Full Description
A Communication Universe: Manifestations of Meaning, Stagings of Significance presents a new theoretical understanding of communication. Igor E. Klyukanov conceptualizes the process of communication in terms of space and time, i.e., as a continuous process of meaningful spatiotemporal transformation. He goes on to examine four fundamental transformations and the four theoretical perspectives on the nature of communication. From the first perspective communication appears to be 'pure space,' then time comes into play more and more actively, and from the fourth perspective communication appears to be 'pure time.' Following the fourth transformation communication is seen as returning back to the first stage where it again appears as 'pure space;' however, now its reality contains all meanings created in the process of the previous transformations. Based on these four transformations, the process of communication is understood as a universe, meaning 'whole,' 'entire,' 'turned into one.'
Contents
Part 1 Part One: The Future Behind Us: Perspectives on Communication Part 2 Chapter 1. Toward the Nature of Communication: Unforgetting Chapter 3 Communication Unfolding Chapter 4 The Identity (Crisis) of Communication Study Chapter 5 An Impressive Disarray Part 6 Chapter 2. Communication Theorizing: Being-(on)-the-Way Chapter 7 The (De)Fault of Ontological Assumptions Chapter 8 A Pathway to/of Communication Chapter 9 Communication as a Moving Experience Chapter 10 All a Matter of Perspective Part 11 Part Two: The Staging(s) of Communication Part 12 Chapter 3. Up in the Air: Communication as Invocation Chapter 13 The Call of Communication Chapter 14 The Medium is Not the Message Chapter 15 The Noise of Time Part 16 Chapter 4. Down the Stream: Communication as Conversation Chapter 17 Communication, Actually Chapter 18 The Presentation of the Other Chapter 19 Communication in Situ Chapter 20 That Which Befalls One Chapter 21 Through the Looking-glass, Darkly Part 22 Chapter 5. Of this Earth: Communication as Construction Chapter 23 Terra Firma Chapter 24 Toward the Common Denominator Chapter 25 Playing the Devil's Advocate Chapter 26 Communication as Poetic Justice Part 27 Chapter 6. Through the Fire: Communication as Resignation Chapter 28 The (Un)Bearable Lightness of Being Chapter 29 The Gift that Keeps on Giving Chapter 30 The Proteism of Communication Chapter 31 The Author is Dead - Long Live the Author! Chapter 32 To Be and Not to Be Chapter 33 The Present of the World Part 34 Part Three: The Past Before Us: Communication Being Part 35 Chapter 7. Airy Nothing: Communication as Transformation Chapter 36 Return: Back to the Things Themselves Chapter 37 The Breath of Pleroma Chapter 38 Communion with Eternity Chapter 39 Democracy of Transspecies Chapter 40 Love Equals Communication Chapter 41 Becoming Undead Part 42 Chapter 8. Communication: Infinite Return Chapter 43 Figuring It All Out Chapter 44 The Dialectics of (the Study of) Communication Chapter 45 Communication Being Successful Chapter 46 For the Time and Space Being
