Humanist and Materialist Perspectives on Communication: The Work of Álvaro Vieira Pinto

  • Rafael Grohmann University of São Paulo/ FIAM-FAAM – Laureate Universities/ Cásper Líbero, São Paulo, Brazil
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31269/triplec.v14i2.743
Keywords: communication, technology, communication theory, Brazil.

Abstract

The present paper recovers the notion of technology present in the works of the Brazilian philosopher Álvaro Vieira Pinto written during the 1970s. Pinto made humanist and materialist contributions to the study of communication(s). The paper connects the author’s contributions to communication theory with different theoretical and epistemological approaches, discussing the Zeitgeist of things, the post-human and the immaterial. Vieira Pinto anticipated theoretical questions that are relevant in current debates in communication theory.

Author Biography

Rafael Grohmann, University of São Paulo/ FIAM-FAAM – Laureate Universities/ Cásper Líbero, São Paulo, Brazil

PhD Candidate at the PostGraduate Programme in Communication Sciences of the University of São Paulo (USP). Professor at the Masters Programme in Journalism of the FIAM-FAAM Universitu/Laureate International Universities and at the Graduate Programme in Journalism of  the Faculty of Social Communication Cásper Líbero.

Published
2016-10-30
Issue
Vol 14 No 2 (2016)
Section
Articles

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