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9780670878833

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess

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  • ISBN13:

    9780670878833

  • ISBN10:

    0670878839

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-10-01
  • Publisher: Viking Pr

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Summary

A profound and provocative book which proposes that alphabetic literally rewired the brain and changed culture, religion, and history--written by the acclaimed author of "Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light" (soon to be a three-part MSNBC series). 35 illustrations.

Author Biography

Leonard Shlain is the author of Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time & Light, and The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image. He is the chief of laparoscopic surgery at California Medical Center in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Preface VII(4)
Acknowledgments XI
1. IMAGE/WORD
1(7)
2. HUNTERS/GATHERERS
8(9)
3. RIGHT BRAIN/LEFT BRAIN
17(11)
4. MALES: DEATH/FEMALES: LIFE
28(12)
5. NONVERBAL/VERBAL
40(5)
6. CUNEIFORM/MARDUK
45(8)
7. HIEROGLYPHS/ISIS
53(11)
8. ALEPH/BET
64(8)
9. HEBREWS/ISRAELITES
72(15)
10. ABRAHAM/MOSES
87(16)
11. THERA/MATZAH
103(9)
12. ADAM/EVE
112(8)
13. CADMUS/ALPHA
120(12)
14. SAPPHO/GANYMEDE
132(4)
15. DIONYSUS/APOLLO
136(13)
16. ATHENS/SPARTA
149(10)
17. LINGAM/YONI
159(9)
18. BIRTH/DEATH
168(11)
19. YIN/YANG
179(8)
20. TAOISM/CONFUCIANISM
187(16)
21. B.C./A.D.
203(10)
22. JESUS/CHRIST
213(9)
23. DEATH/REBIRTH
222(15)
24. PATRIARCHS/HERETICS
237(15)
25. REASON/MADNESS
252(9)
26. ILLITERACY/CELIBACY, 500-1000
261(17)
27. MUSLIM VEILS/MUSLIM WORDS
278(14)
28. MYSTIC/SCHOLASTIC, 1000-1300
292(17)
29. HUMANIST/EGOIST, 1300-1500
309(14)
30. PROTESTANT/CATHOLIC
323(18)
31. FAITH/HATE
341(21)
32. SORCERY/SCIENCE
362(16)
33. POSITIVE/NEGATIVE, 1648-1899
378(15)
34. ID/SUPEREGO, 1900-1945
393(14)
35. PAGE/SCREEN, 1945-2000
407(23)
Epilogue 430(3)
Notes 433(12)
Bibliography 445(9)
Index 454

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