Unthinking Modernity : Innis, Mcluhan, and the Frankfurt School.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (224 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Space, Sound, and Negative Dialectics -- 2 The Frankfurt School, Adorno, and Benjamin -- 3 Innis's Formative Years and a Negative Political Economy -- 4 Innis: Communications and the Negative Dialogue -- 5 McLuhan's Early Years and Philosophical Framework -- 6 From Visual Society to No Point of View -- 7 Theorists in Dialogue: Parallel Tracks? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
In Unthinking Modernity Judith Stamps reinterprets the communications theory of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan as a Canadian variant of the critical theory associated with the early Frankfurt school. Stamps argues that Innis and McLuhan used their studies of media to develop a critique of the thoughts and habits that characterize the West.
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Innis, Harold A.-(Harold Adams),-1894-1952. McLuhan, Marshall,-1911-1980. Adorno, Theodor W.,-1903-1969. Benjamin, Walter,-1892-1940. Philosophy, Modern-20th century. Critical theory. Frankfurt school of sociology.