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Author | : Mihai Nadin |
Publisher | : Dresden University Press |
Total Pages | : 880 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Computers and literacy |
ISBN | : 3931828387 |
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Phenomena related to the transition from a literacy-dominated civilization to one of various means of expression and communication are at the center of his book. The fall of totalitarian regimes, the current structural difficulties of the European Community, the burden of state bureaucracies, the world-wide effort of re-engineering, and the global economy are part of the bigger picture of a necessary development.
Author | : Mihai Nadin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9783337681784 |
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Author | : Chris Hedges |
Publisher | : Knopf Canada |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2009-07-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0307398587 |
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Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: One, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. In this “other society,” serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins. In the tradition of Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, Hedges navigates this culture — attending WWF contests as well as Ivy League graduation ceremonies — exposing an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion.
Author | : Chris Mooney |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2009-07-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0786744553 |
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Climate change, the energy crisis, nuclear proliferation—many of the most urgent problems of the twenty-first century require scientific solutions, yet America is paying less and less attention to scientists. For every five hours of cable news, less than one minute is devoted to science, and the number of newspapers with science sections has shrunk from ninety-five to thirty-three in the last twenty years. In Unscientific America, journalist and best-selling author Chris Mooney and scientist Sheril Kirshenbaum explain this dangerous state of affairs, proposing a broad array of initiatives that could reverse the current trend. An impassioned call to arms, Unscientific America exhorts Americans to reintegrate science into public discourse—before it is too late.
Author | : Thomas Cahill |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2010-04-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307755134 |
Download How the Irish Saved Civilization Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.
Author | : Martyn Lyons |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 2022-11-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3031092619 |
Download The History of Illiteracy in the Modern World Since 1750 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Palgrave Pivot examines the history of literacy with illiterate and semi-literate people in mind, and questions the clear division between literacy and illiteracy which has often been assumed by social and economic historians. Instead, it turns the spotlight on all those in-between, the millions who had some literacy skills, but for whom reading and writing posed difficulties. Its main focus is on those we have often labelled ‘illiterates’, rather than those who enjoyed full competence in reading and writing in modern society. In offering a historical perspective on the ‘problem’ of illiteracy in the modern world, it also questions some enduring myths surrounding the phenomenon. This book therefore has a revisionist objective: it intends to challenge conventional wisdom about illiteracy.
Author | : Rosalind Thomas |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1992-09-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521377423 |
Download Literacy and Orality in Ancient Greece Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Explores the role of written and oral communication in Greece.
Author | : Lester Russell Brown |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780393325232 |
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A bold new plan for those concerned about rising temperatures, population projections, and spreading water scarcity.
Author | : Mercedes Vilanova |
Publisher | : Dresden University Press |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Computers and civilization |
ISBN | : 3935025513 |
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Author | : Mihai Nadin |
Publisher | : Dresden University Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0966564049 |
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