Listen HERE International Affairs professor Michael Brenner recently sent out an essay entitled “The Power of the Word.” It begins: “A divide between elites and the populace is a recurrent feature of every large organized society. That has been true without exception since the abundance generated by the mastery of agriculture encouraged the growth and elaboration of earlier Neolithic tribes. There are no known exceptions; but there are variations in modalities. A key to elite dominance always was the superior group’s monopoly – or quasi monopoly – of crucial knowledge. Before the introduction of writing, it took oral form. The subjects…
FULL ARTICLEProf. Michael Brenner on “Power of the Word”
