W. Terrence Gordon Bücher

This reissue marks the thirtieth anniversary (1964-1994) of McLuhan's classic expose on the state of the then emerging phenomenon of mass media. Terms and phrases such as "the global village" and "the medium is the message" are now part of the lexicon, and McLuhan's theories continue to challenge our sensibilities and our assumptions about how and what we communicate. There has been a notable resurgence of interest in McLuhan's work in recent years, fueled by the Internet and growing competition and confluence among cable, telephone, wireless and other telecommunications technologies, resulting in new media models and information ecologies. In a new introduction to this edition of Understanding Media, Harper's editor Lewis Lapham reevaluates McLuhan's work in the light of the technological as well as the political and social changes that have occurred in the last part of this century.--From publisher description

Seit dem ersten Erscheinen im Jahr 1962 ist der Einschlag der Gutenberg-Galaxis rund um die Welt spürbar gewesen. Marshall McLuhans radikale Re-Interpretation von Geschichte und Psychologie der westlichen Gesellschaft und seine Reflektionen über Wirkung und Einfluss von Technologien fordern den Leser noch heute heraus. Die Gutenberg-Galaxis ist eine erstaunliche Analyse der Ära des Buchdrucks und des Wandels durch die elektronischen Medien mit gewagten Erkundungen und überraschenden Einsichten. Zum fünfzigjährigen Bestehen von McLuhans Gutenberg-Galaxis wird das Werk wieder aufgelegt und zeigt, dass seine kulturphilosophischen Thesen nichts von ihrere visionären Kraft verloren haben.

Linguistics For Beginners is the first book to ever make the arcane labors of linguistics accessible to general readers. It begins with a lucid definition of language and proceeds to examine how it becomes the subject matter of linguistics. Key topics include the contrast between writing and speech, and elementary lessons in analyses ranging from simple sounds to entire sentences. Absurd fictions such as Eskimos having hundreds of words for snow are exploded, and the borderlands between linguistics and philosophy are investigated. Linguistics For Beginners teaches concise lessons using wit and whimsy making for a memorable learning experience. The reader will learn about language acquisition, ancient languages, little-known languages, tonal and whistle languages, linguistic engineering, structuralism, language origins, the anthropological approach to linguistics, kinship semantics, color lexicons, geographical linguistics, and much more! Linguistics For Beginners is the key tool for linguistic students of any level.

Provides a creative and accessible examination of Marshall McLuhan?s major works and ideas.