Marshall McLuhan Quotes


Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity.


Citations

McLuhan, Marshall, and Barrington Nevitt. Take Today: The Executive as Dropout. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972, p. 92.

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Marshall McLuhan
Marshall McLuhan
  • Born: July 21, 1911
  • Died: December 31, 1980
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Sociologist

Herbert Marshall McLuhan CC was a Canadian philosopher, whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, McLuhan studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridge. He began his teaching career as a professor of English at several universities in the US and Canada before moving to the University of Toronto in 1946, where he remained for the rest of his life.