THE CRACK IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR

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  • Marshall McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto

Abstract

When the Middle Ages had departed, the Elizabethan world picture became a medieval one. When the mechanical industry, and rail ways, had created a new environment around the old arts and crafts and the agrarian world, nostalgic image of the departing society became the basis of the Romantic Movement. The more mechanized and urbanized America became, the more flamboyant became its Bonanzas, and its Westerns. But human power to deal with any present reality is minimal. To have discovered this is a huge step toward by-passing this human limitation. In the jet age there are some indications that the rear-view mirror as a notification device is losing its monopoly.

Author Biography

Marshall McLuhan, Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto

MARSHALL McLUHAN is Director of the Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto. Dr. McLuhan is widely admired and respected for his ideas on communication theory and for his books (The Mechanical Bride, The Gutenberg Galaxy, Understanding Media). He has made public impact through his appearances on film, radio, and television.

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Published

1966-04-01

How to Cite

McLuhan, M. (1966). THE CRACK IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 1(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6556

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