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an arsonist!” (Letters , 1987 p.398 [1970])
The academic excommunication of McLuhan did not
eliminate his influence. To the careful eye, his
insights (acknowledged and unacknowledged)
nestle in the texts of an astonishing array of
scholars, artists, and public intellectuals. Cast in
an academic morality fable as the rogue scholar
who refused to play by the rules, the resonance of
his ideas with life outside the ivory towers ensured
their survival. Circling the wagons could not save
the academy from the transformations McLuhan
had diagnosed.