McLuhan and Symbolist Communication

The Shock of Dislocation

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, French, European, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book McLuhan and Symbolist Communication by Andrea Lombardinilo, Peter Lang
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Andrea Lombardinilo ISBN: 9781787075283
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: December 8, 2017
Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers Language: English
Author: Andrea Lombardinilo
ISBN: 9781787075283
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: December 8, 2017
Imprint: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers
Language: English

With an interview with Derrick de Kerckhove.

Symbolism as a parataxis, as a «jazz of the intellect»: this is the starting point of this research, inspired by a socio-literary interpretation of Marshall McLuhan’s mediology and developed from a diachronic and exegetic perspective. According to the Canadian sociologist, the footsteps that led to this electric era can be traced through the study of certain writers and poets, whose symbolism provides a number of sociological hints foreshadowing our media modernity. This book aims to investigate the role of symbolism in McLuhan’s sociological research, by outlining how the study of memory and the analysis of literary tradition are fundamental to understanding the complex development of communication and cultural studies. The research presented here focuses on the function of symbols as interpretative keys for the study of media carried out by McLuhan. It is exactly in this artistic movement that the sociologist finds the opportunity to analyse the representative practices (irrational and linear) of modern men, shaped by the reticular patterns of the mind. From this perspective, McLuhan identifies the creative process that lies at the root of symbolist poetry, identified as «a disposition, a parataxis, of components that draws a particular intuition through precise links, but without a point of view, that is a linear connection or sequential order».

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

With an interview with Derrick de Kerckhove.

Symbolism as a parataxis, as a «jazz of the intellect»: this is the starting point of this research, inspired by a socio-literary interpretation of Marshall McLuhan’s mediology and developed from a diachronic and exegetic perspective. According to the Canadian sociologist, the footsteps that led to this electric era can be traced through the study of certain writers and poets, whose symbolism provides a number of sociological hints foreshadowing our media modernity. This book aims to investigate the role of symbolism in McLuhan’s sociological research, by outlining how the study of memory and the analysis of literary tradition are fundamental to understanding the complex development of communication and cultural studies. The research presented here focuses on the function of symbols as interpretative keys for the study of media carried out by McLuhan. It is exactly in this artistic movement that the sociologist finds the opportunity to analyse the representative practices (irrational and linear) of modern men, shaped by the reticular patterns of the mind. From this perspective, McLuhan identifies the creative process that lies at the root of symbolist poetry, identified as «a disposition, a parataxis, of components that draws a particular intuition through precise links, but without a point of view, that is a linear connection or sequential order».

More books from Peter Lang

Cover of the book Turkish German Affairs from an Interdisciplinary Perspective by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Expat-ing Democracy by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Sicherheitsgesetzgebung zwischen Legislative und Exekutive by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book «He remembered that they were but flesh, a breath that passes and does not return» (Ps 78, 39) by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book The Translation Equivalence Delusion by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Parlons vin ! / Sprechen wir ueber Wein! by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Matters of Time by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Dialetti in contatto nella Valle del Mércure by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Kirche nach Auschwitz zwischen Theologie und Vergangenheitspolitik by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Education policy: Mapping the landscape and scope by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Reading the Anglo-Saxon Self Through the Vercelli Book by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Getting College Ready by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Rodrigo de Valdés: Poema heroyco hispano-latino panegyrico de la fundación, y grandezas de la muy noble, y leal ciudad de Lima by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book The Role of Representatives of Minority Shareholders in the System of Corporate Governance by Andrea Lombardinilo
Cover of the book Judaisms Promise, Meeting the Challenge of Modernity by Andrea Lombardinilo
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy