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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Leonard Shlain gives a very provocative perspective regarding how the rise of literacy in different civiliaztions, usurped the power of images and also the equality/respect between men and women. What I found fascinating was how attitudes changed with the emergence of an alphabet and the...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Incredibly interesting!”
ingrid wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book has the most surprising and compelling thesis of any I've read in years. When the author died a few months ago, I got it at the library. I highly recommend it! It is about the religious and cultural explanations for the existence of the Universe and us human beings, and the change from Mother Goddess oriented ideas to male-dominated Gods that took place at the dawn of recorded history, hust about the time that alphabets were invented and literacy became widespread. Read it!”
Don M wrote this review Thursday, August 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Leonard Shlain gives a very provocative perspective regarding how the rise of literacy in different civiliaztions, usurped the power of images and also the equality/respect between men and women. What I found fascinating was how attitudes changed with the emergence of an alphabet and the coressponding shift from right brain to left brain dominance. I learned a lot about world history too.”
topaz wrote this review Sunday, August 24 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Interesting concept, but an admittedly dry read.”
Meg S wrote this review Thursday, February 7 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“a must read in my humble opinion.
intuitivecat wrote this review Wednesday, February 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
an important reminder that we need to be well rounded in our intake of information and culture.
In a society that worships the written word, it helps us awaken to the fact that image holds just as much truth and maybe even more than the written word, and that the mixture of the two is more balanced than anything else.
a perfect companion to an age where image is returning (especially in web related information)
a starting point for left brained logicians to understand that using half a brain does not make a complete human.
I strongly recommend his other books such as "Art & Physics" and "Sex, Time and Power."”
“This book shook the foundations of my beliefs. If you are at all interested in language, history, religion, or the balance between the sexes, this is a must. This book shoul be given instead of diplomas at graduation.”
Levi T wrote this review Friday, January 25 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“A look at how the process of literacy melted down the human brain, then poured its gray goop into an ugly-looking mold that looks like a poorly-behaved Viking and that has, basically, ravaged the once peaceful relationship between male and female. The weird thing is that this isn’t a video; you have to read about how reading has been something of a wicked force. But, so get over that. This is, no question, a book that will rock your party.”
Rebecca Jean T wrote this review Wednesday, January 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Was given this for my birthday. Brilliant analysis of how our brains work - how we have evolved through language and the reclaiming (now) of the visual and abstract part of the brain. Cites many examples of how the patriarchial world has dominated through language (left brain) and how the feminine is now returning through the development of the visual and wholsitic vision (right brain). Sanity prevails. A rare book and highly valuable. ”
Hilary A wrote this review Tuesday, January 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
