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say. Still, that same earlier controversy lingered
on, and the reason why it is that many of those
younger scholars, while more sympathetic, usually
found themselves recognizing McLuhan in some
quite begrudging way. Nobody really wanted to
lose that status within the academy. Believe me,
McLuhan even to this day does not have much of a
reputation within the academy. He didn’t play by
the rules, the rogue scholar—it has tarred him all
the way through, even to the present.
Q: Do you think that helped him? Do you think the
kind of cult of personality that grew up around