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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Place / Publishing House: | Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan Press,, 2023. ©2023. |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | First edition. |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (213 pages) |
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505 | 0 | |a 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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