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This series will link to full, archived copies of literary articles cited by Marshall McLuhan in his published and unpublished work, as well as articles which illuminate art criticism and historical commentary of the modernist age.

McLuhan’s Milieu—Bergson on Machinery

McLuhan’s Milieu—Bergson on Machinery

Clinton IgnatovAug 8, 2020

When Marshall McLuhan mentions Henri Bergson at all, it is in a dismissive tone. The…

McLuhan on phenomenology in 1978

McLuhan on phenomenology in 1978

Cameron McEwenAug 7, 2020

Cameron McEwen is a digital publisher who has been regularly posting at McLuhan’s New Sciences…

The Manifesto of the Viral Editor

The Manifesto of the Viral Editor

Andrey MirJul 23, 2020

The first “Artificial Intelligence” has emerged in the technological world, made up of real people:…

“It’ll Change What I’m Writing, You Know”: How I Met Marshall McLuhan

“It’ll Change What I’m Writing, You Know”: How I Met Marshall McLuhan

Bill KuhnsJul 16, 2020

I met Marshall McLuhan when he replaced me as a guest lecturer at Fordham University…

Remembered

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

McLuhan’s Milieu—Bergson on Machinery

McLuhan’s Milieu—Bergson on Machinery

Clinton IgnatovAug 8, 202010 min read

When Marshall McLuhan mentions Henri Bergson at all, it is in a dismissive tone. The reasons why are simple enough. McLuhan was a Thomist inspired by Jacques Maritain, a fellow convert to Catholicism and student of Bergson at The Sorbonne.…

McLuhan on phenomenology in 1978

McLuhan on phenomenology in 1978

Cameron McEwenAug 7, 20204 min read

Cameron McEwen is a digital publisher who has been regularly posting at McLuhan’s New Sciences since 2013. This post was originally written in April of 2020. In July 1978, as part of Louis Forsdale’s course on communication at Columbia1, McLuhan…

The Manifesto of the Viral Editor

The Manifesto of the Viral Editor

Andrey MirJul 23, 202016 min read

The first “Artificial Intelligence” has emerged in the technological world, made up of real people: the Viral Editor of the Internet. It is currently building a new social reality, creating an alternative form of guerrilla journalism and begetting a new social…

“It’ll Change What I’m Writing, You Know”: How I Met Marshall McLuhan

“It’ll Change What I’m Writing, You Know”: How I Met Marshall McLuhan

Bill KuhnsJul 16, 20204 min read

I met Marshall McLuhan when he replaced me as a guest lecturer at Fordham University in September of 1967. That’s the story I’ve been telling all these years, and it’s mostly  true. John Culkin, S.J., who had an uncanny talent…