This is an examination of how many people could read and write in the ancient world of the Greeks and Romans. Harris traces the partial transition to written culture, demonstrating continued reliance on oral communication. He explores the role of literacy as an instrument of power, indispensable to builders of empires, and as a political weapon for the minority who could read a...(展开全部)

A distinguished moral philosopher and a leading interpreter of Kant's ethics, Barbara Herman draws on Kant to address timeless issues in ethical theory as well as ones arising from current moral problems, such as obligations to distant need, the history of slavery as it bears on affirmative action, and the moral costs of reparative justice. Challenging various Kantian orthodo...(展开全部)

This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures and offers a brilliantly lucid account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology.

This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures and offers a brilliantly lucid account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology.

沃尔特·翁（Walter J．Ong．1912-2003），生前任美国圣路易斯大学教授．传播学媒介环境学派第二代核心人物。他以研究中世纪人文学者彼得·拉米斯（Peter Ramus）和口语文化著称。他提出了口语文化一书面文化的两极性概念，首创原生口语文化和次生口语文化的分野，界定了原生口语文化的九大特征。 他的主要著作包括《拉米斯、方法和对话的式微》（Ramus，Method，and the Decay of Dialogue,1958）、《语词的在场》（The Presence of the Word，1967）、《口语文化与书面文化》（1982）等。 何道宽，深圳大学英语及传播学教授，政府津贴专家，曾任中国跨文化交际研究会副会长，现任中国传播学会副理事长、深圳市翻译协会高级顾问，从事文化学、人类学、传播学研究20余年，著译约800万字。著作有《中...(展开全部)

理查德•霍加特（Richard Hoggart，1918—2014），英国学者，主要治学领域为社会学、英语文学和文化研究，曾任伯明翰大学现代英语文学教授、伦敦大学戈德史密斯学院院长等职，也曾担任联合国教科文组织总干事助理。

Published to glowing praise in 1990, Science for All Americans defined the science-literate American--describing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes all students should retain from their learning experience--and offered a series of recommendations for reforming our system of education in science, mathematics, and technology. Benchmarks for Science Literacy takes this one step ...(展开全部)

理查德•霍加特（Richard Hoggart，1918—2014），英国学者，主要治学领域为社会学、英语文学和文化研究，曾任伯明翰大学现代英语文学教授、伦敦大学戈德史密斯学院院长等职，也曾担任联合国教科文组织总干事助理。