Harold Innis Quote

It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an oral tradition and to the health of a civilization, particularly if they thwart the interest of a people in culture, and following Aristotle, the cathartic effects of culture. "It is written but I say unto you" is a powerful directive to Western civilization.


From the 2007 Voyageur Classics edition, pp. 19-20. - Empire and Communications (1950)


It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an oral tradition and to the health of a...

It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an oral tradition and to the health of a...

It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an oral tradition and to the health of a...

It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an oral tradition and to the health of a...