Media and political transformations: Revolutionary changes of the world's cultures     

David T. McMahan  James W. Chesebro 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(2):126-153

This essay posits that a relationship exists between the dominant communication technology of a nation‐state and the controlling political structure and process of a nation‐state. In other words, we suggest that how a nation‐state acquires and processes information is directly related to the type of political system employed to make and implement societal decisions. The ten‐year period from 1985 through 1994 provides an excellent opportunity to explore such a relationship, because it is the period when profound transformations occurred in the political identity, geographic boundaries, and power of nation‐states (such as the U.S.S.R. and Germany) while these same nation‐states also underwent an equally profound set of changes in their dominant communication technologies. Media profiles of 169 nation‐states in 1985 and 181 nation‐states in 1994 are compared and correlated to changes in their subsequent political orientations. In general, it is concluded that nation‐states are likely to adopt increasingly liberal political structures and processes as they shift toward the use of more individualistic and participatory communication technologies. A profound change in either the dominant communication technology or political structure and process can set off the cultural transformation.  相似文献   

诗意地栖居与创作     

钟文华 《天中学刊》2005,20(4):102-105

马丁·海德格尔把世界作为人筑居于其中的家园,提出“诗意地栖居”,要求平等地对待我们生存空间中的万物,感受每一个生命鲜活独特的生存状态,而人被存在征用来参与存在的显现过程,语言既是人存在的方式和原因,同时又是人存在的过程和目的。所以重视存在,重视传统,重视体验,重视民间艺术和口语对文学创作非常重要。  相似文献   

Rhetoric between orality and literacy: Cultural memory and performance in Isocrates and Aristotle     

Ekaterina V. Haskins 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(2):158-178

The essay argues for a reconsideration of the role of the “literate revolution” in the disciplining of rhetorical practice in the fourth century BCE. Specifically, the argument addresses the tension between oral memory and literate rationality in Isocrates and Aristotle to illustrate two divergent possibilities of appropriating oral linguistic resources of a culture. Aristotle's literate classification of endoxa (received opinions) and pisteis (proofs) depoliticizes the oral utterances and maxims of contemporary Greek culture, thereby rendering discourse a mere accessory of a political agent. By contrast, Isocrates conceives of rhetorical performance as constitutive of political agency and civic identity.  相似文献   

在口头传统与书写文化之间的史诗演述人——基于个案研究的民族志写作     

巴莫曲布嫫 《北京师范大学学报(社会科学版)》2008,(1):74-84

在彝族史诗研究中存在着过度重视口头传承的集体性而忽略了民众个体的普遍倾向。史诗演述的传承人作为史诗"勒俄"(hnewo,史诗演述)传统背后的一个特殊群体,是史诗得以世代沿传的中坚力量。因此,对传承人的跟踪与研究是考察史诗传统的主要环节。在诺苏彝族史诗演述人的成长过程中,书写与口承这两种传统的教授与学习是始终相伴、相得益彰、互为表里的内驱力。"克智"(kenre,口头论辩)的兴起和传承,在客观上激活了"勒俄"的口头传播和动态接受,使史诗传承人脱离了各种书写文本的制约而走向面对面的社群,融入民俗生活的文化情境中,并在特定的竞争机制中不断提高自己的口头创编能力与演述艺术,从而也促进了史诗传统的长期流布和动态发展。  相似文献