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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... became the basis of a large administration empire. Materials that emphasize time favour decentralization and hier- archical types of institutions, while those that emphasize space favour centralization and systems of government less ...
... became the basis of a large administration empire. Materials that emphasize time favour decentralization and hier- archical types of institutions, while those that emphasize space favour centralization and systems of government less ...
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... was the work ofthe Sun, the supreme author of the universe. Ra — the Sun — the ... became a source of royal authority. Detachment of the calendar from the concrete phenomena of the heavens and application of numbers which provided the basis ...
... was the work ofthe Sun, the supreme author of the universe. Ra — the Sun — the ... became a source of royal authority. Detachment of the calendar from the concrete phenomena of the heavens and application of numbers which provided the basis ...
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... became a matter of rites and formulae17 and opened the way to Greek physicians and anatomists in Alexandria. Military organization essential to expulsion of the invaders became the basis of expansion and the growth of an Egyptian empire ...
... became a matter of rites and formulae17 and opened the way to Greek physicians and anatomists in Alexandria. Military organization essential to expulsion of the invaders became the basis of expansion and the growth of an Egyptian empire ...
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... became important about 1280 bc, and wealth was dominant about 1140 bc.24 The attempt of Akhnaton to break the power ... basis of omniscience of duty.The treatment of eternal property as a legal 43 EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
... became important about 1280 bc, and wealth was dominant about 1140 bc.24 The attempt of Akhnaton to break the power ... basis of omniscience of duty.The treatment of eternal property as a legal 43 EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
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... was a difficult and specialized art requiring long apprenticeship, and reading implied a long period of instruction ... became the basis of a successful counterattack and emergence of an Egyptian empire. Inability to maintain 44 HAROLD ...
... was a difficult and specialized art requiring long apprenticeship, and reading implied a long period of instruction ... became the basis of a successful counterattack and emergence of an Egyptian empire. Inability to maintain 44 HAROLD ...
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The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization | 75 |
The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire | 106 |
Parchment and Paper | 138 |
Paper and the Printing Press | 164 |
Notes | 199 |
Marginalia | 220 |
Suggested Reading | 270 |
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