Komunikační systémy

Translated from the French by Milada Hanáková
This book by a French sociologist studies the development of systems of social communication, i.e. the relation between various types of discourse, social structures and collective mentality. On the basis of social-anthropological research the author divides the development of human societies into four periods of development according to the prevailing ways of communication (?oralité?, ?scribalité?, ?massalité?, and ?informalité?).