The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image

Leonard Shlain

725 pages • first pub 1998 (editions) user-added

nonfiction feminism history philosophy psychology religion sociology
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This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthr...

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