War and Peace in the Global Village NEW EDITION
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Author: Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Flore
Written by Marshall McLuhan and first published in 1968, this title is a collage of images and text that sharply illustrate the effects of electronic media and new technology on man. Following its original publication, McLuhan predicted that the forthcoming information age would be 'a transitional era of profound pain and tragic identity quest'. It is regarded as a revolutionary work for its depiction of a planet made ever smaller by new technologies.A mosaic of pointed insights and probes, this text foresees a world without centres or boundaries. It illustrates how the electronic information travelling around the globe at the speed of light has eroded the rules of the linear, literate world. No longer can there be fixed positions or goals.Marshall McLuhan illustrates the fact that all social changes are caused by introduction of new technologies. He interprets these new technologies as extensions or 'self-amputations of our own being', because technologies extend bodily reach. McLuhan’s ideas and observations seem disturbingly accurate and clearly applicable to the world in which we live. War and Peace in the Global Village is a meditation on accelerating innovations leading to identity loss and war.
ISBN 9781584237570. Gingko Press. pb. 192 pages. 100 ills. 10 x 18 cm.
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Written by Marshall McLuhan and first published in 1968, this title is a collage of images and text that sharply illustrate the effects of electronic media and new technology on man. Following its original publication, McLuhan predicted that the forthcoming information age would be 'a transitional era of profound pain and tragic identity quest'. It is regarded as a revolutionary work for its depiction of a planet made ever smaller by new technologies.A mosaic of pointed insights and probes, this text foresees a world without centres or boundaries. It illustrates how the electronic information travelling around the globe at the speed of light has eroded the rules of the linear, literate world. No longer can there be fixed positions or goals.Marshall McLuhan illustrates the fact that all social changes are caused by introduction of new technologies. He interprets these new technologies as extensions or 'self-amputations of our own being', because technologies extend bodily reach. McLuhan’s ideas and observations seem disturbingly accurate and clearly applicable to the world in which we live. War and Peace in the Global Village is a meditation on accelerating innovations leading to identity loss and war.
ISBN 9781584237570. Gingko Press. pb. 192 pages. 100 ills. 10 x 18 cm.
available