For, it is the loss of identity that inspires “violence.” Your struggles have no goals. Not one of you could articulate a single objective for all your unrest and uncertainty. Without knowing it, you are questing for a new identity which cannot be private and which cannot be known until it has actually been made.
“Adopt a College,” in This Magazine Is About Schools, vol 2, No. 4, Autumn, 1968, p 55
Year: 1968
Chapter:
Identity
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan