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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess

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  • 2002
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  • 2016-10-27T22:29:26Z
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  • Professor Tom Gage talks with Dr. Leonard Shlain at HSU. In the bestselling book, 'The Alphabet Versus The Goddess', Leonard Shlain proposes that the invention of writing, particularly alphabetic writing, rewired the brains of the people who learned how to communicate using the culture-changing tool Great benefits to society followed. However, a precipitous decline in feminine values manifested by women’s status, goddess veneration, nature, and representative art occurred in tandem. For example, the European witch hunts followed closely in the heels of the printing press. The return of the image in the modern age through the medium of photography, film, television, and the internet have brought about a sharp rise in the values denigrated during the 5000 year reign of patriarchy and literacy.
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