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The Secondary Reality of the Media

Niilo Kauppi

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PoliticsRepresentative democracyCivil societySocial activitySign (semiotics)SociologyPolitical philosophyEpistemologyRepresentation (politics)Key (music)

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In this chapter, the author explores the relationship between Bourdieu’s idea on communication and his political philosophy. Bourdieu’s approach to communications was dominated by a paradox: on the one hand, he held communication to be a key social activity; on the other hand, he reach as a scientist for a level of existence where reality is not so much communicated as it is imposed on us. The author focuses on two central questions: Bourdieu’s analysis of the social activities as sign activity and his analysis of political representation and its links to civil society on the one hand and the critique of representative democracy on the other hand.

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2018-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71002-0_12