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 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.
| Publication Language | English |
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| Publication Access Type | Freemium |
| Publication Author | Melanie McMahon |
| Publisher | alphabet, Althusser, Antiquity, capitalism, Colonialism, critical theory, culturalstudies, Derrida, empire, Foucault, French theory, Havelock, history of writing, imperialism, indigenous studies, Levi-Strauss, literacy, literary theory, Luther, Marx, media archaeology, media ecology, media studies, media theory, monotheism, neuropsychology, Oedipus complex, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Tyrannus, Ong, oracle at Delphi, oral culture, postcolonial theory, printing press, Pythia, schooling, settler colonial theory, violence, Western civilization, world history, writing |
| Publication Year | 2023 |
| Publication Type | eBooks |
| ISBN/ISSN | 9780000000000 |
| Publication Category | Open Access Books |
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