CMN 3109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dialectical Materialism, Communication Theory, Socalled
20 Feb 2018
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The assumptions and methods of dialectical materialism underpin much of the critical tradition in communication (which we will read next week). Understanding what makes it dialectical and materialist will clarify a large body of literature on communication theory. But here"s my paranoid caveat: i don"t want this discussion of dialectical materialism to appear as a full endorsement. As we hear from german ideologists, germany has in the last few years gone through an unparalleled revolution. The decomposition of the hegelian philosophy, which began with. Strauss, has developed into a universal ferment into which all the powers of the past" are swept. In the general chaos mighty empires have arisen only to meet with immediate doom, heroes have emerged momentarily only to be hurled back into obscurity by bolder and stronger rivals. It was a revolution beside which the french revolution was child"s play.
