![]() ![]() But, I would recommend both Mark Federman’s On Reading McLuhan and Terrence Gordon’s McLuhan for Beginners as excellent guides for someone who is struggling to learn how to read McLuhan, as I have. ![]() Everyone has offered wonderful summaries so far, so I apologize for this lack. ![]() Rather than event attempt a summary, I’m going to offer a few quotes from the chapter and provide my own reflections on it. I’ve found reading Understanding Media to be something that has surprised and puzzled me but my ability to organize what I’ve read is proving to be quite difficult. “How does one understand Marshall McLuhan? The answer is a quintessentially McLuhanesque paradox: To understand McLuhan, you must read McLuhan, but to read McLuhan, you must first understand McLuhan” Will Monroe wrote to me “I’m glad I was able to work with these chapters they were among the most interesting that I’ve read so far.” Below his summary on chapters 30 and 31. ![]()
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