Textual Meditations – Volume II

The latter half of Feenberg’s (1989) paper becomes a rather confused and muddled mess; whilst there are some interesting ideas, he doesn’t quite pull them off. I noted some intriguing points in the discourse section where Feenberg refers to Marshall McLuhan’s 1960’s announcement on the “end of literate culture and the rise of a new […]

Textual Meditations – Volume I

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.. We start this post with a quote from William Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It“, which conjures up the image of acting a part in front of […]