Medieval Transition (500-To-1500 CE) Gutenberg-To-Clockwork |
|
Author:
| Killingsworth, Jerry |
ISBN: | 978-1-5033-0801-5 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
|
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $7.50 |
Book Description:
|
The author provides an overview of the Middle Ages, not as just a dark age that separated the classical age from the rational-industrial age, but as a very significant transition that included the two most significant changes in the megatrend from the mytho-logo-cosmo-unity of the mythcial-native-indigenous cultures to the techno-logo-linguistic reality of the post modern. These changes were the Gutenberg "Galaxy" and the "Clockwork Universe," that re-focused Western culture on not...
More DescriptionThe author provides an overview of the Middle Ages, not as just a dark age that separated the classical age from the rational-industrial age, but as a very significant transition that included the two most significant changes in the megatrend from the mytho-logo-cosmo-unity of the mythcial-native-indigenous cultures to the techno-logo-linguistic reality of the post modern. These changes were the Gutenberg "Galaxy" and the "Clockwork Universe," that re-focused Western culture on not only a literacy based civilization of linear-literal-linguistic ways of thinking but also a techno-mathematical-scientific way of comprehending the universe.