ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind - Softcover

Illich, Ivan; Sanders, Barry

 
9780679721925: ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind

Synopsis

Traces the historical evolution of written language, public literacy, and libraries; assesses the impact of the alphabet on thought processes and memory as well as society; and analyzes the potential effects of the current erosion of literacy on the future

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xamination of the effects of technology on literacy and language. The authors argue that there is a phenomenon transforming modern culture--language is becoming part of a technology of "information systems" with an emphasis on control, rather than human exchange. As a result, all language is becoming debased.

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ISBN 10:  0865472912 ISBN 13:  9780865472914
Publisher: North Point Pr, 1988
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