
University of Westminster Press
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
18:30-20:30 (followed by reception)
Fyvie Hall
309 Regent St
W1B 2HW London
Further information:
https://www.westminster.ac.uk/events/book-launch-critical-theory-of-communication
Registration:
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University of Westminster Press (UWP) and Westminster Institute for
Advanced Studies are pleased to mark the first publication of UWP,
Critical Theory of Communication, by Christian Fuchs. It is the first
book in an new open access book series entitled Critical Digital and
Social Media Studies.
Christian Fuchs will be giving an introduction to his new open access
book that revisits writings of Frankfurt School authors in the age of
the Internet. He argues that today we need to transcend Habermas'
communication theory by establishing a dialectical and
cultural-materialist critical theory of communication. The approach he
takes starts from Georg Lukács' "Ontology of Social Being" and draws on
works by Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and Axel Honneth. It sets
these approaches into a dialogue with Raymond Williams’ cultural
materialism, outlining why such analysis is so vital for understanding a
world dominated by the likes of Facebook, Google, Amazon and other
corporate technology multinationals.
The book will be available from October on as affordable paperback and
as free pdf and ebook from http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk and
www.westminster.ac.uk/wias - updates via subscription to the newsletter
www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter
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Programme
Introduction by University of Westminster Provost Professor Graham Megson
Setting up a university press in the digital age, by Andrew Lockett,
Press Manager, University of Westminster Press
Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno,
Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet
Christian Fuchs, Director of Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies
Reception (Drinks and snacks)
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