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Die Verschriftlichung von Kulturen: Skizze einer Forschung

The social transformations possible through the literacy process (Verschriftlichung) are considerable: selectivity of channels of communication, depersonalisation of social control, anonymisation and historical extension of knowledge diffusion, expansion of commodity economy. Seen together these tra...

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Published in:Sociologus 1986-01, Vol.36 (1), p.65-78
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