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https://hdl.handle.net/10316/87658| Title: | The Social as the Medium: A Review of Johanna Drucker’s The General Theory of Social Relativity | Authors: | Portela, Manuel | Keywords: | social theory; relativity; quantum theory; field theory; Johanna Drucker | Issue Date: | 3-Mar-2019 | Serial title, monograph or event: | Electronic Book Review | Place of publication or event: | Chicago, IL | Abstract: | This review essay discusses Johanna Drucker's "The General Theory of Social Relativity" both as a quantum field theory of social interactions, and as a critique of present social and political formations. The essay explores the book's understanding of the social as a medium, including its constitutive function in the production of the mediality of technical media, the subjectivity of social agents, and the configuration of social fields. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/87658 | ISSN: | 1553-1139 | DOI: | 10.7273/dn4p-cj94 | Rights: | openAccess |
| Appears in Collections: | FLUC Secção de Estudos Anglo-Americanos - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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