Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 191 pages)
ISBN:
9780472903238
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0472903233
Inhalt:
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 artifacts, ranging from Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" to the Oracle at Delphi to Luther's challenge to the Church, this book demonstrates how the apparently benign emergence of writing made possible far-ranging systems of organized domination and unprecedented levels of violence. The Violence of the Letter considers how a twenty-six letter code changed the face of the world, and not always for the better
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index
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Intro -- Contents -- Prelude -- Introduction -- 1. A Brief Technical Detour -- 2. The Trauma of Literacy -- 3. The Alphabet and Reproduction -- 4. Plato and the Forms of Alphabetic Writing -- 5. The Alphabet and Money -- Interlude -- 6. Letters of Blood and Fire -- 7. The Subject Is Always Alphabetized -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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ISBN 9780472075911
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ISBN 9780472055913
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 0472055917
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ISBN 9780472055913
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ISBN 0472075918
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ISBN 9780472075911
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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History
URL:
https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12406894
URL:
https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=30718529
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