Fr. Patrick Peyton Interviews Marshall McLuhan, part 1

...some time in the 1970's, on Fr. Patrick ("the rosary priest") Peyton's television show, "Family Theatre."

Category:

Education

Tags:

• media
• ecology
• communication
• technology
• religion
• mcluhan

[SSPX3]

why do all my heroes turn to religion?

[DrFallon]

@SSPX3 Why is that a problem?

[gerardtgibbs]

McLuhan was a brilliant man. How wonderful that he was a devout Catholic.

[DrFallon]

Catholic, Protestant, Mulim, Jew -- what does it matter? He was a brilliant man. Without question, McLuhan's particular brilliance is tied to his Catholicism (as a convert). But how about Jacquess Ellul, who converted from Catholicism to Reformed Christianity? How about Harold Innis, who was a lukewarm Anglican? How about Teilhard de Chardin, whose writings were banned by the Catholic Church?

[jfk1976]

i wish he had lived to see youtube and facebook and twitter. he predicted it all and its an injustice that his books arent taught in every school today.

[ericmcbride]

"The angelic discarnate man of the electric age"...

It is funny how one can stumble upon such profound ideas while looking for mundane things... such as when I clicked a link to see "The most stupid McDonald's commercial". I ended up here to confront a startling new visualisation of our evolution.

[Nambypamby37]

@SSPX3 I think that happens if you feel like your thinking alienates you from others. It makes some or most people turn to a religion shared by their friends and family.

[Antonysmarvels]

@SSPX3 maybe they know something we dont...?

[mrgerbeck]

@jacksawild Great comment. Sometimes people are atheist today for the same reason people were religious at prior times. They want to associate with some community; and many people like the secular humanists. Yet, this too is a tribal gathering and often more emotional than private and intellectual. I believe in God philosophically in it is a box with the word "God" written on it . I place private ideas inside that box. I would not pre-judge a person's idea based on their label.

[TheTTBT]

In his work, McLuhan made visible his massive recognition of patterns - a role normally atributed to the artist, though he never proclaimed to be an artist and generally rejected catagorization or classical-intellectual labels. The metaphorical landscape of Catholicism, as he explains in this interview, provided "nourishment" - food for his probes.

[xvegansxex]

@SSPX3 because all heroes have a weak spot, superman had kryptonite, McLuhan had faith

[IPossessAHugePenis]

@DrFallon McLuhan also made sure to point out that his talking about somthing does not make him in favour of it. He very clearly stated that if he talks about something he is often completely against it. Hence the idea that people get nourishment from the Church. It would be an amazing feat indeed if he were to be so brilliant and a Catholic, as it is one of the most anti intellectual environments around. If he were raised one, he would have just been a worthless priest or something.

[margotdarby]

Note the theme from "Peyton Place."

[listen2this]

@SSPX3 McLuhan focused on how the world sends messages and arguments and such. Learning about evolution actually requires that you come back down to Earth - something rhetors have a hard time doing.