Taking up McLuhan's cause perspectives on media and formal causality / edited by Corey Anton, Robert K. Logan & Lance Strate.
| Other author | Anton, Corey. |
| Other author | Logan, Robert K., 1939- |
| Other author | Strate, Lance. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Bristol : Intellect ; Chicago, IL : Intellect/The University of Chicago Press, 2017. |
| Description | xiii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / Eric McLuhan -- A trialogic introduction / Robert K. Logan, Corey Anton and Lance Strate -- The form of things to come : a review of Media and formal cause / Corey Anton -- McLuhan, formal cause and the future of technological mediation & postscript / Corey Anton -- Medium as 'metaform' : an inquiry into the life of forms / Paolo Granata -- From Aristotle via Aquinas : understanding formal cause in Marshall McLuhan's philosophy / Laura Trujillo Liñán -- The effects that give cause, and the pattern that directs / Lance Strate -- McLuhan and causality : technological determinism, formal cause and emergence / Robert K. Logan -- Formal cause : McLuhan's 'Objective Turn'? / Yoni Van Den Eede -- Forms of causality / Chad Hansen -- Anti-environmental art and its role in making formal cause visible / Steve Reagles -- Of memes, modes, minor audiences and formal cause / Eric S. Jenkins -- After effects, before causes : technique, artistic intent and formal causality / Kirk Zamieroski -- Re-cognizing formal cause / Peter Zhang -- Disrobing the probe, unpacking the sprachage : formal cause or the cause of form reframing McLuhan and the Kabbalah / Adeena Karasick. |
| Abstract | This book brings together a number of prominent scholars to explore a relatively under-studied area of Marshall McLuhan's thought: his idea of formal cause and the role that formal cause plays in the emergence of new technologies and in structuring societal relations. Aiming to open a new way of understanding McLuhan's thought in this area, and to provide methodological grounding for future media ecology research, the book runs the gamut, from contributions that directly support McLuhan's arguments to those that see in them the germs of future developments in emergent dynamics and complexity theory. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018298588 |
| ISBN | 9781783206940 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1783206942 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| ISBN | (ePub) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |