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Byung-Chul Han: Digital Technologies, Social Exhaustion, and the Decline of Democracy
No full textByung-Chul Han: Digital Technologies, Social Exhaustion, and the Decline of Democrac
The Importance of Stoic Philosophy
No full textThe Stoic grammatical-rhetorical system of education was interrupted about
50 BCE by the intrusion of a rational logic (logica rationalis) which challenged the place of grammar. Marshall McLuhan and Albert Einstein are called as witnesses against the
claims of this logic
Review: Digital Communion: Marshall McLuhan’s Spiritual Vision for a Virtual Age
No full textReview: Digital Communion: Marshall McLuhan’s Spiritual Vision for a Virtual Ag
The Position of Man in Latour’s Network Theory
No full textIntroduction
Bruno Latour attempts in his theories to get behind the split between subject and object, which is the cause of inequalities and discriminations between them. He criticises both their opposition and their mediation if taken separately. For that reason, he has to abandon the essentialist perspective that humans and objects have fixed qualities and accept a flexible and interactive approach combining respectfully both the separate and mediated position of elements
A Commentary on Marshall McLuhan’s Early Thought (Up to 1968)
No full textA Commentary on Marshall McLuhan’s Early Thought (Up to 1968
Expanding and Enriching the McLuhan Tetrad
No full textWe intend to expand and enrich the functionality of McLuhan’s Laws of Media aka known as the Tetrad by asking a fifth question, namely what would have happened or not happened if the medium, tool or artifact under scrutiny had not been developed or if it had not occurred to those that developed it. We provide some examples of the benefits of this fifth question over and above the four questions of the Tetrad
The Connection of Metaphor and Feedforward and the Work of I.A. Richards
No full textThe relationship of metaphor and feedforward is explored on the basis of the work of I. A. Richards. We suggest that metaphor can be considered as a form of feedforward and that feedforward is a form of metaphor. We explore how metaphor enriches language and facilitates communication. We suggest that Richards’ notion of feedforward influenced McLuhan and his development of his figure and ground analysis