The Politics of Language

by Jason Stanley and David Beaver

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691181985
• ISBN13: 9780691181981
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"