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Alphabet Versus the Goddess : The Conflict Between Word and Image

ISBN: 9780140196016 | 0140196013
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Pub. Date: 9/1/1999

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SummaryTable of Contents
Making remarkable connections across a wide range of subjects including brain anatomy and function, anthropology, history, and religion, Shlain argues that, with the advent of literacy, the very act of reading an alphabet reinforced the brain's left hemisphere - linear, abstract, predominantly masculine at the expense of the right holistic, concrete, visual, feminine. This shift upset the balance between men and women, and initiated the disappearance of goddesses, the abhorrence of images, the decline of women's social and political status, and... MORE
Prefacep. VII
Acknowledgmentsp. XI
Image/Wordp. 1
Hunters/Gatherersp. 8
Right Brain/Left Brainp. 17
Males: Death/Females: Lifep. 28
Nonverbal/Verbalp. 40
Cuneiform/Mardukp. 45
Hieroglyphs/Isisp. 53
Aleph/Betp. 64
Hebrews/Israelitesp. 72
Abraham/Mose... MOREp. 87
Thera/Matzahp. 103
Adam/Evep. 112
Cadmus/Alphap. 120
Sappho/Ganymedep. 132
Dionysus/Apollop. 136
Athens/Spartap. 149
Lingam/Yonip. 159
Birth/Deathp. 168
Yin/Yangp. 179
Taoism/Confucianismp. 187
B.C./A.D.p. 203
Jesus/Christp. 213
Death/Rebirthp. 222
Patriarchs/Hereticsp. 237
Reason/Madnessp. 252
Illiteracy/Celibacy, 500-1000p. 261
Muslin Veils/Muslim Wordsp. 278
Mystic/Scholastic, 1000-1300p. 292
Humanist/Egoist, 1300-1500p. 309
Protestant/Catholicp. 323
Faith/Hatep. 341
Sorcery/Sciencep. 362
Positive/Negative, 1648-1899p. 378
Id/Superego, 1900-1945p. 393
Page/Screen, 1945-2000p. 407
Epiloguep. 430
Notesp. 433
Bibliographyp. 445
Indexp. 454
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