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035 _a(OCoLC)1376446410
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
100 1 _aMcMahon, Melanie,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Violence of the Letter :
_bToward a Theory of Writing /
_cMelanie McMahon.
264 1 _aAnn Arbor, Michigan :
_bUniversity of Michigan Press,
_c2023.
264 3 _aBaltimore, Md. :
_bProject MUSE,
_c0000
264 4 _c©2023.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
520 3 _aThe 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 7 _aWriting
_xSocial aspects.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01181661
650 0 _aAlphabet
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aAlphabet
_xPolitical aspects.
650 0 _aWriting
_xHistory
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aWriting
_xHistory
_xPolitical aspects.
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aMichigan Publishing (University of Michigan),
_epublisher.
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/114062/
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