Introduction .................................................... 1
PART I
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PHILOSOPHICAL METHODS
Chapter 1 Hermeneutics: The World as Conversation ............. 13
Eric M. Kramer
Chapter 2 Segmented Organisms ................................. 37
Alphonso Lingis
Chapter 3 Phenomenology and Marxism: A Critical
Background to Cultural Studies ...................... 51
Joseph Pilotta
Chapter 4 Phenomenology and Hermeneutics of Communication
in Karl-Otto Apel's Philosophy ...................... 63
Amós Nascimento
Chapter 5 Montaigne's Ethical Anthropology .................... 77
John O'Neill
Chapter 6 An Overview of Contemporary Issues in German
Communication Theory and Praxis: The Question
of Foundations ...................................... 93
Aigis Mickunas
Chapter 7 Bakhtin's Chronotope and Metaphoric Models in
Hermeneutic Discourse .............................. 115
Tara L. Collington
PART II
APPLICATIONS OF PHILOSOPHICAL METHODS IN CULTURE
& COMMUNICATION RESEARCH
Chapter 8 Consciousness in Transition ........................ 139
Algis Mickunas
Chapter 9 Atomization and Communication Anxiety .............. 153
David Worth
Chapter 10 Project: Function and Error in Media Research ...... 165
Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Ingrid Richardson
Chapter 11 Film as Transformative Play in the Art of Tracey
Moffatt ............................................ 183
Catherine Summerhayes
Chapter 12 Environmental Protection Agency Consultations
with Indian Tribes: An Intercultural Struggle
Over the Process of "Consent" ...................... 199
Denise L. Scannell
PART III
USING PHILOSOPHICAL METHODS TO EXAMINE THE
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACKS
Chapter 13 Individuals in a Globalized World .................. 225
Alphonso Lingis
Chapter 14 Following the Flag: Journalism and the Problem
of Patriotism ...................................... 233
Robert Jensen
Chapter 15 September 11th and the Memory of Media ............. 261
Damian P. Sutton
Chapter 16 The Post 9-11 Conflation of Consumption and
Loyalty: A Hermeneutic Analysis of Patriotism ...... 265
Tim Doty
Chapter 17 Aesthetics and the Body: Renewing the Horizon
of "Other" Women ................................... 293
Rosanna Vitale
List of Contributors .......................................... 315
Author Index .................................................. 319
Subject Index ................................................. 323
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