Twilight of the Literary: Figures of Thought in the Age of Print

Twilight of the Literary: Figures of Thought in the Age of Print Cochran Terry Wydawca: Harvard University Press Data wydania: 2005 ISBN: 9780674017719 Liczba stron: 304 Format: 229 x 144 x 21 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: In Western thought, the modern period signals a break with stagnant social formations, the advent of a new rationalism, and the emergence of a secular order, all in the context of an overarching globalization. Cochran links these developments with the rise of the book as the dominant medium for recording, preserving, and disseminating thought.