《The Alphabet Versus the Goddess》是Penguin出版的圖書，作者是Leonard Shlain
基本介紹
- 中文名：The Alphabet Versus the Goddess
- 作者：Leonard Shlain
- 出版時間：1999年9月30日
- 出版社：Penguin
- 頁數：496 頁
- ISBN：9780140196016
- 裝幀：Paperback
- 價格：GBP 17.00
內容簡介
Could the invention of writing, and then the alphabet, have been largely responsible for a decisive shift towards patriarchy and misogyny? in this book, the author draws on brain anatomy and anthropology, religion and history, to develop his challenging thesis. Literacy, he argues, encourages "masculine" linear, reductionist and abstract modes of thought which tend to degrade w...(展開全部) Could the invention of writing, and then the alphabet, have been largely responsible for a decisive shift towards patriarchy and misogyny? in this book, the author draws on brain anatomy and anthropology, religion and history, to develop his challenging thesis. Literacy, he argues, encourages "masculine" linear, reductionist and abstract modes of thought which tend to degrade women. (The witch-hunts of the Renaissance coincided with the rapid expansion of printing). Yet the last century has been the rise of visual communications media such as photography, film, television and the Internet. Regardless of their content, such innovations are reconfiguring our brains and producing a climate far more amenable to feminine values. it is only by acknowledging the downside of literacy that we can incorporate its benefits into a culture rooted in the right-hemispheric values of tolerance, caring and respect for nature. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
