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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... extension of the work of GrahamWallas and of E.J. Urwick. Much has been written on the developments leading to writing and on its significance to the history of civilization, but in the main studies have been restricted to narrow fields ...
... extension of the work of GrahamWallas and of E.J. Urwick. Much has been written on the developments leading to writing and on its significance to the history of civilization, but in the main studies have been restricted to narrow fields ...
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... Extension of activities in more densely populated regions created the need for written records which in turn supported further extension of activities. Instability of political structures and conflict followed concen- tration and ...
... Extension of activities in more densely populated regions created the need for written records which in turn supported further extension of activities. Instability of political structures and conflict followed concen- tration and ...
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... extension of rights to the whole population. Admission of the masses to religious rights and to everlasting life in the next world was recognized along with civic life in this world. Power was essentially religious and extension of ...
... extension of rights to the whole population. Admission of the masses to religious rights and to everlasting life in the next world was recognized along with civic life in this world. Power was essentially religious and extension of ...
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... extension in power of the cult enhanced the power and authority of priests.The characteristics of clay favoured the conventionalization of writ- ing, decentralization of cities, the growth of continuing organi- zation in the temples ...
... extension in power of the cult enhanced the power and authority of priests.The characteristics of clay favoured the conventionalization of writ- ing, decentralization of cities, the growth of continuing organi- zation in the temples ...
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... Extension of territory and delegation of authority necessitated an interest in the administration of justice. The king checked the extensive rigour of law and injustice which characterized religious con- trol.3 About 2450 bc Urukagina ...
... Extension of territory and delegation of authority necessitated an interest in the administration of justice. The king checked the extensive rigour of law and injustice which characterized religious con- trol.3 About 2450 bc Urukagina ...
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32 | |
46 | |
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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