「機械化された思考」の暴力性に対抗する「創造的思考」の口承性

―ハロルド・A・イニス著『メディアの文明史』を読む―

Contrasting the Orality of ‘Creative Thought’ with the Potential Violence of ‘Mechanized Thought’:
Reading The Bias of Communication by Harold A. Innis


中西満貴典
NAKANISHI Mikinori

Abstract

　We cannot deny that we have the tendency to get into mechanized thought, a particular way of thinking in spite of trying to think freely. In this paper, we discuss the dichotomy of ‘place / space’ presented by Michel de Certeau. Here, the focus is on media and communication studies, especially referring to Harold A. Innis and Marshall McLuhan. We propose a hypothesis that ‘literacy’ is profoundly intertwined with the concept of ‘place’ which is constructed of well-ordered knowledge and information, but eventually produces the power to dominate our way of thinking by making our knowledge rigid. We attempt to demonstrate the relation between ‘orality and time’ and explore the possibility of deconstructing the potential violence of ‘mechanized thought’.

Keywords : H・A・イニス、M・マクルーハン、M・セルトー、「声／文字」、「機械化された思考・知識」