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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Logic of Writing and the Organization of Society (Studies in Literacy, the Family, Culture and the State)di Jack Goody
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Literature The author makes use of an impressive breadth of material on oral societies and the adoption of writing in different sectors of society. But unfortunately he can't sustain a clear direction and sense of purpose in his argumentation. He jumps back and forth between topics, from 20th century Africa to ancient Mesopotamia and many places in between, in a confusing and unfocused way. I couldn't remember any particularly important points when I finished the book. The best part of it was the bibliography. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This book assesses the impact of writing on human societies, both in the Ancient Near East and in twentieth-century Africa, and highlights some general features of social systems that have been influenced by this major change in the mode of communication. Such features are central to any attempt at the theoretical definition of human society and such constituent phenomena as religious and legal systems, and in this study Professor Goody explores the role of a specific mechanism, the introduction of writing and the development of a written tradition, in the explanation of some important social differences and similarities. Goody argues that a shift of emphasis from productive to certain communicative processes is essential to account adequately for major changes in human societies. Whilst there have been previous descussions of the effect of literacy upon social organisation, no study has hitherto presented the general synthesis developed here. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)303.4Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Social Processes Social changeClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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