Core Cultural Theorists series - Böcker
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This book is the definitive guide to the content of Freud's texts: what's there and where to find it. It will have wide appeal to students new to Freud in cultural studies, literary theory, philosophy and sociology.
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This book is the definitive guide to the content of Freud's texts: what's there and where to find it. It will have wide appeal to students new to Freud in cultural studies, literary theory, philosophy and sociology.
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'Feted and reviled in his own lifetime, Marshall McLuhan has made a dramatic comeback in recent years. Marchessault gives a balanced and carefully considered appraisal of McLuhan's contribution to cultural theory, which may be even more pertinent now, in the early twenty-first century, than when he originally formulated it in the 1950s and '60s'
Jim McGuigan, Professor of Cultural Analysis, Loughborough University
Why is McLuhan important? What use can we make of his approach to the media today? In this insightful critical introduction, McLuhan's contribution is carefully explained and his reputation reassessed. The book:
· Explains McLuhan's key ideas
· Engages with critical issues in media and contemporary art
· Demonstrates the relevance of his work for students
of media and communications
· Addresses his methodological contribution
· Revises our understanding of his place in the history of ideas.
Illustrated with many examples from the network society, the book works as a guide to anyone who wants to know why McLuhan is important.
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'Feted and reviled in his own lifetime, Marshall McLuhan has made a dramatic comeback in recent years. Marchessault gives a balanced and carefully considered appraisal of McLuhan's contribution to cultural theory, which may be even more pertinent now, in the early twenty-first century, than when he originally formulated it in the 1950s and '60s'
Jim McGuigan, Professor of Cultural Analysis, Loughborough University
Why is McLuhan important? What use can we make of his approach to the media today? In this insightful critical introduction, McLuhan's contribution is carefully explained and his reputation reassessed. The book:
· Explains McLuhan's key ideas
· Engages with critical issues in media and contemporary art
· Demonstrates the relevance of his work for students
of media and communications
· Addresses his methodological contribution
· Revises our understanding of his place in the history of ideas.
Illustrated with many examples from the network society, the book works as a guide to anyone who wants to know why McLuhan is important.
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This book offers a comprehensive and detailed presentation and analysis of the full range of his writings - political, philosophical, aesthetic, literary, anthropological and cultural. And tackles his thoughts on waste, sacrifice, death, eroticism, surplus, ecstasy and drunkenness, offering the best available guide to this challenging and utterly unique thinker.