Empire and CommunicationsDundurn, 01.01.2007 - 288 Seiten It’s been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. Empire and Communications is one of Innis’s most important contributions to the debate about how media influence the development of consciousness and societies. In this seminal text, he traces humanity’s movement from the oral tradition of preliterate cultures to the electronic media of recent times. Along the way, he presents his own influential concepts of oral communication, time and space bias, and monopolies of knowledge. |
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... century has been conspicuous for extended publications on civilization which in themselves reflect a type of civilization. It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an ...
... century has been conspicuous for extended publications on civilization which in themselves reflect a type of civilization. It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an ...
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... is written but I say unto you” is a powerful directive to Western civilization. See S.H. Butcher, Some Aspects of the Greek Genius (London, 1891),234ff.1 — INTRODUCTION The twentieth century has been notable in the 20 HAROLD A. INNIS.
... is written but I say unto you” is a powerful directive to Western civilization. See S.H. Butcher, Some Aspects of the Greek Genius (London, 1891),234ff.1 — INTRODUCTION The twentieth century has been notable in the 20 HAROLD A. INNIS.
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Harold A. Innis. 1. —. INTRODUCTION. The. twentieth century has been notable in the concern with studies of civilizations. Spengler,Toynbee, Kroeber, Sorokin, and others have produced works, designed to throw light on the causes of the rise ...
Harold A. Innis. 1. —. INTRODUCTION. The. twentieth century has been notable in the concern with studies of civilizations. Spengler,Toynbee, Kroeber, Sorokin, and others have produced works, designed to throw light on the causes of the rise ...
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... century has been in part a result of the pulp and paper industry and its influence on public opinion, but I have felt it wise to proceed with instruments with which I am familiar and which have proved useful.The viewpoint is suggested ...
... century has been in part a result of the pulp and paper industry and its influence on public opinion, but I have felt it wise to proceed with instruments with which I am familiar and which have proved useful.The viewpoint is suggested ...
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... century onwards the tide begins to set the other way ... neither Democracy nor the principle of Nationalities has, on the balance of cases, operated to check the general movement towards aggregation which marks the last six centuries.5 ...
... century onwards the tide begins to set the other way ... neither Democracy nor the principle of Nationalities has, on the balance of cases, operated to check the general movement towards aggregation which marks the last six centuries.5 ...
Inhalt
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The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization | 75 |
The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire | 106 |
Paper and the Printing Press | 138 |
Paper and the Printing Press | 164 |
Notes | 199 |
Marginalia | 220 |
Suggested Reading | 270 |
Index | 274 |
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