The Neocolonialism of the Global Village (Forerunners: Ideas First) - Softcover

Nolan, Ginger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517904862 ISBN 13: 9781517904869

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2018

Synopsis

Uncovering a vast maze of realities in the media theories of Marshall McLuhan

The term “global village”—coined in the 1960s by Marshall McLuhan—has persisted into the twenty-first century as a key trope of techno-humanitarian discourse, casting economic and technical transformations in a utopian light. Against that tendency, this book excavates the violent history, originating with techniques of colonial rule in Africa, that gave rise to the concept of the global village. To some extent, we are all global villagers, but given the imbalances of semiotic power, some belong more thoroughly than others. Reassessing McLuhan’s media theories in light of their entanglement with colonial and neocolonial techniques, Nolan implicates various arch-paradigms of power (including “terra-power”) in the larger prerogative of managing human populations.

Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.

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About the Author

Ginger Nolan is a postdoctoral fellow in urban studies at Basel University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1517904862
• ISBN 13: 9781517904869
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80