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Book War and Peace in the Global Village

Download or read book War and Peace in the Global Village written by Marshall McLuhan and published by New York ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1968 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book War and Peace in the Global Village

Download or read book War and Peace in the Global Village written by Marshall McLuhan and published by Gingko Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War and Peace in The Global Village is a collage of images and text that sharply illustrates the effects of electronic media and new technology on man. Marshall McLuhan wrote this book thirty years ago and following its publication predicted that the forthcoming information age would be "a transitional era of profound pain and tragic identity quest." Marshall McLuhan illustrates the fact that all social changes are caused by introduction of new technologies. He interprets these new technologies as extensions or "self-amputations of our own being," because technologies extend bodily reach. McLuhan's ideas and observations seem disturbingly accurate and clearly applicable to the world in which we live. War and Peace in the Global Village is a meditation on accelerating innovations leading to identity loss and war. Initially 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 linear, literate world. No longer can there be fixed positions or goals.

Book War and Peace in the Global Village

Download or read book War and Peace in the Global Village written by Marshall McLuhan and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book War and Peace in the Global Village

Download or read book War and Peace in the Global Village written by Quentin Fiore and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Making Peace in the Global Village

Download or read book Making Peace in the Global Village written by and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advocates the role of a Christian approach to peacemaking in an age of increased militarism, nuclear proliferation, and an escalating international arms race

Book War and Peace in Global Village

Download or read book War and Peace in Global Village written by Marshall McLuhan and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book War and Peace in the Global Village

Download or read book War and Peace in the Global Village written by Herbert Marshall McLuhan and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Global Village Myth

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patrick Porter
  • Publisher : Georgetown University Press
  • Release : 2015-01-27
  • ISBN : 1626161925
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book The Global Village Myth written by Patrick Porter and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Porter challenges the powerful ideology of "Globalism" that is widely subscribed to by the US national security community. Globalism entails visions of a perilous shrunken world in which security interests are interconnected almost without limit, exposing even powerful states to instant war. Globalism does not just describe the world, but prescribes expansive strategies to deal with it, portraying a fragile globe that the superpower must continually tame into order. Porter argues that this vision of the world has resulted in the US undertaking too many unnecessary military adventures and dangerous strategic overstretch. Distance and geography should be some of the factors that help the US separate the important from the unimportant in international relations. The US should also recognize that, despite the latest technologies, projecting power over great distances still incurs frictions and costs that set real limits on American power. Reviving an appreciation of distance and geography would lead to a more sensible and sustainable grand strategy.

Book Hanoi s War

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  • Author : Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
  • Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
  • Release : 2012-07-15
  • ISBN : 0807882690
  • Pages : 464 pages

Download or read book Hanoi s War written by Lien-Hang T. Nguyen and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of U.S. involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the reader from the marshy swamps of the Mekong Delta to the bomb-saturated Red River Delta, from the corridors of power in Hanoi and Saigon to the Nixon White House, and from the peace negotiations in Paris to high-level meetings in Beijing and Moscow, all to reveal that peace never had a chance in Vietnam. Hanoi's War renders transparent the internal workings of America's most elusive enemy during the Cold War and shows that the war fought during the peace negotiations was bloodier and much more wide ranging than it had been previously. Using never-before-seen archival materials from the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as materials from other archives around the world, Nguyen explores the politics of war-making and peace-making not only from the North Vietnamese perspective but also from that of South Vietnam, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States, presenting a uniquely international portrait.

Book Global Village Or Global Pillage

Download or read book Global Village Or Global Pillage written by Jeremy Brecher and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In clear, accessible language, Brecher and Costello describe how people around the world have started challenging the New World Economy. From the Zapatistas of Chiapas to students in France to the broad-based anti-NAFTA and anti-GATT coalitions in the United States, opposition to economic globalization, Brecher and Costello argue, is becoming a worldwide revolt.

Book Anthropologists in the Public Sphere

Download or read book Anthropologists in the Public Sphere written by Roberto J. González and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologists have a long tradition of prescient diagnoses of world events. Possessing a knowledge of culture, society, and history not always shared by the media's talking heads, anthropologists have played a crucial role in educating the general reader on the public debates from World War I to the second Gulf War. This anthology collects over fifty commentaries by noted anthropologists such as Margaret Mead, Franz Boas, and Marshall Sahlins who seek to understand and explain the profound repercussions of U.S. involvement in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Frequently drawing on their own fieldwork, the anthropologists go beyond the headlines to draw connections between indigenous cultures, corporate globalization, and contemporary political and economic crises. Venues range from the op-ed pages of internationally renowned newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post to magazine articles and television interviews. Special sections entitled "Prelude to September 11" and "Anthropological Interpretations of September 11" include articles that provided many Americans with their first substantial introduction to the history of Islam, Central Asia, and the Middle East. Each article includes a brief introduction contextualizing the commentary.

Book War adn Peace in the Global Village Marshall McLuhan Quentin Fiore

Download or read book War adn Peace in the Global Village Marshall McLuhan Quentin Fiore written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Space and the Global Village  Tele services for the 21st Century

Download or read book Space and the Global Village Tele services for the 21st Century written by G. Haskell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent developments in telecommunications have led to new developments in tele-services, particularly tele-health and tele-education, for the benefit of those living in either the developed world or the less developed world. The benefits accrue to individuals and also to society at large. An international and interdisciplinary Symposium was organized by the International Space University to bring together technical and non-technical people to consider the future applications of space techniques to tele-services. The Proceedings of this Symposium are essential reading for all who need to appreciate the broad range of issues involved in this developing area.

Book The Mechanical Bride

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marshall McLuhan (Théoricien de la communication, Canada, Etats-Unis)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1967
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Mechanical Bride written by Marshall McLuhan (Théoricien de la communication, Canada, Etats-Unis) and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Future of Peace and Justice in the Global Village

Download or read book The Future of Peace and Justice in the Global Village written by Thomas R. McFaul and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many authors have written on the effect technology, economics, and politics have on globalization, but few have addressed the potential impact of world religions on the future direction of globalization. McFaul's fascinating book explores what others have not: the part the world's major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—will play in bringing either greater peace and justice or hatred and hostility to the global village. Will these religions, which exert the greatest amount of influence worldwide, be a force for good or ill in the emerging global village of the 21st century? This book answers that question and more. Covering the religions to which the majority of world's population adheres, it offers insight into the commonalities, differences, and potential for coming together to create peace to be found among the major faiths. The world's seven major religions are covered, and topics such as sexuality, ethics, violence, and the tension between secular and sacred arenas are discussed for each. McFaul argues that if the leaders and laity of these religions are able to find common ground, efforts toward peace and justice in the global village can be more effective and lasting. If they accentuate their differences, he suggests, they will only produce more hatred and hostility.

Book Shadows of War

Download or read book Shadows of War written by Carolyn Nordstrom and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This book captures the human face of the frontlines, revealing both the visible and the hidden realities of contemporary war, power, and international profiteering in the 21st century.

Book Secular Buddhism

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen Batchelor
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2017-01-01
  • ISBN : 0300223234
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Secular Buddhism written by Stephen Batchelor and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential collection of Stephen Batchelor's most probing and important work on secular Buddhism As the practice of mindfulness permeates mainstream Western culture, more and more people are engaging in a traditional form of Buddhist meditation. However, many of these people have little interest in the religious aspects of Buddhism, and the practice occurs within secular contexts such as hospitals, schools, and the workplace. Is it possible to recover from the Buddhist teachings a vision of human flourishing that is secular rather than religious without compromising the integrity of the tradition? Is there an ethical framework that can underpin and contextualize these practices in a rapidly changing world? In this collected volume of Stephen Batchelor's writings on these themes, the author explores the complex implications of Buddhism's secularization. Ranging widely--from reincarnation, religious belief, and agnosticism to the role of the arts in Buddhist practice--he offers a detailed picture of contemporary Buddhism and its attempt to find a voice in the modern world.