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Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: A Post-Disciplinary Science.-Chapter Three: A Financial Ideology.- Chapter Four: A Science for the Virtual Bios.- Chapter Five: The Organization of the Common.

<p></p><p><b>Muniz Sodré</b> is Professor Emeritus at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and a visiting professor at several European and Latin American universities. He has published over 30 books on communication.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><b>David Hauss</b> is a translator based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has translated for a variety of companies and organizations, including think tanks, NGOs, universities, Netflix, and Globo. His work has ranged from academic and fiction books to screenplays and short stories.<br></p><p><br></p><p></p>

<i>The Science of the Commons</i>&nbsp;proposes a new mode&nbsp;of comprehending communication. Leaving aside a sociological and linguistic model that defines communication as a process of information transmission, this book introduces an innovative ethical-political understanding of communication as a connection of the&nbsp;<i>common</i>, the cohesive tie of the community. Muniz Sodré critiques the weak ethical and political aspirations of the field of communication and suggests the construction of a ‘post-disciplinary’ science, set against the classic disciplines of sociology, anthropology and economics, which resists a global ideology of financialization. Moving the field of communication beyond media studies to a philosophical reflection on the roots of the community,&nbsp;<i>The Science of the Commons&nbsp;</i>is a ground-breaking book that offers fresh perspectives for the study of communication worldwide.&nbsp;

Provides a ground-breaking new perspective on communication studies Challenges standard sociological and anthropological thinking on media Sheds light on the true theoretical core of communication and its interdisciplinary background