Overcoming the objectification of nature in constitutive theories: Toward a transhuman, materialist theory of communication

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 244-272

  Rogers, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0032389303     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570319809374610     Document Type: Article

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