[Air-L] New Book - The Media Environment of Political Thought: Rousseau, Marx and the Politics of Selfies

[Asaf Shamis]

Dear AoIR Colleagues,


I am extremely happy to announce the publication of my book: The Media
Environment of Political Thought: Rousseau, Marx and the Politics of
Selfies (Lexington Books).



The book offers a novel way of looking at the tradition of political
thought by reconstructing the historical media landscapes in which great
political texts of the past were produced. It brings to light the
little-charted media environments in which three political innovators—
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, and Fredrich Engels operated. It analyzes
how those media environments shaped the three thinkers’ intellectual growth
and how they used their media settings to communicate their groundbreaking
ideas. The historical analysis is followed by a critical reflection on the
future of political thought in the age of computer mediated communication.
Together, the three studies presented in this book take the reader to three
revolutionary moments— revolutionary in politics and in media—with the aim
of tracing the reciprocal relations between landmark historical media
settings and pioneering political perspectives.



The book is available at:



Lexington Press:
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498532938/The-Media-Environment-of-Political-Thought-Rousseau-Marx-and-the-Politics-of-Selfies
 (Special 30% discount offer! Use LEX30AUTH17 when ordering)



Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Media-Environment-Political-Thought-Rousseau/dp/1498532934



Best,

Asaf Y. Shamis

History School

University of Haifa

ajshamis at gmail.com