A Communication Universe: Manifestations of Meaning, Stagings of Significance presents a new theoretical understanding of communication. Igor E. Klyukanov conceptualizes the process of communication in terms of space and time, i.e., as a continuous process of meaningful spatiotemporal transformation. He goes on to examine four fundamental transformations and the four theoretical perspectives on the nature of communication. From the first perspective communication appears to be 'pure space,' then time comes into play more and more actively, and from the fourth perspective communication appears to be 'pure time.' Following the fourth transformation communication is seen as returning back to the first stage where it again appears as 'pure space;' however, now its reality contains all meanings created in the process of the previous transformations. Based on these four transformations, the process of communication is understood as a universe, meaning 'whole,' 'entire,' 'turned into one.'
Igor E. Klyukanov is professor of communication studies at Eastern Washington University.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Part One: The Future Behind Us: Perspectives on CommunicationPart 2 Chapter 1. Toward the Nature of Communication: UnforgettingChapter 3 Communication UnfoldingChapter 4 The Identity (Crisis) of Communication StudyChapter 5 An Impressive DisarrayPart 6 Chapter 2. Communication Theorizing: Being-(on)-the-WayChapter 7 The (De)Fault of Ontological AssumptionsChapter 8 A Pathway to/of CommunicationChapter 9 Communication as a Moving ExperienceChapter 10 All a Matter of PerspectivePart 11 Part Two: The Staging(s) of CommunicationPart 12 Chapter 3. Up in the Air: Communication as InvocationChapter 13 The Call of CommunicationChapter 14 The Medium is Not the MessageChapter 15 The Noise of TimePart 16 Chapter 4. Down the Stream: Communication as ConversationChapter 17 Communication, ActuallyChapter 18 The Presentation of the OtherChapter 19 Communication in SituChapter 20 That Which Befalls OneChapter 21 Through the Looking-glass, DarklyPart 22 Chapter 5. Of this Earth: Communication as ConstructionChapter 23 Terra FirmaChapter 24 Toward the Common DenominatorChapter 25 Playing the Devil's AdvocateChapter 26 Communication as Poetic JusticePart 27 Chapter 6. Through the Fire: Communication as ResignationChapter 28 The (Un)Bearable Lightness of BeingChapter 29 The Gift that Keeps on GivingChapter 30 The Proteism of CommunicationChapter 31 The Author is Dead - Long Live the Author!Chapter 32 To Be and Not to BeChapter 33 The Present of the WorldPart 34 Part Three: The Past Before Us: Communication BeingPart 35 Chapter 7. Airy Nothing: Communication as TransformationChapter 36 Return: Back to the Things ThemselvesChapter 37 The Breath of PleromaChapter 38 Communion with EternityChapter 39 Democracy of TransspeciesChapter 40 Love Equals CommunicationChapter 41 Becoming UndeadPart 42 Chapter 8. Communication: Infinite ReturnChapter 43 Figuring It All OutChapter 44 The Dialectics of (the Study of) CommunicationChapter 45 Communication Being SuccessfulChapter 46 For the Time and Space Being