Language and the Market Society: Critical Reflections on Discourse and Dominance

by Gerlinde Mautner

Language plays a central role in creating and sustaining the market society--a society, that is, in which market exchange is no longer simply a process, but an all-encompassing social principle. The social domains affected include education, politics and religion. Around the world, government departments have re-defined themselves as service providers; universities produce graduates; job seekers are asked to package themselves more effectively,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415852447
• ISBN13: 9780415852449
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"