The Vocation of Writing: Literature, Philosophy, and the Test of Violence

by Marc Crépon

Within the violence our societies must confront today exists a dimension proper to language. Anyone who has been through the educational system, for example, recognizes how language not only shapes and models us, but also imposes itself upon us. During the twentieth century, this system revealed how language can condemn one to a certain death. In The Vocation of Writing, philosopher Marc Cr pon explores this dimension of language, convinced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438469608
• ISBN13: 9781438469607
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"