China and the Wireless Undertow: Media as Wave Philosophy

Anna Greenspan

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2023

China and the Wireless Undertow

Media as Wave Philosophy

Anna Greenspan

In the series Technicities

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399519755

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Explores the increasingly intimate relationship between China and wireless technology, taking the wave as a central concept

Provides a new theoretical apparatus that reimagines key issues around technological evolution in a shifting geopolitical landscape
Offers a corrective to certain myopias of Western media theory
Presents a deep, historical engagement with issues and debates surrounding Chinese cyberculture
Brings together contemporary media theory with modern Chinese philosophical thought

In the 21st century city, wireless waves constitute an imperceptible, immersive, all-encompassing environment. Nowhere is this more so than in China, where a hyperdense network of mobile media has restructured daily life.

Anna Greenspan re-imagines the relationship between China and wirelessness by synthesising contemporary media theory with modern Chinese thought. It focuses specifically on the work of three critical figures: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同 (1865–1898), Xiong Shili 熊十力 (1885–1968) and Mou Zongsan 牟宗三 (1909–1995).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Series Editors’ Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
K-Waves Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Key Terms Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Key Characters Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xvi
Introduction: Historical Waves, Electric Waves, Wave Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 From Oscillation to Undulation: Chinese Culture and Techno-Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
2 Contraction and Expansion: From Wires to Wirelessness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
3 Repetition: Pirate Culture and the Mobile Phone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
4 Vibration: The Body Electric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
5 Immersion: The Sentient City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Conclusion: Apprehending the Whole of the Wave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 288
Illustrations
- Other: 2 B/W illustrations 2 Black and White illustrations
Keywords: Philosophy

eBook

Published: September 29, 2023
ISBN: 9781399519755