McLuhan's world--and ours.(cultural critic Marshall McLuhan) From: Public Interest | Date: January 1, 2000| Author: SKINNER, DAVID | COPYRIGHT 2000 The National Affairs, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The main points of media and cultural critic Marshall McLuhan's social philosophy are examined. Topics include the impact television has on how society views public figures, the fate of literary culture, the impact technology has on the perception of political events, and the lost tribalism of human communities.

A NEW nonliterary culture exists today, of whose existence, not to mention significance, most literary intellectuals are entirely unaware," wrote Susan Sontag in her groun...

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