Más allá de la metáfora organicista: Ecología de los medios a través de la teoría del ensamblaje
Resumen
Este artículo contiene un análisis especulativo respecto del enfoque de la ecología de los medios de comunicación y, en particular, de la filosofía mediática de Marshall McLuhan, a través del prisma de la teoría de ensamblaje, una filosofía inspirada en Deleuze de las multiplicidades, sistematizada en la última década por el pensador mexicano Manuel DeLanda. A través de un enfoque intervencionista que busca empujar al McLuhanismo más allá de sus límites, el artículo se refiere a una cierta dimensión de su cuerpo conceptual que no puede ser acomodada por sus propios parámetros. En concreto, identificamos la sustitución de McLuhan del término "teatro global" por su conocida "aldea global" como la indicación de un cambio de paradigma en su pensamiento tardío, una transición de una metafísica de la identidad a una filosofía de diferencias y multiplicidades. Al desarrollar esta dimensión oculta a través de los principios de la teoría de ensamblaje, nuevas fuerzas no explotadas se desatan del corpus de McLuhan, proporcionando pistas importantes para una revaluación potencial de su filosofía mediática y, más concretamente, del marco ecologista de los medios.
Palabras clave
McLuhan, DeLanda, ecología de los medios, teoría de ensamblaje
Biografía del autor/a
Laureano Ralón
Laureano Ralón es licenciado en Comunicación Social en Simon Fraser University (Canadá) y estudiante de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Université de Nice (Francia).
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