The Violence of the Letter Toward a Theory of Writing

The Violence of the Letter Toward a Theory of Writing

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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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Main Author: McMahon, Melanie (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Michigan Press 2023
Subjects:
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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