TY - BOOK AU - Shlain,Leonard TI - The alphabet versus the goddess: the conflict between word and image SN - 0713992972 AV - P211.7 .S57 1999 U1 - 302.2244 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Penguin/Compass KW - Written communication KW - Social aspects KW - Literacy KW - Alphabet KW - History KW - Language and culture KW - Patriarchy KW - Misogyny N1 - "Readers guide inside, Penguin"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references and index; Image/Word -- Hunters/Gatherers -- Right Brain/Left Brain -- Males: Death/Females: Life -- Nonverbal/Verbal -- Cuneiform/Marduk -- Hieroglyphs/Isis -- Aleph/Bet -- Hebrews/Israelites -- Abraham/Moses -- Thera/Matzah -- Adam/Eve -- Cadmus/Alpha -- Sappho/Ganymede -- Dionysus/Apollo -- Athens/Sparta -- Lingam/Yoni -- Birth/Death -- Yin/Yang -- Taoism/Confucianism -- B.C./A.D. -- Jesus/Christ -- Death/Rebirth -- Patriarchs/Heretics -- Reason/Madness -- Illiteracy/Celibacy, 500-1000 -- Muslin Veils/Muslim Words -- Mystic/Scholastic, 1000-1300 -- Humanist/Egoist, 1300-1500 -- Protestant/Catholic -- Faith/Hate -- Sorcery/Science -- Positive/Negative, 1648-1899 -- Id/Superego, 1900-1945 -- Page/Screen, 1945-2000 ER -