Review: Orality and Literacy
Recensione dell'utente - Karen - Goodreads"Literacy transforms consciousness, producing patterns of thought which to literates seem perfectly commonplace and 'natural' but which are possible only when the mind has devised and internalized the ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Recensione dell'utente - Jennifer - GoodreadsInfuriatingly circular. Oh, Ong, you made some good points, but this read surprisingly pretentious considering the subject matter. You're writing about a people who had not concept of a dictionary ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy
Recensione dell'utente - Plamen Miltenoff - Goodreadsp. 9 human beings in primary oral cultures, those untouched by writing in any form, learn a great deal and possess an practice great wisdom, but they do not "study." they learn by apprenticeship ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Recensione dell'utente - Leah - GoodreadsSort of jumbled ( but maybe this is how anthropology texts are ? ). Interesting ideas about how writing and lack-therof determines our perception of the world. Also: No idea how I found this book. And: Later chapters are shittier than earlier ones. Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Recensione dell'utente - Sara - GoodreadsOkay, so this is a challenging read and was actually one of my college textbooks, but it taught me invaluable things about: the nature of communication, including interaction between people, and how ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Recensione dell'utente - Jeff - GoodreadsIt is very difficult to rate an academic text with astrological symbols. It doesn't seem right. There are some really interesting aspects of this text and some times when I wanted to slam my head ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Recensione dell'utente - Michael Meeuwis - GoodreadsI don't normally "do" academic books in my Goodreads account, because, like I think most people, I don't usually read them cover-to-cover. I'm making an exception for this book, both because I did ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Recensione dell'utente - Jason Antoniewicz - GoodreadsBlew my mind, this book did, by introducing to ideas that I hadn't encountered before. A classic, must read text etc. Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Recensione dell'utente - John Miedema - GoodreadsWe take it for granted but literacy changed everything. We could remember things precisely. Literacy allowed extension of thought into complex design. It is essential to philosophy, literature ... Leggi recensione completa
Review: Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
Recensione dell'utente - Pksoper - GoodreadsThis wasn't the most fascinating read, mostly because it's so old, however, as a background for understanding oral societies, poetry, and narrative, it was good. I'm glad I read it. Leggi recensione completa
