A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Psychologists explain that when the field of attention has a centre without a margin we are hypnotized. Such is the condition of tribal man, past and present.
“Inside the Five Sense Sensorium” (1961), p 54
Year: 1961
Chapters: Radio | Tribal Societies
↪ Also at #5944, #7110
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