Episode 112: Readings from the 'Book of Probes': The Mysticism of Marshall McLuhan
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The Ear Is a Function of an Auditory Environment
For most of human history, until sometime in the bronze age, a word is always a sound. And meaning, therefore, is a function of an auditory environment. What this means for psycho dynamics is complicated. Its actually is a good book by walter ong s which really digs deep into this. It's written in a much more linear and comprehensible way than mc luan's writings ever were. So i recommend it to your attention if you're interested in following up on this.
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