A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Since, however, discarnate man has no relation to natural law (or to Western lineality), his impulse is towards anarchy and lawlessness. Minus his body, the user of telephone or radio or TV also is minus his private identity, an effect that is becoming increasingly evident.
Laws of Media: The New Science with Eric McLuhan, (1988), p 72
Year: 1988
Chapter: Discarnate
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