Tribalization or retribalization means going back into the world of all-at-onceness, of echoland, in which the auditory resonance is dominant; and this is a world totally antithetic to the written literate culture.
“The Hardware-Software Mergers: How Successful Have They Been?” Speech given at conference, Reappraisal of the Educational Technology Industry, University of Chicago, November 16-118, 1969. Transcript, p 5
Year: 1969
Chapters:
Eye vs Ear | Retribalizing
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© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan