Avatars of the Word
From Papyrus to Cyberspace
In this penetrating and witty book James O'Donnell takes a reading on the promise and the threat of electronic technology for our literate future. He reinterprets today's communication revolution through a series of refracted comparisons with earlier revolutionary periods: the transition from oral to written culture, from the papyrus scroll to the codex, from copied manuscript to print. His engaging portrayals of these analogous epochal moments suggest that our steps into cyberspace are not as radical as we might think. Observing how technologies of the word have affected the shaping of culture in the past, and how technological transformatio…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-674-00194-7
- EAN: 9780674001947
- Produktnummer: 1461834
- Verlag: Harvard University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 228 S.
- Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.0 cm 254 g
- Abbildungen: 1 halftone
- Gewicht: 254
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
James J. O'Donnell brings to his searching meditation on the life of the mind in cyberspace a unique combination of perspectives. He is Provost at Georgetown University.
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