Features

New Explorations Weblog is proud to be the home of these special serialized features of posts and articles:

McLuhan’s Mileau

This series will link to full, archived copies of literary articles cited by Marshall McLuhan in his published and unpublished work, as well as articles which illuminate art criticism and historical commentary of the modernist age.

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Pope Francis’ 2024 Encyclical, Robert Moore on Lover Archetypes, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought on Primary Orality and Secondary Orality

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 2025

Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth tfarrell@d.umn.edu Abstract: In this short article with a…

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President-Elect Donald Trump, Robert Moore’s Thought, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 2025

Abstract: In this article, I use the work of the late Jungian psychotherapist and psychological…

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John F. Kennedy’s Sexual Promiscuity, Robert Moore’s Thought About Archetypes of Maturity, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought About Secondary Orality

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 2025

Abstract: In my wide-ranging and lengthy article “John F. Kennedy’s Sexual Promiscuity, Robert Moore’s Thought…

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Technologizing Asia: Uncovering Techno-Orientalism’s Constructions of Asian Futurism

Kaede AshizawaFeb 17, 2025

Kaede Ashizawa York University kaedeca@yorku.ca ABSTRACT: How do we envision Asian futurism? How does the…

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Toronto School of Communication Theory

Konstantin VekuaFeb 17, 2025

Konstantin VekuaAssociate ProfessorSchool of Humanities and Social SciencesGeorgian International University, Georgiakonstantine.vekua@giu.edu.ge Abstract Toronto School of…

Remembered

This series catalogues fond reminiscences of Marshall McLuhan by friends and colleagues.

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Pope Francis’ 2024 Encyclical, Robert Moore on Lover Archetypes, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought on Primary Orality and Secondary Orality

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 202528 min read

Thomas J. Farrell University of Minnesota Duluth tfarrell@d.umn.edu Abstract: In this short article with a long title (and a lengthy abstract), I highlight the thought in three sources in particular: (1) Pope Francis’ 2024 encyclical in detail, (2) Robert Moore’s…

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President-Elect Donald Trump, Robert Moore’s Thought, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 202542 min read

Abstract: In this article, I use the work of the late Jungian psychotherapist and psychological theorist Robert Moore (1942-2016; Ph.D. in religion and psychology, University of Chicago, 1975) of the Chicago Theological Seminary on the eight archetypes of maturity in…

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John F. Kennedy’s Sexual Promiscuity, Robert Moore’s Thought About Archetypes of Maturity, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought About Secondary Orality

Thomas J FarrellFeb 17, 202555 min read

Abstract: In my wide-ranging and lengthy article “John F. Kennedy’s Sexual Promiscuity, Robert Moore’s Thought About the Archetypes of Maturity, and Walter J. Ong’s Thought About Secondary Orality,” I discuss the general topics named in the overly long title. For…

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Technologizing Asia: Uncovering Techno-Orientalism’s Constructions of Asian Futurism

Kaede AshizawaFeb 17, 202533 min read

Kaede Ashizawa York University kaedeca@yorku.ca ABSTRACT: How do we envision Asian futurism? How does the West, the historically domineering face of global modernity and speculative futures, ontologically and epistemologically trame Asian modernity? These questions are explored in techno-Orientalism, a branch…

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Toronto School of Communication Theory

Konstantin VekuaFeb 17, 202535 min read

Konstantin VekuaAssociate ProfessorSchool of Humanities and Social SciencesGeorgian International University, Georgiakonstantine.vekua@giu.edu.ge Abstract Toronto School of Communication Theory is not only a success story but also a vision and practice of creating and building the country’s intellectual future. For decades, scholars…