Jinny's review
The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain
Jinny's review
rating:
bookshelves: currently-reading
recommended for: feminists; anyone fascinated with language; open-minded people interested in spirituality
rating:
bookshelves: currently-reading
recommended for: feminists; anyone fascinated with language; open-minded people interested in spirituality
This is an amazing book.. Shlain has a theory about the process of most of humanity losing contact with the immense importance of the feminine aspect and perspective on our world view. He goes all the way back and before to the early development of language and subsequently the alphabet and the written word. His research is vast and quite stunning. It is not a new book, and I have had it for years--- it is very dense so I am slowly chipping away at it. I heard the author interviewed on NPR.
