The Politics of Postliteracy.
This article centers on Mary Harrington’s analysis of the cultural and political transformations initiated by the printing press and their ongoing disruption by digital technologies, particularly smartphones. Harrington argues that the printing press was foundational to modernity, enabling scale and...
| Publicado en: | Modern Age Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 21 - 34 |
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Spring2026
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