The Presence of the Word

Ong, Walter J.

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Author
Ong, Walter J.
Publish Date
1981-05-01
Subtitle
Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
xvi, 360
Publisher Name
5146
ISBN-10
0816610436
ISBN-13
9780816610433
citemno
251341
SKU
9780816610433

Description

Terry Lectures. A religious philosopher's exploration of the nature and history of the word argues that the word is initially and always sound, that it cannot be reduced to any other category, and that sound is essentially an event manifesting power and personal presence. His analysis of the development of verbal expression, from oral sources through the transfer to the visual world and to contemporary means of electronic communication, shows that the predicament of the human word is the predicament of man himself.