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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... Priests and scribes interpreted a slowly changing tradition and provided a justification for established authority. An extended social structure strengthened the position of an individual leader with military power who gave orders to ...
... Priests and scribes interpreted a slowly changing tradition and provided a justification for established authority. An extended social structure strengthened the position of an individual leader with military power who gave orders to ...
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... priests and the nobles to increase. The difficulties of the sidereal year in which a day was gained each year may have contributed to the problems of the absolute monarch and hastened the search for a solar year possibly discovered by ...
... priests and the nobles to increase. The difficulties of the sidereal year in which a day was gained each year may have contributed to the problems of the absolute monarch and hastened the search for a solar year possibly discovered by ...
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... priestly class brought a transition to oligarchy.The royal domain was broken up in favour of a feudal clergy and royal officials.The Theban kings (2160–1660 BC) restored order and prosperity. After 2000 BC religious equality was ...
... priestly class brought a transition to oligarchy.The royal domain was broken up in favour of a feudal clergy and royal officials.The Theban kings (2160–1660 BC) restored order and prosperity. After 2000 BC religious equality was ...
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... priests who first incarnated themselves in the king and performed the ceremonies in every temple every day.The worship of Ra and the celestial gods was confined to priests and temples.The priests ofAtum condensed revelation in the ...
... priests who first incarnated themselves in the king and performed the ceremonies in every temple every day.The worship of Ra and the celestial gods was confined to priests and temples.The priests ofAtum condensed revelation in the ...
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... priests became securely established in territorial property and assumed increasing influence. Problems of dynastic right in the royal family gave them additional power. The use of papyrus rapidly increased after the expulsion ofthe ...
... priests became securely established in territorial property and assumed increasing influence. Problems of dynastic right in the royal family gave them additional power. The use of papyrus rapidly increased after the expulsion ofthe ...
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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