The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: Male Words and Female Images

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This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values.

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• Art & physics: parallel visions in space, time, and light di Leonard Shlain (2007)
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• The alphabet versus the goddess: the conflict between word and image di Leonard Shlain (1998)