9780691181981-0691181985-The Politics of Language

The Politics of Language

ISBN-13: 9780691181981
ISBN-10: 0691181985
Author: Jason Stanley, David Beaver
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover 520 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780691181981
ISBN-10: 0691181985
Author: Jason Stanley, David Beaver
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover 520 pages

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The Politics of Language (ISBN-13: 9780691181981 and ISBN-10: 0691181985), written by authors Jason Stanley, David Beaver, was published by Princeton University Press in 2023. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Politics of Language (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $6.35.

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A provocative case for the inherently political nature of language

In The Politics of Language, David Beaver and Jason Stanley present a radical new approach to the theory of meaning, offering an account of communication in which political and social identity, affect, and shared practices play as important a role as information. This new view of language, they argue, has dramatic consequences for free speech, democracy, and a range of other areas in which speech plays a central role.

Drawing on a wealth of disciplines, The Politics of Language argues that the function of speech--whether in dialogue, larger group interactions, or mass communication--is to attune people to something, be it a shared reality, emotion, or identity. Reconceptualizing the central ideas of pragmatics and semantics, Beaver and Stanley apply their account to a range of phenomena that defy standard frameworks in linguistics and philosophy of language--from dog whistles and covert persuasion to echo chambers and genocidal speech. The authors use their framework to show that speech is inevitably political because all communication is imbued with the resonances of particular ideologies and their normative perspectives on reality.

At a time when democracy is under attack, authoritarianism is on the rise, and diversity and equality are being demanded, The Politics of Language offers a powerful new vision of the language of politics, ideology, and protest.

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