Zur Startseite gehen
0,00 €*
Cover: 9780226815817 | Inventing the Alphabet | Johanna Drucker | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch
Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.
Inventing the Alphabet
The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present
Buch von Johanna Drucker
Sprache: Englisch

36,95 €*

inkl. MwSt.

Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL

auf Lager, Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage

Kategorien:
Beschreibung
"Though there are many books about the history of the alphabet, virtually none address how that history came to be. In Inventing the Alphabet, Johanna Drucker guides readers from antiquity to the present to show how humans have shaped and reshaped their own understanding of this transformative writing tool. From ancient beliefs in the alphabet as a divine gift to growing awareness of its empirical origins through the study of scripts and inscriptions, Drucker describes the frameworks-classical, textual, biblical, graphical, antiquarian, archaeological, paleographic, and political-within which the alphabet's history has been and continues to be constructed. Drucker's book begins in ancient Greece, with the earliest writings on the alphabet's origins. She then explores biblical sources on the topic and medieval preoccupations with the magical properties of individual letters. She later delves into the development of modern archaeological and paleographic tools, and she concludes with the role of alphabetic characters in the digital era. Throughout, she argues that, as a shared form of knowledge technology integrated into every aspect of our lives, the alphabet performs complex cultural, ideological, and technical functions, and her carefully curated selection of images demonstrates how closely the letters we use today still resemble their original appearance millennia ago"--
"Though there are many books about the history of the alphabet, virtually none address how that history came to be. In Inventing the Alphabet, Johanna Drucker guides readers from antiquity to the present to show how humans have shaped and reshaped their own understanding of this transformative writing tool. From ancient beliefs in the alphabet as a divine gift to growing awareness of its empirical origins through the study of scripts and inscriptions, Drucker describes the frameworks-classical, textual, biblical, graphical, antiquarian, archaeological, paleographic, and political-within which the alphabet's history has been and continues to be constructed. Drucker's book begins in ancient Greece, with the earliest writings on the alphabet's origins. She then explores biblical sources on the topic and medieval preoccupations with the magical properties of individual letters. She later delves into the development of modern archaeological and paleographic tools, and she concludes with the role of alphabetic characters in the digital era. Throughout, she argues that, as a shared form of knowledge technology integrated into every aspect of our lives, the alphabet performs complex cultural, ideological, and technical functions, and her carefully curated selection of images demonstrates how closely the letters we use today still resemble their original appearance millennia ago"--
Über den Autor

Johanna Drucker is the Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies and a distinguished professor in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has been the recipient of Fulbright, Mellon, and Getty Fellowships and in 2019 was the inaugural Distinguished Senior Humanities Fellow at the Beinecke Library, Yale University. Her artist books are included in museums and libraries in North America and Europe, and her creative work was the subject of a traveling retrospective, Druckworks 1972-2012: 40 Years of Books and Projects. Her publications include Visualizing Interpretation, Iliazd: Meta-biography of a Modernist, and The Digital Humanities Coursebook.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft, Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780226815817
ISBN-10: 0226815811
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Drucker, Johanna
Hersteller: University of Chicago Pr.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 100 halftones
Maße: 247 x 191 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Johanna Drucker
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.07.2022
Gewicht: 1,07 kg
Artikel-ID: 120704305
Über den Autor

Johanna Drucker is the Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies and a distinguished professor in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has been the recipient of Fulbright, Mellon, and Getty Fellowships and in 2019 was the inaugural Distinguished Senior Humanities Fellow at the Beinecke Library, Yale University. Her artist books are included in museums and libraries in North America and Europe, and her creative work was the subject of a traveling retrospective, Druckworks 1972-2012: 40 Years of Books and Projects. Her publications include Visualizing Interpretation, Iliazd: Meta-biography of a Modernist, and The Digital Humanities Coursebook.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft, Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780226815817
ISBN-10: 0226815811
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Drucker, Johanna
Hersteller: University of Chicago Pr.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 100 halftones
Maße: 247 x 191 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Johanna Drucker
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.07.2022
Gewicht: 1,07 kg
Artikel-ID: 120704305
Sicherheitshinweis

Ähnliche Produkte

Ähnliche Produkte

Taschenbuch
So You Think You're Human? a Brief History of Humankind
EAN: 9780199691289
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Felipe Fernndez-Armesto (u. a.)

24,45 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9783770535682 | Die vermessene Frau | Hysterien um 1900 | Franziska Lamott | Buch
Die vermessene Frau
Hysterien um 1900
EAN: 9783770535682
Sprache: Deutsch
Von/Mit: Franziska Lamott

59,00 €*

Aktuell nicht verfügbar

Buch
Cover: 9783518582831 | Expressive Vernunft | Robert B. Brandom | Buch | Suhrkamp
Expressive Vernunft
Begründung, Repräsentation und diskursive Festlegung
EAN: 9783518582831
Sprache: Deutsch
Von/Mit: Robert B. Brandom

76,00 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9780349417196 | The Happiness Dictionary | Tim Lomas | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2018
The Happiness Dictionary
Words from Around the World to Help Us Lead a Richer Life
EAN: 9780349417196
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Tim Lomas

22,40 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9783447042710 | Introductory Grammar of Amharic | Wolf Leslau | Taschenbuch | Englisch
Introductory Grammar of Amharic
EAN: 9783447042710
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Wolf Leslau

46,10 €*

Lieferzeit 4-7 Werktage

Buch
Cover: 9781789143645 | Cabbage and Caviar | A History of Food in Russia | Alison K. Smith
Cabbage and Caviar
A History of Food in Russia
EAN: 9781789143645
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Alison K Smith

26,80 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage

Buch
Cover: 9781839766268 | The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives | Adolph L. Reed | Buch | 2022
The South
Jim Crow and Its Afterlives
EAN: 9781839766268
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Adolph L Reed

23,15 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Taschenbuch
Cover: 9780374528997 | Low Life | Lures and Snares of Old New York | Lucy Sante | Taschenbuch
Low Life
Lures and Snares of Old New York
EAN: 9780374528997
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Lucy Sante

21,50 €*

Aktuell nicht verfügbar

Buch
Cover: 9783954901425 | Dignitas - Genese eines römischen Wertbegriffs | Henriette Barschel
Dignitas - Genese eines römischen Wertbegriffs
Eine begriffsgeschichtliche Untersuchung
EAN: 9783954901425
Von/Mit: Henriette Barschel

139,95 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Wochen

Buch
Cover: 9781838955748 | Stuffed | A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain | Vogler
Stuffed
A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain
EAN: 9781838955748
Sprache: Englisch
Von/Mit: Pen Vogler

20,40 €*

Lieferzeit 1-2 Werktage

Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um eine bestmögliche Erfahrung bieten zu können. Mehr Informationen ...