NEITHER CITED NOR FOUNDATIONAL: NIKLAS LUHMANN'S ECOLOGICAL COMMUNICATION; A CRITICAL EXEGESIS AND SOME THEORETICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF A FIELD

被引：11

作者：

Mathur, Piyush ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] McMaster Univ, Hamilton, ON, Canada

来源：

COMMUNICATION REVIEW | 2005年 / 8卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1080/10714420500240565

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

In this paper I critically explicate Niklas Luhmann's treatise Ecological Communication (1989). Locating this rather neglected treatise against the backdrop of the embryonic and amorphous academic field of environmental (or ecological) communication (EC), I argue that the treatise provides the only comprehensive conceptual definition of ecological or environmental communication-and it thus deserves attention as well as scrutiny. Past my detailed explication of Luhmann's key concepts, I register my deep disagreements with his philosophy and speculate about why his treatise may have suffered neglect within EC. Briefly mentioning critical traditionalism, I also suggest alternatives to Luhmann's theoretical framework. I devote the last section of the paper to my vision for the future of EC.

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页码：329 / 362

页数：34