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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... tradition of exploration and rediscovery and bringing forward time-tested writing about the Canadian expe- rience in all its varieties. This series ... written heritage. This page intentionally left blank VOYAGEUR CLASSICS BOOKS THAT EXPLORE.
... tradition of exploration and rediscovery and bringing forward time-tested writing about the Canadian expe- rience in all its varieties. This series ... written heritage. This page intentionally left blank VOYAGEUR CLASSICS BOOKS THAT EXPLORE.
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... Tradition and Greek Civilization 5 — The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire 6 — Parchment and Paper 7 — Paper and the Printing Press Notes Marginalia Suggested Reading Index 11 19 21 32 46 75 106 138 164 199 220 270 274 This page ...
... Tradition and Greek Civilization 5 — The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire 6 — Parchment and Paper 7 — Paper and the Printing Press Notes Marginalia Suggested Reading Index 11 19 21 32 46 75 106 138 164 199 220 270 274 This page ...
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... written works, including this one, have dangerous implica- tions to the vitality of an oral tradition and to the health of a civilization, particularly if they thwart the interest of a people in culture and, following Aristotle, the ...
... written works, including this one, have dangerous implica- tions to the vitality of an oral tradition and to the health of a civilization, particularly if they thwart the interest of a people in culture and, following Aristotle, the ...
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... written tradition has had a limited influence on them. It is scarcely possible for generations disciplined in the written and the printed tradition to appreciate the oral tradi- tion. Students of linguistics have suggested that the ...
... written tradition has had a limited influence on them. It is scarcely possible for generations disciplined in the written and the printed tradition to appreciate the oral tradi- tion. Students of linguistics have suggested that the ...
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... written word. 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 ...
... written word. 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 ...
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32 | |
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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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