Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK and Boston, USA
:
Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Journal of philosophy of education
34 (2000), S. 0
ISSN:
1467-9752
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Education
,
Philosophy
Notes:
In this paper I show that literacy is not, as is often thought, a necessary condition for civilisation; argue that it was not, as often thought, the crucial factor in enabling the modern world to emerge from earlier civilisations; report the disadvantages of literacy as expressed by Plato's character Socrates and Milne's character Piglet, and look at the relation of literacy to reasoning and to philosophy; trace the role of the idea of literacy in the nineteenth century protocol for creating national cultures, and speculate on further developments in the same line; and then discuss its role in the modern economy and in the future.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9752.t01-1-00169
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