Corey Anton & Robert K. Logan 
Taking Up McLuhan’s Cause [PDF ebook] 
Perspectives on Media and Formal Causality

This book brings together a number of prominent scholars to explore a relatively under-studied area of Marshall Mc Luhan’s thought: his idea of formal cause and the role that formal cause plays in the emergence of new technologies and in structuring societal relations. Aiming to open a new way of understanding Mc Luhan’s thought in this area, and to provide methodological grounding for future media ecology research, the book runs the gamut, from contributions that directly support Mc Luhan’s arguments to those that see in them the germs of future developments in emergent dynamics and complexity theory.