This is an important contribution to debates about the forms of domination and potentials for liberation in today’s capitalist society – an impressive wide-ranging book”.

“An authoritative analysis of the role of communication in contemporary capitalism and an illuminating proposition for how alternative forms of communication based on cooperation and the common could lead to a more democratic future. Conclusion: Advancing a Dialectical, Humanist, Critical Theory of Communication and Society Communication and Struggles for Alternativesġ5. Death and Love: The Metaphysics of Communicationġ4. Communication Society as Society of the Commonsġ3. Part III: The Materialist Transcendence of Communicative Capitalismġ2. Political Communication in the Public Sphere Communication Technologies: Means of Communication as Means of ProductionĨ. Part II: Communication in Capitalist SocietyĦ.

Part I: Foundations of Communicative Materialism The author theorises communication and society by engaging with dialectic, materialism, society, work, labour, technology, the means of communication as means of production, capitalism, class, the public sphere, alienation, ideology, nationalism, racism, authoritarianism, fascism, patriarchy, globalisation, the new imperialism, the commons, love, death, metaphysics, religion, critique, social and class struggles, praxis, and socialism.įuchs renews the engagement with the questions of what it means to be a human and a humanist today and what dangers humanity faces today. The book renews Marxist Humanism as a critical theory perspective on communication and society. Going beyond Jürgen Habermas’ theory of communicative action, Christian Fuchs outlines a communicative materialism that is a critical, dialectical, humanist approach to theorizing communication in society and in capitalism. Read an interview with Christian Fuchs about “Communication and Capitalism”Ĭommunication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory outlines foundations of a critical theory of communication. Watch the launch video talk Capitalism and Communication: Critical Theory in the Age of the Internet and Communicative/Digital Capitalism that introduces the approach taken in the book Order on IndieBound, Book Depository, Amazon UK, , Communication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory.

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