Reddit reviews The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image (Compass)

http://www.amazon.com/The-Alphabet-Versus-Goddess-Conflict/dp/0140196013

"Alphabetic writing, Shlain believes, "subliminally fosters a patriarchal outlook" at the expense of feminine values.""

Yep. Someone saying the alphabet is an instrument of patriarchy gets published in academia, your argument is invalid. This turd is just the tip of the iceberg of the "women's studies" shithole.

I have a very good book that discusses this in depth (but it isn't a very difficult read). The main thesis is the failing battle of the feminine way of doing and knowing versus the masculine written word, and how societies have changed once ridding themselves of their female deities and taking up masculine alphabets. If you're interested in it, I'll be finished with it in a week or two and can mail it to you (if you live in the states).

> Gnosticism is actually really interesting once you get deep into it, and I say this as an atheist. Tons of focus on dualities.

Excellent. Have you heard of or read Dr. Shlain's book?

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess : The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain
“Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward linear left-brain thinking and this shift upset the balance between men and women, initiating the decline of the feminine and ushering in patriarchal rule."

Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom]."
The Gospel of Thomas

It's a very interesting topic indeed. I am entry level in this subject, gathering some books about.

In my seach I have found this book called Alphabet vs The Goddess where the author makes a parallel between the rise of patriarchy simultaneously with the phonetic alphabet.

As an amateur anthropologist with an interest in evolutionary psychology, this was one of my favorites:

https://www.amazon.com/Alphabet-Versus-Goddess-Conflict-Between/dp/0140196013

I'll have to check out The Master and His Emissary some time. It was mentioned in 79 - Professor Andrew Gurevich. They also discussed The Alphabet Versus the Goddess which I've read and enjoyed. It relates neurology and linguistics.