Comments on: Thinking Otherwise: Philosophy, Communication, Technology http://www.newtechbooks.com/technology-books/thinking-otherwise-philosophy-communication-technology/ Cheapest Technology Books in the Market. Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:36:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: W. Cripe http://www.newtechbooks.com/technology-books/thinking-otherwise-philosophy-communication-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 W. Cripe Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:34:29 +0000 http://www.newtechbooks.com/technology-books/thinking-otherwise-philosophy-communication-technology/#comment-1670 If you are at all interested in understanding how and why we blog, twitter, post in discussion forums, write product reviews on Amazon, or submit scholarly papers to classroom professors then you need to read this book. It is a work that engages on many levels. On the surface, it is accessible and easily understood. Even if you have no formal background in communications studies, Greek philosophers, or postmodern semiotics studies, Gunkel makes all of these accessible in a way that sheds new light on old (sometimes ancient) topics. <br /> <br />If you want to engage the work on a deeper level, Gunkel does not disappoint. He opens many doors to questions and invites you to think through, re-position, and reflexively question the answers as well as the presuppositions to the original questions. <br /> <br />My only complaint is the lack of margin space in which to jot my own notes. I am not in the education field. I am not a professional scholar. I am a software developer, and this is a work to which I will go back many times. Slashdotters, Gizmodo-heads, Derrida fans, and anyone who uses the internet will like this book. If you are at all interested in understanding how and why we blog, twitter, post in discussion forums, write product reviews on Amazon, or submit scholarly papers to classroom professors then you need to read this book. It is a work that engages on many levels. On the surface, it is accessible and easily understood. Even if you have no formal background in communications studies, Greek philosophers, or postmodern semiotics studies, Gunkel makes all of these accessible in a way that sheds new light on old (sometimes ancient) topics.

If you want to engage the work on a deeper level, Gunkel does not disappoint. He opens many doors to questions and invites you to think through, re-position, and reflexively question the answers as well as the presuppositions to the original questions.

My only complaint is the lack of margin space in which to jot my own notes. I am not in the education field. I am not a professional scholar. I am a software developer, and this is a work to which I will go back many times. Slashdotters, Gizmodo-heads, Derrida fans, and anyone who uses the internet will like this book.

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