Vom Mythos der Schrift als Trägerin der Kultur
Abstract
Karen Gloy. From Orality via Literacy to Artificial Intelligence. Würzburg: Könighausen & Neumann, 2025, 140 pp.. With her latest work, From Orality to Literacy to Artificial Intelligence, Karen Gloy, Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Intellectual History, presents a compact yet richly detailed essay that reflects on three fundamental forms of human communication and culture. In fewer than 140 pages and in paperback format, the three stages of civilization—orality, literacy, and artificial intelligence—are outlined and related to one another before ultimately suggesting a transhuman development, i.e., a human tendency toward self-destruction.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Media
Communication
and Education
Cybernetics and Technology in Society
Philosophy and Historical Thought
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 117–122
- Publication date
- 1 February 2026
- Language
- EN