 | Unthinking Modernity: Innis, McLuhan, and the Frankfurt School Subjects: Innis Harold A. 1894–1952; McLuhan Marshall 1911–1980; Adorno Theodor W. 1903–1969; Benjamin Walter 1892–1940; Philosophy Modern -- 20th century; Critical theory; In Unthinking Modernity Judith Stamps reinterprets the communications theory of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan as a Canadian variant of the critical theory associated with the early Frankfurt school. Stamps argues that Innis and McLuhan used their studies of media to develop a critique of the thoughts and habits that characterize the West. |
