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The civilization of illiteracy
- Title
- The civilization of illiteracy / Mihai Nadin.
- Author
- Nadin, Mihai.
- Publication
- Dresden : Dresden University Press, 1997.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 98-8330 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xix, 881 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- Errata slip inserted.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 771-868) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. Literacy in a changing world -- Book I. The chasm between yesterday and tomorrow -- The epitome of the civilization of illiteracy -- Book II. From signs to language -- From orality to writing -- Orality and writing today: what do people understand when they understand language? -- The functioning of language -- Language and logic -- Book III. Language as mediating mechanism -- Literacy, language and market -- Language and work -- Literacy and education -- Book IV. Language and the visual -- Unbounded sexuality -- Family: discovering the primitive future -- A God for each of us -- A mouthful of mircrowave diet -- The professional winner --Science and philosophy-more questions -- Art(ifacts) and aesthetic processes -- Libraries, books and readers -- The sense of design -- Politics: There was never so much beginning -- Theirs not to re
- Call Number
- JFE 98-8330
- ISBN
- 3931828387
- LCCN
- 97194223
- OCLC
- 37144224
- Author
- Nadin, Mihai.
- Title
- The civilization of illiteracy / Mihai Nadin.
- Imprint
- Dresden : Dresden University Press, 1997.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 771-868) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 98-8330