History of the spread of ideas in Europe

Author: Xu Zhenglin
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: As an independent discipline, communication studies originated in the United States, but its intellectual roots lie in Europe. The concept of communication as a way of human and social existence, as proposed by European thinkers, can be traced back to ancient Greece and has, permeating various academic fields such as political science, philosophy, ethics, theology, sociology, economics, literature, and linguistics. This book focuses on the great thinkers of each era from ancient Greece to the 20th century, attempting to outline the panorama of the development and evolution of European communication thought across thousands of years and a broad background of humanities and social sciences. It is a relatively comprehensive study of Western communication thought by domestic scholars. The author adopts a personalized interpretive approach, delving into the essence and intricacies. The uniqueness of the book lies not only in how the author presents the ideas but also in how the author believes the thinkers themselves expressed them, thereby further broadening readers' perspectives and contributing to the deeper study of Western communication thought.