ABC: The Alphabetizaton of the Popular Mind

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book ABC: The Alphabetizaton of the Popular Mind by Ivan Illich, Marion Boyars
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Author: Ivan Illich ISBN: 9780714521503
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publication: January 1, 1988
Imprint: Marion Boyars Language: English
Author: Ivan Illich
ISBN: 9780714521503
Publisher: Marion Boyars
Publication: January 1, 1988
Imprint: Marion Boyars
Language: English

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.

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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.

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