Quote of the day
Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art.
Harold Innis
Born: November 5, 1894
Died: November 8, 1952 (aged 58)
Bio: Harold Adams Innis was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory and Canadian economic history.
Known for:
- The Bias of Communication (1951)
- Empire and Communications (1950)
- The fur trade in Canada (1927)
- Changing concepts of time (1952)
- Staples, markets, and cultural change
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