Rationality and the literate mind [
Examines the old debate about the relationship between rationality and literacy. This title challenges the received mainstream opinion that reason is an intrinsic property of the human mind, and argues that the whole Western conception of rational thought is a by-product of the way literacy develope...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge ,
c2009
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| Series: | Routledge advances in communication and linguistic theory ;
7. |
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
| Summary: | Examines the old debate about the relationship between rationality and literacy. This title challenges the received mainstream opinion that reason is an intrinsic property of the human mind, and argues that the whole Western conception of rational thought is a by-product of the way literacy developed in European cultures |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record Title from e-book title screen (viewed Apr 6, 2009) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 190 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0203879481 (Cloth) 0203879481 (electronic bk.) 0415999014 (Cloth) 6611932631 (electronic bk.) 9780203879481 (electronic bk.) 9780415999014 (acid-free paper) 9786611932633 (electronic bk.) |