Literature, the Media and Human Subjectivity

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Abstract

The objective with this paper is to theorise the significance of the impact of the electronic media on human acts of thinking, reading and writing, to explore possibilities  of a new understanding of the human subject, and to demonstrate the implications for scientific practice, teaching and community involvement.

 

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Die oogmerk met hierdie artikel is om die betekenis van die impak van die elektroniese media op menslike denk-, lees- en skryfhandelinge te teoritiseer, die moontlikhede van ‘n nuwe begrip van die menslike subjek te ondersoek en die implikasies daarvan vir wetenskapbeoefening, onderrig en gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid aan te dui.

 

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Author Biography

Fanie de Beer, University of South Africa

Fanie de Beer is professor Extraordinarius in the department of information science at the University of South Africa. He has published widely in various fields and on many interdisciplinary themes: Knowledge utilization, Interpretation theory, Theories of reading, Deconstruction, Theory and philosophy of information, Theory of philosophy of technics and technology, Cyberculture, The nature of the university, etc.. His current research projects include conceptions of knowledge and knowledge work, Acritical philosophies of information, Theories of literacy and illiteracy, The cultural and Human Significance in "great books", philosophy (or the culture) of the internet.

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2001-12-01

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de Beer, Fanie. 2001. “Literature, the Media and Human Subjectivity”. Journal of Literary Studies 17 (3/4):19 pages. https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/jls/article/view/12668.

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Vol. 17 No. 3/4 (2001)

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