Invention of Writing, The: Prophetic and Shamanic Rituals of North American Indians (1700-1900)

Invention of Writing, The: Prophetic and Shamanic Rituals of North American Indians (1700-1900)
Pierre Deleage, Catherine Howard
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31 Mar 2020
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9781912808298
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Writing has been invented four times in human history, by the Sumerians, the Egyptians, the Chinese, and the Mayans. Each of these peoples developed a restricted set of symbols capable of recording any possible discourse in their spoken language. Much later, between 1700 and 1900, prophets and shamans of the Native American tribes developed "bounded" writing methods, designed to ensure the transmission of ceremonial rituals whose notational principles differed profoundly from more-familiar forms of writing. Pierre Deleage draws on a deep and comparative study of historical and ethnographic evidence to propose the groundbreaking thesis that all writing systems were initially bounded methods, reversing the accepted historical perspective and making it possible to revise our conception of the origin of the other great writing systems. The Invention of Writing offers new conceptual tools for answering a simple question: Why have humans repeatedly expended the immense intellectual effort required to invent writing?
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ISBN-13: 9781912808298
Published: 31 Mar 2020
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Imprint: HAU Society Of Ethnographic Theory
Publisher: HAU Society Of Ethnographic Theory
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 0mm
Pages: 150

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