Politics of Language by David Beaver and Jason Stanley (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691181985
ISBN-139780691181981
eBay Product ID (ePID)17059014354

Product Key Features

Number of Pages520 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePolitics of Language
SubjectLanguage, History & Theory, Political, Linguistics / General
Publication Year2023
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Beaver, Jason Stanley
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight31.4 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2022-060326
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews""[Stanley and Beaver] have taken it upon themselves to forge a connection between semantic theory and the intellectual outside world. Where many have speculated, they have done the work and come away with a concrete theory of the thing. What is more, they have made a sustained interdisciplinary case for the importance of properly linguistic notions in the analysis of meaning and politics. . . . The book is sure to be a key reference for scholars working on lexical semantics, philosophy of language, linguistic ideology, and meaning writ large for years to come." Nicholas Fleisher, Language " ---Nicholas Fleisher, Language, "[Stanley and Beaver] have taken it upon themselves to forge a connection between semantic theory and the intellectual outside world. Where many have speculated, they have done the work and come away with a concrete theory of the thing. What is more, they have made a sustained interdisciplinary case for the importance of properly linguistic notions in the analysis of meaning and politics....The book is sure to be a key reference for scholars working on lexical semantics, philosophy of language, linguistic ideology, and meaning writ large for years to come" ---Elisabeth Camp, Mind, ""[Stanley and Beaver] have taken it upon themselves to forge a connection between semantic theory and the intellectual outside world. Where many have speculated, they have done the work and come away with a concrete theory of the thing. What is more, they have made a sustained interdisciplinary case for the importance of properly linguistic notions in the analysis of meaning and politics....The book is sure to be a key reference for scholars working on lexical semantics, philosophy of language, linguistic ideology, and meaning writ large for years to come." Nicholas Fleisher, Language " ---Nicholas Fleisher, Language, This important book by two prominent scholars..... Developing multiple theoretical refinements while assembling to the model, which will be of interest particularly to scholars of linguistics and philosophy.... A general reading audience would greatly benefit from the final part of the book, with is a gripping read. - Choice Reviews, " "The Politics of Language is a massive accomplishment -- novel, nuanced, and timely. It is especially impressive for its rich synthesis of disparate literatures from outside of analytic philosophy, ranging from information theory to social identity and critical race theories...It thereby offers a fertile resource for explaining a wide range of phenomena that are typically ignored by philosophers and linguists, such as gestures, music, and monuments. It also offers a powerful tool for illuminating the politics of language, understood not just as speech produced by politicians or about politics, but all speech - indeed all action - that involves communal coordination and contestation."" ---Elisabeth Camp, Mind
Dewey Decimal303.375
SynopsisA 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.
LC Classification NumberP301.5.P73B43 2023
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