Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication最新文献

Sakura imagery and cosmetics: Colour symbolism, aesthetics and cultural significance in an Australian context 樱花意象与化妆品：澳大利亚背景下的色彩象征、美学和文化意义

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2023-02-21 DOI: 10.1386/eapc_00098_1

Mio Bryce, Kelsey E. Scholes, J. Simon

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Commodifying adolescence for performance and profit: Language and gender in Japanese idol music 为了表演和利益而将青少年商品化:日本偶像音乐中的语言和性别

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2023-02-21 DOI: 10.1386/eapc_00099_1

Hannah E. Dahlberg-Dodd

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The Act of Killing: An occasion to discuss the ‘banality of evil’ and cinema 《杀戮演绎》:一个讨论“平庸的邪恶”和电影的机会

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejpc_00046_1

Chryssoula Mitsopoulou

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Criticality in the spotlight 关键在聚光灯下

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejpc_00043_2

Carlos M. Roos

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Wittgenstein and censorship 维特根斯坦与审查制度

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejpc_00044_1

David Gould

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In Between Communication Theories through One Hundred Questions, Tomas Kačerauskas and Algis Mickūnas (2020) 《从一百个问题看交际理论》托马斯·kaerauskas与Algis Mickūnas (2020)

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejpc_00048_5

N. Carpentier

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On the communicative intent of Augustine’s Confessions 论奥古斯丁忏悔录的交际意图

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejpc_00047_1

Claude Mangion

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Shades of technocratic solutionism: A discursive-material political ecology approach to the analysis of the Swedish TV series Hållbart näringsliv (‘Sustainable business’) 技术官僚解决方案主义的阴影：对瑞典电视剧《可持续商业》（Hållbart näringsliv）分析的材料政治生态学方法

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejpc_00045_1

G. C. Nicoletta, N. Carpentier

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Cabinet of precariousness: From the ephemeral image to the eternal image 不稳定的柜子:从短暂的形象到永恒的形象

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejpc_00042_1

Luís Nogueira

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Taking precarity as a force and surveying on the past through film: Can films recuperate the untold histories? 以不稳定为动力，用电影审视过去:电影能复原不为人知的历史吗?

Empedocles-European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1386/ejpc_00041_1

Özgür Çiçek

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