{"product_id":"the-medium-is-still-the-message-marshall-mcluhan-for-our-time-paperback","title":"The Medium Is Still the Message: Marshall McLuhan for Our Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrant N. Havers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Medium Is Still the Message \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epresents Marshall McLuhan, history's foremost philosopher of media, as the indispensable guide for understanding the impact of technologies. \u003c\/b\u003eMcLuhan (1911-1980) shows that media are not simply tools of communication: they create new environments with transformational effects on politics, economics, culture, identity, religion, and nature. Grant N. Havers argues that McLuhan's key insight--\"the medium is the message\"--is even more relevant today as humanity grapples with the unintended effects of new media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs McLuhan demonstrated, a lack of understanding about the power of media technologies allows these entities to become idols that enslave their makers. At the same time, they encourage human beings to act like gods who can reinvent reality itself, all the while leading to the decline of literacy, the weakening of democracy, the resurgence of tribalism within the global village, and the elusive search for identity in cyberspace.\u003ci\u003e The Medium Is Still the Message \u003c\/i\u003eultimately offers good news: using McLuhan's insights, human beings can escape the technological cave that they have fashioned for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrant N. Havers is Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Trinity Western University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLeo Strauss and Anglo-American Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLincoln and the Politics of Christian Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Havers and his family make their home in Langley, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756081471821,"sku":"9781501782930","price":69.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/M1YGC7a9nT9781501782930.webp?v=1776722073","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-medium-is-still-the-message-marshall-mcluhan-for-our-time-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}