ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind

An intense examination of the effects of technology on literacy and language. The authors argue that there is a phenomenon transforming modern culture — language is becoming part of a technology of "information systems" with an emphasis on control, rather than human exchange. As a result, all language is becoming debased.

• Author
• Ivan Illich, Barry Sanders

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 187

• Publisher
• Marion Boyars Publishers

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780714528915

• Genres
• history, social, language

• Release date
• 1988