When tribal man becomes phonetically literate, he may have an im… — “Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: A Candid Conversation with the High Priest of Popcult and Metaphysician of Media”. By Eric Norden. Playboy Magazine, March (1969), p 59 reprinted in Essential McLuhan (1995), p 241

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When tribal man becomes phonetically literate, he may have an improved abstract intellectual grasp of the world, but most of the deeply emotional corporate family feeling is excised from his relationship with his social milieu.

“Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: A Candid Conversation with the High Priest of Popcult and Metaphysician of Media”. By Eric Norden. Playboy Magazine, March (1969), p 59 reprinted in Essential McLuhan (1995), p 241

Quote #3533

Year: 1969

Chapter: Literacy