Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar.

The words of Marshall McLuhan in Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (originally published 1964; this is from a second edition paperback)….

I never would have connected typography and nationalism to tightly—not familiar to me.

Lemme get this posted. The winds are rising as I type. Fortunately, it sounds like the worst of the storms and the large hail will miss us to the north. Of course, since we have a tarp roof, even wind and rain is of concern….

This entry was posted in anthropology on Tuesday, 20 May 2008 at 7:34 pm.
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