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This series will link to full, archived copies of literary articles cited by Marshall McLuhan in his published and unpublished work, as well as articles which illuminate art criticism and historical commentary of the modernist age.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

McLuhan’s Milieu: Hannah Arendt on Existenz

McLuhan’s Milieu: Hannah Arendt on Existenz

Clinton IgnatovJul 15, 2020

In a May 1946 letter to Felix Giovanelli, McLuhan points out the poetry in the…

Remembered

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

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…

McLuhan’s Milieu: Hannah Arendt on Existenz

McLuhan’s Milieu: Hannah Arendt on Existenz

Clinton IgnatovJul 15, 20207 min read

In a May 1946 letter to Felix Giovanelli, McLuhan points out the poetry in the placement of an experimental atomic reactor pile mentioned in a scientific report. That it should be situated symbolically in a football stadium is too perfect.…