LEADER 02230nam 22004333 450 001 9910741396803321 005 20240404155929.0 010 $a0-472-90323-3 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.12406894 035 $a(CKB)28069934200041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30718529 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30718529 035 $a(NjHacI)9928069934200041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928069934200041 100 $a20230925d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Violence of the Letter $eToward a Theory of Writing 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (213 pages) 311 $a9780472055913 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $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. 606 $aWriting$xSocial aspects 615 0$aWriting$xSocial aspects. 676 $a302.2244 700 $aMcMahon$b Melanie$01426915 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910741396803321 996 $aThe Violence of the Letter$93559384 997 $aUNINA