Kanadský mysliteľ Herbert Marshall McLuhan je kľúčovou postavou v teórii médií. Jeho práca, zameraná na filozofiu a literárnu kritiku, skúma dopad komunikačných technológií na spoločnosť. McLuhan je známy svojimi priekopníckymi konceptmi, ako je „médium je správa“ a „globálna dedina“, ktoré naďalej formujú naše chápanie moderného sveta.
The extensions of man
This reissue of Understanding Media marks the thirtieth anniversary (1964-1994) of Marshall McLuhan's classic expose on the state of the then emerging phenomenon of mass media. Terms and phrases such as "the global village" and "the medium is the message" are now part of the lexicon, and McLuhan's theories continue to challenge our sensibilities and our assumptions about how and what we communicate.
Kniha proslulého kanadského teoretika médií a sociologa kultury Marshalla McLuhana (1911-1980) přináší reprezentativní výbor z jeho celoživotního díla, zaměřeného na analýzu masové elektronické kultury a komunikačních médií. McLuhan, obdivně i hanlivě nazývaný „apologetem elektronické kultury", převratně definoval povahu i funkci médií a zvláště sledoval, jak nástup a rozvoj elektronické technologie radikálně proměňuje psychosociální podmínky života a vůbec způsob lidského myšlení.
Exploring the intricacies of the classical trivium, this unpublished work by a young Marshall McLuhan serves as a cultural history that delves into literary education. It offers a detailed examination of grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric, revealing their vital roles in classical learning. Through a close reading of Elizabethan writer Thomas Nashe, McLuhan uncovers the connections between various literary traditions from Cicero to the sixteenth century, laying the groundwork for his later media theories.
Exploring the evolution of Pop culture from the late 1950s to the late 1960s, this comprehensive survey examines its impact on art, film, photography, and architecture, highlighting the interplay between mass production and mass media. Unlike other works that focus solely on Pop art, it offers a holistic view of the movement's influence across America, Britain, and Europe, showcasing its diverse manifestations and cultural significance during this transformative era.
Transformations in World Life and Media in the 21st Century
Presents a model for studying the structural impact of video-related technologies on global society.
Reflections on Religion
Marshall McLuhan was a Roman Catholic with a profound understanding of the traditions of the Church and of Catholic doctrine. This book is a collection of material extracted from McLuhan's many scattered remarks, essays and various writings on religion. It is a powerful expose of his brilliant insights into theology, the Church and the Global Village and shows the deeply Christian side of a man considered by many to be one of the most important thinkers of our time.
Marshall McLuhan is celebrated as one of Canada's most original thinkers, with works like The Gutenberg Galaxy and Understanding Media establishing his global reputation and influencing our grasp of modern communication. In his later years, he collaborated with his son, Eric McLuhan, on a 'unified field' theory of human culture. This collaboration aims to retrieve an ancient understanding of the world, rooted in the power of 'logos' and its role in shaping culture and media. They argue that the invention of the alphabet led to a preference for visual conceptualizations over acoustic ones, exploring the differences between the brain's hemispheres and employing Gestalt theories to define media. The term 'media,' central to McLuhan's thought, is examined broadly, encompassing all human creations—artefacts, ideas, and innovations, from computer programs to everyday objects. The McLuhans introduce a tetrad of four questions applicable to any artefact or idea: What does it enhance? What does it render obsolete? What does it retrieve? What does it produce when pushed to extremes? Each human innovation answers these questions, and those that do not are not considered products of human creativity. Their laws provide a new scientific foundation for media studies, enabling prediction and encompassing all human activities. This New Science redefines our understanding of human creation and offers a vision for reshaping the future.
The Medium is the Massage is Marshall McLuhan's most condensed, and perhaps most effective, presentation of his ideas. Using a layout style that was later copied by Wired, McLuhan and coauthor/designer Quentin Fiore combine word and image to illustrate and enact the ideas that were first put forward in the dense and poorly organized Understanding Media. McLuhan's ideas about the nature of media, the increasing speed of communication, and the technological basis for our understanding of who we are come to life in this slender volume. Although originally printed in 1967, the art and style in The Medium is the Massage seem as fresh today as in the summer of love, and the ideas are even more resonant now that computer interfaces are becoming gateways to the global village.
Presents McLuhan's predictions of dramatic technological innovations that have changed how we communicate.
