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Explorers vs. Explainers

McLuhan's approach as an explorer, not an explainer, of media environments.

I've written in the past about how a big part of what separated McLuhan from the rest of the pack was his ability to separate his morals from his observations. Well, I particularly liked this explanation of McLuhan's approach from the introduction to the newest edition of The Gutenberg Galaxy: "We have to remember that Marshall McLuhan portrayed himself as an explorer and not as an explainer of media environments."

February 16, 2013

Marshall Mcluhan

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