Ong 1986

Ong 1986

Reference
	Ong, Walter J. 1986. "Writing is a technology that restructures thought." In Baumann, G. 1986. Interest level: specialist.

Summary
	Postulates writing as distancing, though as it develops it moves toward closing the gap through its reflective applications. Definitely sees the alphabet as the foundation of Western thought processes (objectivity, abstraction, or logic). Claims orality is related to acting; writing shifts to "being."

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Ong 1986
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): O
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
In document collection: Reference materials
In bookshelf: Literacy

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