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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess

The Conflict Between Word and Image

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess( )
Author: Shlain, Leonard
Series title:Compass Ser.
ISBN:978-0-14-019601-6
Publication Date:Sep 1999
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Penguin Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $23.00
Book Description:

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 anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward linear left-brain thinking and this shift upset...
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