McLuhan and Symbolist Communication: The Shock of Dislocation - Paperback

by Seung-Mock Yang (Other), Colin B. Grant (Other), Tino Meitz (Other)

Symbolism as a parataxis, as a jazz of the intellect this is the starting point of this research, inspired by a socio-literary interpretation of McLuhan's mediology and carried out from a diachronic and exegetic perspective. This work aims to investigate the role of symbolism in McLuhan's sociological research.

Author Biography

Andrea Lombardinilo is a tenured lecturer and Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Cultural and Communicative Processes at the Gabriele d'Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara (Italy). He carries out research on literary communication and sociology of literature, with particular reference to the narrative and symbolic representations of modern identity. His interests also include sociology of higher education, with a focus on innovation reform and institutional communication within the university system.