FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450. Excludes all international deliveries.

Violence of the Letter

Melanie McMahon
    Product form
      FORMAT: Paperback / softback
      YOU COULD EARN 0 FUTURE RETAIL DISCOUNTS.

      This product is either out of print or out of stock. Add it to your wishlist and we will automatically let you know if it comes back into stock. Add to Wishlist

      ESTIMATED DELIVERY: Back-order only, ETA unknown but significant delays
      BUY NOW PAY LATER
      From R 0.00 per month!
      3x monthly payments of R 0.00 with
      4x fortnightly payments of R 0.00 with

      This product is either out of print or out of stock. Add it to your wishlist and we will automatically let you know if it comes back into stock. Add to Wishlist

      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Melanie McMahon EAN: 9780472055913 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Michigan Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2023-07-25 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Language WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Language teaching and learning, Literary studies: general, Philosophy

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Melanie McMahon has a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from King's College London and a Master's degree in History from Washington University in St. Louis. Her articles have appeared in Irish Studies Review, Textual Practice, and Angelaki. Her current project is about Jacques Derrida and settler colonialism. The Violence of the Letter is her first book.
      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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Melanie McMahon EAN: 9780472055913 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: The University of Michigan Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2023-07-25 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Language WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Language teaching and learning, Literary studies: general, Philosophy

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Melanie McMahon has a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from King's College London and a Master's degree in History from Washington University in St. Louis. Her articles have appeared in Irish Studies Review, Textual Practice, and Angelaki. Her current project is about Jacques Derrida and settler colonialism. The Violence of the Letter is her first book.

      Recently viewed products

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account