In ABC... philosopher and cultural analyst Ivan Illich and medieval scholar and literary critic Barry Sanders have produced an original, meticulous and provocative study of the advent, spread and present decline of literacy. They explore he impact of the alphabet on fundamental thought processes and attitudes, on memory, on political groupings and religous and cultural expectations. Their examination of the present erosion of literacy in the new technological languages of 'newspeak' and 'uniquack' and they point out how new attitudes to language are altering our world view; our sense of self and of community.
ABC: The Alphabetizaton of the Popular Mind
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Taal:
Engels
Formaat:
Tools for Conviviality
Gender
Disabling Professions
Beyond Economics and Ecology: The Radical Thought of Ivan Illich
Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
Energy and Equity
In the Mirror of the Past: Lectures and Addresses 1978-1990
Celebration of Awareness: A Call for Institutional Revolution
Deschooling Society
Shadow Work
The Right to Useful Unemployment