This collection of essays considers McLuhan's ground-breaking approach within a number of new contexts and explores the distinguishing features of his media theory.
Richard Cavell is Professor of English and co-founder of the Bachelor in Media Studies Program at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of McLuhan in Space: A Cultural Geography (2002), the curator of the website spectresofmcluhan.arts.ubc.ca, and author of the critical performance piece Marinetti Dines with the High Command (2014).
Innehållsförteckning
Introduction and Acknowledgements; List of Sigla I Re: Mediation 1 Beyond McLuhanism 2 McLuhan and the Question of the Book Embodiment as Incorporation 3 McLuhan and the Body as Medium 4 McLuhan, Tactility, and the Digital 5 Mechanical Brides and Vampire Squids Empathic Media 6 McLuhan: Motion: e-Motion 7 Remediating the Medium Determining Technology 8 McLuhan, Turing, and the Question of Determinism 9 Angels and Robots Being Mediated 10 Marshall McLuhan's Echo-Criticism 11 McLuhan and the Technology of Being II 12 The Tragedy of Media: Nietzsche, McLuhan, Kittler Coda On the 50th Anniversary of Understanding Media Works Cited and Index
