{"product_id":"9781939994165","title":"McLuhan For Beginners","description":"\u003cbr\u003eMarshall McLuhan was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of the 20th century. He was so far ahead of his time that he predicted the future and offered a critique of human behavior in a media saturated world that is perhaps more valuable in today’s Internet age than it was in his own time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcLuhan pioneered the study of Media, unified Art and Science, and warned us about the perils of a televised, computerized, famous-for-15-minutes, social media world. A world where we would live in each other’s faces, and become so alike, so isolated, so anonymous that violence would become a scream of identity, a way of saying, “I am not invisible.” McLuhan tried to teach us to guard against these dehumanizing, debasing effects of technology, and a thousand other things, but we got reality television anyway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe centennial celebration of McLuhan’s life and the re-release of his books has led to a surge of new interest in his thinking and teachings. \u003ci\u003eMcLuhan For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e provides an essential introduction that is clear, comprehensive, and easy to remember. It is full of wise and witty art by Susan Willmarth that is a perfect match to W. Terrence Gordon’s writing. McLuhan envisioned the media generated Global Village before it existed, and no one since McLuhan has described its allure and pitfalls better.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eW. Terrence Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e has published more than twenty books including \u003ci\u003eMarshall McLuhan: Escape into Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e (Gingko Press) and \u003ci\u003eLinguistics For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e. Gordon has also been the editor of the Marshall McLuhan Publishing Program at Gingko Press for the past 12 years, and is currently Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When he is not busy writing or teaching, Gordon photographs the haunting beauty of Nova Scotia, Canada, where he has lived since the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Willmarth\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New Mexico and moved in the early '70's to New York City. Since graduating from Parsons School of Design, she has worked as a free-lance editorial illustrator for Push Pin Press Books, Edward Booth-Clibborn editions, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine, The Open Society\u003c\/i\u003e, Writers and Readers Publishing, and now For Beginners LLC. Past work includes \u003ci\u003eBlack History For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003eMcLuhan For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Manhattan with her bicycle.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For Beginners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179349459184,"sku":"9781939994165","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939994165_p0.jpg?v=1763668295","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939994165","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}