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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... Egypt. Extension of privileges to the priestly class brought a transition to oligarchy.The royal domain was broken ... Egyptian civilization involved in the shift from absolute monarchy to a more democratic organization coincides with a ...
... Egypt. Extension of privileges to the priestly class brought a transition to oligarchy.The royal domain was broken ... Egyptian civilization involved in the shift from absolute monarchy to a more democratic organization coincides with a ...
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... Egyptian god had ever made to the world.”f Osiris was served by Thoth as vizier, sacred scribe, and administrator. As ... Egypt.The king's devotion created a great wave of faith among the people. Ritual enabled him to appoint a proxy to ...
... Egyptian god had ever made to the world.”f Osiris was served by Thoth as vizier, sacred scribe, and administrator. As ... Egypt.The king's devotion created a great wave of faith among the people. Ritual enabled him to appoint a proxy to ...
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... Egyptian civilization. Egypt quickly succumbed to invasion from peoples equipped with new instruments of attack. Invaders with the sword and the bow and long-range weapons broke through Egyptian defence, dependent on the battle-axe and ...
... Egyptian civilization. Egypt quickly succumbed to invasion from peoples equipped with new instruments of attack. Invaders with the sword and the bow and long-range weapons broke through Egyptian defence, dependent on the battle-axe and ...
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... Egyptian empire. Protectorates were established beyond the borders as a means of economy in the use of soldiers and in administrative costs. Syria and Palestine became part of the empire. Reinforcements were brought by sea and control ...
... Egyptian empire. Protectorates were established beyond the borders as a means of economy in the use of soldiers and in administrative costs. Syria and Palestine became part of the empire. Reinforcements were brought by sea and control ...
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... Egypt. Nectanebo (359–342 BC) was the last Egyptian king claiming descent from the god Amon. The dominance of stone as a medium of communication left its stamp on the character of writing, and probably checked its evolution after the ...
... Egypt. Nectanebo (359–342 BC) was the last Egyptian king claiming descent from the god Amon. The dominance of stone as a medium of communication left its stamp on the character of writing, and probably checked its evolution after the ...
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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