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At the speed of light there is only illumination: a reappraisal of Marshall McLuhan

2005; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 42; Issue: 07 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.42-3861

1943-5975

John Moss, Linda M. Morra,

Media, Communication, and Education

At the Speed of Light There is Only Illumination collects a dozen re-evaluative essays on Marshall and his critical and theoretical legacy; from intellectual adventurer creating a complex architecture of ideas to cultural icon standing in line in Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Given McLuhan's prominent status in many academic disciplines, the contributors reflect a multi-disciplinary background. John Moss and Linda Morra chose the essays from a gathering of McLuhan's academic devotees. The contribution - from McLuhan as Medium and McLuhan in Space to What Got Wrong and Trouble in the Global Village - to provide a kaleidoscope of new views. As Moss writes of the collected essays: Some are big and some are small, some exegetic and some confessional, some stand as major statements and others are sidelong glances; some resonate with the concerns of public discourse and others are private or privileged or impious and provocative. Each consists of many parts, each a design on its own. They speak to each other...they may have come together as one version of what happened.