This book meticulously examines the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (including numerous letters) to present their thoughts on communication and media studies from the perspective of “world intercourse” to reveal their spread in all areas of social information dissemination of ideas. The scope of the book ranges from language, writing and printing to newspapers, and from religion, literature and art, public opinion, and publicity to news, the communication revolution, communication policy, communication psychology, and the free exchanges of workers in the party. It is intended for readers with a college degree or above, especially those concerned about the dissemination of information and social interaction as well as intercourse.
Author(s): Lidan Chen
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 352
City: Singapore
Preface
Contents
1 The Mental Intercourse of Historical Materialism
1.1 Mental Intercourse and Material Activities
1.2 Intercourse in the “Parallelogram of Forces”
1.3 “System of Needs” and Mental Intercourse
1.4 The Continuity of Intercoursal Content and Forms of Intercourse
1.5 The Thought and Spiritual Intercourses of the Ruling Class
Reference
2 From National to World Intercourse
2.1 National Intercourse
2.2 World Intercourse
References
3 Human Nature and Mental Intercourse
3.1 The Essence of Human Nature and Mental Intercourse
3.2 The Nature of Human Society and Mental Intercourse
3.3 Man’s Complete Possession of Their Own Natures
3.4 The Human Nature of Need and Intercourse
Reference
4 Medium of Intercourse—Verbal Language
4.1 The Production of Verbal Language
4.2 The Common Trajectory of Language and Thoughts
4.3 Language as a Mark of Mankind
4.4 The Differentiation and Fusion of Language
4.5 The Formation of Modern Civilized Language
References
5 Communication Media—Written Text and Print
5.1 The History of the Written Text
5.2 The Evolution of Text
5.3 The Significance of the Invention of Print
5.4 The Limitations of Textual Intercourse
References
6 Intercourse Revolution
6.1 The Process of Intercourse Revolution
6.2 The Spread of Intercourse Revolution and Civilization
6.3 Annihilating Space with Time
6.4 Foreseeing the Age of Information
7 Religion as a Form of Intercourse
7.1 Characteristics of Religious Intercourse
7.2 Conditions for the Spread of Artificial Religions
7.3 Religious Propaganda
References
8 Medium of Intercourse—Literary Arts
8.1 Characteristics of Literature
8.2 The Unbalanced Relationship Between the Development of Material and Literary Production
8.3 Creative Methods and Literary Criticism
8.4 World Literature
References
9 Public Opinion as a Form of Intercourse
9.1 The Evolution of Public Opinion
9.2 Characteristics of Modern Public Opinion
9.3 The Power of Public Opinion
9.4 Social Control Over Opinion
9.5 Newspapers and Public Opinion
Reference
10 Propaganda as a Form of Intercourse
10.1 The Theoretical “Pillars” and Social Foundations of Socialist Propaganda
10.2 Propagators and Media
10.3 Object of Propaganda
10.4 Methods and Effects of Propaganda
11 News as a Form of Intercourse
11.1 Facts and the Generation of News
11.2 The Newspaper as a Carrier of News
11.3 The Social Role of News
11.4 The Timeliness of News
11.5 The Organic Newspaper Movement
12 Newspapers as a Form of Communication Media
12.1 The Types and Basic Functions of Newspapers
12.2 The Social Status and Role of Newspapers
12.3 Newspapers and Politics
12.4 Proletarian Newspapers and Workers’ Movements
12.5 Common Fairness and Objective Reports
12.6 Newspaper and Periodical Supervision Duties
12.7 The Business of Newspapers
12.8 In Regard to “Internal Laws of Newspapers and Periodicals”
13 The Policy of Intercourse
13.1 Book Inspection
13.2 Knowledge Tax and Deposit
13.3 The Expression of Freedom and Market Economy
13.4 On the History of Freedom of Expression in the 19th Century
13.5 The Freedom of Expression and Workers’ Movement
13.6 Communication Policy and Law
13.7 A Few Specific Communication Laws and Practices
Reference
14 The Psychology of Intercourse
14.1 The Relationship Between External Environment and Intercourse Psychology
14.2 The Psychology of Identification in Intercourse
14.3 Psychological Barriers to Intercourse
14.4 The Formation of “Attention” in Intercourse
14.5 Gossips or Rumours
15 The Mental Intercourse of Workers
15.1 Large Industries and the Mental Development of Workers
15.2 The Historical Form and Characteristics of Workers’ Mental Intercourse
15.3 Newspapers as the Essential Living Materials of Workers
15.4 The Spirit of the Paris Commune
15.5 The Mental Intercourse of Marxist Workers’ Party
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16 The Three Social Forms of Intercourse
16.1 The Dependency Form of People Engaged in Intercourse
16.1.1 Primitive Times
16.1.2 Ancient Greek-Roman Era
16.1.3 Middle Ages
16.1.4 Asiatic Society
16.2 The Dependency Form of Objects in Intercourse
16.2.1 The Civilized Role of Capital
16.2.2 Alienation in Intercourse
16.3 Forms of Comprehensive Development of People in Intercourse
Reference
Postscript
