{"product_id":"on-black-media-philosophy-armond-r-towns","title":"On Black Media Philosophy, Armond R Towns","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-title\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"edition-single--book-info\"\u003eWho is the human in media philosophy? Although media philosophers have argued since the twentieth century that media are fundamental to being human, this question has not been explicitly asked and answered in the field. Armond R. Towns demonstrates that humanity in media philosophy has implicitly referred to a social Darwinian understanding of the human as a Western, white, male, capitalist figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"edition-single--book-info\"\u003eBuilding on concepts from Black studies and cultural studies, Towns develops an insightful critique of this dominant conception of the human in media philosophy and introduces a foundation for Black media philosophy. Delving into the narratives of the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Black Panther Party, and the digitization of Michael Brown's killing, On Black Media Philosophy deftly illustrates that media are not only important for Western Humanity but central to alternative Black epistemologies and other ways of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-reviews js-isReadmoreized\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by University of California Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e242 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e150 x 230 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 9780520355804\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43119863529686,"sku":"OBMPART","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/9780520355804.jpg?v=1656066111","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/it\/products\/on-black-media-philosophy-armond-r-towns","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}