The Violence of the Letter Toward a Theory of Writing

The emergence of the alphabet in ancient Greece, usually heralded as the first step in the inexorable march toward reason and progress, in fact signaled the introduction of a chance technology that hijacked the future, with devastating consequences for humanity. By investigating an array of cultural...

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Hoofdauteur:	McMahon, Melanie (auth)
Formaat:	Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
Taal:	Engels
Gepubliceerd in:	University of Michigan Press 2023
Onderwerpen:	Philosophy Philosophy of language Literary theory Writing systems, alphabets literary theory, writing, alphabet, literacy, colonialism, capitalism, Derrida, Marx, Havelock, Ong, Althusser, critical theory, French theory, Foucault, violence, imperialism, Western civilization, oral culture, indigenous studies, postcolonial theory, settler colonial theory, culturalstudies, world history, Empire, antiquity, history of writing, Lévi-Strauss, printing press, Luther, monotheism, Oedipus complex, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Tyrannus, oracle at Delphi, Pythia, schooling, neuropsychology, media archaeology, media studies, media theory, media ecology
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