In ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind philosopher and cultural analyst Ivan Illich and medieval scholar and literary critic Barry Sanders have produced an original, meticulous and provocative study of the advent, spread and present decline of literacy. They explore the impact of the alphabet on fundamental thought processes and attitudes, on memory, on political groupings and religious and cultural expectations. They examine the present erosion of literacy in the new technological languages of 'newspeak' and 'uniquack' and they point out how new attitudes to language are altering our world view; our sense of self and of community.

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Title: ABC, The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0714528919
ISBN 13: 9780714528915
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Fair

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First edition. Study of "the advent, spread, and present decline of literary." xi, 166, 4 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..

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