Writing and European thought, 1600-1830

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Label

Writing and European thought, 1600-1830

Statement of responsibility

Nicholas Hudson

Creator

• Hudson, Nicholas

Subject

• Communication écrite -- Histoire
• Cultuurverandering
• Europe -- Intellectual life
• Geistesgeschichte 1600-1830
• Geschichte 1600-1830
• History
• Langage et langues -- Philosophie
• Language and languages -- Philosophy
• Communication écrite -- Europe -- Histoire
• Philosophie
• Philosophie du langage
• Schriftlichkeit
• Schriftsprache
• Schrijven
• Written communication -- History
• Literatur

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

302.2/244

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

P211

LC item number

.H83 1994

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography