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Who was one of the thinkers Ursula Franklin owed her intellectual tradition to?

  • Harold Innis

  • Albert Einstein

  • Marie Curie

  • Isaac Newton

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Harold Innis, a prominent Canadian economist and communication theorist, profoundly influenced Ursula Franklin's intellectual development. Franklin's views on the social and cultural implications of communication technologies, particularly her emphasis on the importance of understanding the power dynamics and biases embedded within these systems, were shaped by Innis's work on the relationship between communication and the control of resources and power.
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