THE VIOLENCE OF THE LETTER : Toward a Theory of Writing / Melanie McMahon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMahon, Melanie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

[s.l.] : University of Michigan Press, 2024.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780472903238

0472903233