So far as writing is the spatializing and arrest of oral speech.… — “Culture without Literacy”, in Explorations #1, December (1953), p 119 reprinted in Essential McLuhan, (1995), p 304, additional reprint in Media Research Technology, Art and Communication (1997), p 128 , and McLuhan Unbound #6, (2017)

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So far as writing is the spatializing and arrest of oral speech. however, it implies that further command of space made possible by the written message and its attendant road system.

“Culture without Literacy”, in Explorations #1, December (1953), p 119 reprinted in Essential McLuhan, (1995), p 304, additional reprint in Media Research Technology, Art and Communication (1997), p 128 , and McLuhan Unbound #6, (2017)

Quote #7461

Year: 1953

Chapter: Writing