02230nam 22004333 450 991074139680332120240404155929.00-472-90323-310.3998/mpub.12406894(CKB)28069934200041(MiAaPQ)EBC30718529(Au-PeEL)EBL30718529(NjHacI)9928069934200041(EXLCZ)992806993420004120230925d2023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Violence of the Letter Toward a Theory of WritingFirst edition.Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press,2023.©2023.1 online resource (213 pages)9780472055913 Intro -- Contents -- Prelude -- Introduction -- 1. A Brief Technical Detour -- 2. The Trauma of Literacy -- 3. The Alphabet and Reproduction -- 4. Plato and the Forms of Alphabetic Writing -- 5. The Alphabet and Money -- Interlude -- 6. Letters of Blood and Fire -- 7. The Subject Is Always Alphabetized -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.The 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.WritingSocial aspectsWritingSocial aspects.302.2244McMahon Melanie1426915MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910741396803321The Violence of the Letter3559384UNINA