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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... divine, the creator of gods themselves. Its power was reflected in an absolute monarch to whom everything was subordinated. It has been suggested that such power followed the growth of astronomical knowledgeb by which the floods ofthe ...
... divine, the creator of gods themselves. Its power was reflected in an absolute monarch to whom everything was subordinated. It has been suggested that such power followed the growth of astronomical knowledgeb by which the floods ofthe ...
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... divine word was creative at the beginning of the universe and acted on gods, men, and things in a fashion reminiscent of Genesis and the Gospel of St.John.“I created all shapes with what came out of my mouth,c in the time there was ...
... divine word was creative at the beginning of the universe and acted on gods, men, and things in a fashion reminiscent of Genesis and the Gospel of St.John.“I created all shapes with what came out of my mouth,c in the time there was ...
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... divine.The pyramids of about 2850 BC suggested that the people expected the same miracles from the dead as from the living king. All arable land became the king's domain.After 2540 BC royal authority began to decline and the power of ...
... divine.The pyramids of about 2850 BC suggested that the people expected the same miracles from the dead as from the living king. All arable land became the king's domain.After 2540 BC royal authority began to decline and the power of ...
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... divine rights and duties.Words were imbued with power.The names of gods were part ofthe essence ofbeing, and the influence of the scribe was reflected in the deities. Since religion and magic alike were sacred they became independent ...
... divine rights and duties.Words were imbued with power.The names of gods were part ofthe essence ofbeing, and the influence of the scribe was reflected in the deities. Since religion and magic alike were sacred they became independent ...
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... divine king. Dynasties of absolute monarchs tended to become unstable, not only because of threats from rivals in the army but also because of problems of succession and the difficulties of securing popular support. Destruction of old ...
... divine king. Dynasties of absolute monarchs tended to become unstable, not only because of threats from rivals in the army but also because of problems of succession and the difficulties of securing popular support. Destruction of old ...
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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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