This article traces the shift in media theory from humanism to antihumanism,or from extensionism to assemblage theory and machinism.The suggestion is that the anti-humanistic orientation illuminates the human conditio...This article traces the shift in media theory from humanism to antihumanism,or from extensionism to assemblage theory and machinism.The suggestion is that the anti-humanistic orientation illuminates the human condition even better,especially in the post-industrial and digital ages when Kafkaesque absurdity characterizes human life.The article also points,if only in passing,to the relevance of interology to media-theoretic inquiry.展开更多
文摘This article traces the shift in media theory from humanism to antihumanism,or from extensionism to assemblage theory and machinism.The suggestion is that the anti-humanistic orientation illuminates the human condition even better,especially in the post-industrial and digital ages when Kafkaesque absurdity characterizes human life.The article also points,if only in passing,to the relevance of interology to media-theoretic inquiry.
