The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image
- Section
- Deane’s Library
- Type
- Book Review
- Pages
- 496
- Author
- Leonard Shlain
- Published
- 1999
- Date
- Tags
- linquistics, history, anthropology, feminism
“Here’s the basic premise – Images and writing are very different. They utilize different parts of the brain. Images are feminine, writing is masculine. Images are perceived all at once, holistically – we step back and take in a visual scene, in aggregate. Writing, on the other hand, is sequential –…”