The Tyranny of Writing
Ideologies of the Written Word
This book examines the powerful role of writing in society. The invention of writing, independently at various places and times in history, always stood at the cradle of powerful civilizations. It is impossible to imagine modern life without writing. As individuals and social groups we hold high expectations of its potential for societal and personal development. Globally, huge resources have been and are being invested in promoting literacy worldwide. So what could possibly be tyrannical about writing?The title is inspired by Ferdinand de Saussure's argument against writing as an object of linguistic research and what he called la tyrannie d…
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Weitere Autoren: Juffermans, Kasper (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4742-9245-0
- EAN: 9781474292450
- Produktnummer: 25303876
- Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 8'091 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Constanze Weth is at the Institute for Research on Multilingualism, University of Luxembourg, LuxembourgKasper Juffermans is at the Institute for Research on Multilingualism, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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