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War and Peace in the Global Village

by Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore · 1968

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Initiallly published in 1968, this text is regarded as a revolutionary work for its depiction of a planet made ever smaller by new technologies. A mosaic of pointed insights and probes, this text predicts a world without centres or boundaries. It illustrates how the electronic information travelling around the globe at the speed of light has eroded the rules of the linnear, literate world. No longer can there be fixed positions or goals.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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mediamediaMore like thisLess of thistechnologytechnologyMore like thisLess of this
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CanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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