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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 –…”

Metaphors We Live By
Section
Deane’s Library
Type
Book Review
Pages
276
Author
George Lakoff
Published
2003
Date
Tags
linquistics, philosophy, chicago, psychology

“I’m not rating this because it wasn’t what I expected, and so I don’t know how to rate it. This is a book for linguists and perhaps psychologists. This is not a book for writers, and this is not a book for laypeople. This is a very dense, abstract book for people who think very abstractly and…”