The Politics Of Language - David Beaver

A Provocative Case For The Inherently Political Nature Of Languagein The Politics Of Language, David Beaver And Jason Stanley Present A Radical 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 View Of Language, They Argue, Has Dramatic Consequences For 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 Speechmdash;whether In Dialogue, Larger Group Interactions, Or Mass Communicationmdash;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 Languagemdash;from Dog Whistles And Covert Persuasion To Echo Chambers And Genocidal Speech.