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- catalog abstract "Writing and European Thought 1600-1830 argues for the central importance of writing to conceptions of language, technological progress, and Western civilisation during the early modern era. Attitudes to the written language changed radically between the late Renaissance and Romanticism, and Nicholas Hudson traces the development of thought about language during this period, challenging some central assumptions of modern historical scholarship. He asserts that European thinkers have not been uniformly 'logocentric', and he questions the assumption that the rise of print and literacy produced a more visually oriented culture. Through detailed readings of major writers, Hudson shows how writing became the emblem of the superiority of European culture, and how, with the expansion of print culture, European intellectuals became more aware of the virtues of 'orality' and the deficiencies of literate society. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b7150217.
- catalog coverage "Europe Intellectual life.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p.202-217) and index.".
- catalog description "Note on translations -- Introduction -- Sacred and occult scripts in the Renaissance tradition -- The demystification of writing in the seventeenth century -- 'The uniform voice of nature' : conjectural histories of writing in the early eighteenth century -- Conservative reaction : the study of writing after Warburton -- Writing and speech : the debate in Britain -- Rousseau's Essai sur l'origine des langues and its context -- The new mediation : perceptions of writing in the Romantic era -- Conclusions : a continuing legacy of debate.".
- catalog description "Writing and European Thought 1600-1830 argues for the central importance of writing to conceptions of language, technological progress, and Western civilisation during the early modern era. Attitudes to the written language changed radically between the late Renaissance and Romanticism, and Nicholas Hudson traces the development of thought about language during this period, challenging some central assumptions of modern historical scholarship. He asserts that European thinkers have not been uniformly 'logocentric', and he questions the assumption that the rise of print and literacy produced a more visually oriented culture. Through detailed readings of major writers, Hudson shows how writing became the emblem of the superiority of European culture, and how, with the expansion of print culture, European intellectuals became more aware of the virtues of 'orality' and the deficiencies of literate society. -- Publisher description.".
- catalog extent "xv, 222 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521455405 (hardback)".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Europe Intellectual life.".
- catalog subject "302.2/244 20".
- catalog subject "Language and languages Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "P211 .H83 1995".
- catalog subject "Written communication History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Note on translations -- Introduction -- Sacred and occult scripts in the Renaissance tradition -- The demystification of writing in the seventeenth century -- 'The uniform voice of nature' : conjectural histories of writing in the early eighteenth century -- Conservative reaction : the study of writing after Warburton -- Writing and speech : the debate in Britain -- Rousseau's Essai sur l'origine des langues and its context -- The new mediation : perceptions of writing in the Romantic era -- Conclusions : a continuing legacy of debate.".
- catalog title "Writing and European thought, 1600-1830 / Nicholas Hudson.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".