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Book Title: Design, Mediation, And The Posthuman
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Author: Brendan Keogh
Publication Name: Design, Mediation, and the Posthuman
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: Communication Studies, General, Aesthetics, Metaphysics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Publication Year: 2014
Series: Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology Ser.
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Philosophy
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 326 Pages
