Item 46 - Ivan Illich. Newspeak and the computer language. [Address at the Chancellor Dunning Trust Lecture series, Queen's University] Feb. 29, 1984

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Ivan Illich. Newspeak and the computer language. [Address at the Chancellor Dunning Trust Lecture series, Queen's University] Feb. 29, 1984

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  • 1984 (Creation)

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1 audio cassette (50 min.) : 3 3/4 ips

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A comparison of George Orwell's book 1984 to the actual year 1984, in which Mr. Illich discusses two changes to language: 1) the reduction of language to a minimum of words forming a code, as in today's computer languages, which results in communication ... »

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1st of 2 tapes - see also SR516. Also have preservation copy. Side 1 ends abrubtly about halfway through tape

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Final

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Description created 20/03/2008.

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  • Shelf: SR 515.1