The Politics of the Book: A Study on the Materiality of Ideas

by Monica Brito Vieira and Filipe Carreira da Silva

Book Overview

It is impossible to separate the content of a book from its form. In this study, Filipe Carreira da Silva and M nica Brito Vieira expand our understanding of the history of social and political scholarship by examining how the entirety of a book mediates and constitutes meaning in ways that affect its substance, appropriation, and reception over time.

Examining the evolving form of classic works of social and political thought, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271083433
• ISBN13: 9780271083438
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"