- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Hardwired; New edition edition (May 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1888869070
- ISBN-13: 978-1888869071
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #835,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
From the "I can't believe this went out of print" file come two of McLuhan's signature titles. Though a lot of this may seem like freaky rantings from the Sixties (LJ 6/1/67 and LJ 11/1/68, respectively), many of McLuhan's observations on technology, violence, etc., still ring true.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
War and Peace in the Global Village, initially published in 1968, is regarded as a revolutionary work for its depiction of a planet made ever smaller by new technologies. McLuhan's prescient ideas are eerily relevant to recent discussions about the Digital Revolution and about the impact of the Internet on society. Photos & illustrations.
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Still presciently insightful today,
This review is from: War and Peace in the Global Village (Paperback)
This is a stunning brilliant book. Much of it could be written today and still be presciently insightful. It is astounding that this was published in 1967. For everyone and anyone interested in social media, the digital environment this is full of insight. Highly recommend this book.
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Is Your Brain OK or KO?,
By rareoopdvds (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: War and Peace in the Global Village (Paperback)
Media theorist Marshall McLuhan does a double take on the Massage by doubling his informative view of the media world splicing effect after effect after effect. Beginning locally in the village of small tribal cultures of oratory dominance demonstrating the break of the sensorium which created a tactile society. Moving through history as if fragmented in its own way recapitulating the effects of media which broke up the senses and amputated the limbs of our physical and psychical systems. Although written in 1968, McLuhan moves right into the present times understanding first, electricity as extension of the nervous system and lucidly stating that LSD, the psychedelics of the past are equal in effects to the modern day computer as a recomposure of our being. From our computer realities, one can easily define theirs as an integrated inter-net, linking one another through digital media that is light speed. McLuhan understood the implications of Einsteinian-ENIAC models of the world and distupted the passive television view with this commercial interuption to wake up the senses. Reccomended for McLuhan lovers and those who are still watching TV on a regular basis.
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Sheer Brilliance!,
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This review is from: War and Peace in the Global Village (Paperback)
Once again, McLuhan and Fiore team up to provide us with an excellent summation of all of the drastic effects of the transition to electric circutry as the prime form of media. I recommend reading The Medium is the Massage first.
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