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Political English
Thomas Docherty
其他書名
Language and the Decay of Politics
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019-08-08
主題Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / PoliticsLanguage Arts & Disciplines / RhetoricLiterary Criticism / Semiotics & TheoryPolitical Science / History & Theory
ISBN13501014199781350101418
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-cecDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋From post-truth politics to “no-platforming” on university campuses, the English language has been both a potent weapon and a crucial battlefield for our divided politics. In this important and wide-ranging intervention, Thomas Docherty explores the politics of the English language, its implication in the dynamics of political power and the spaces it offers for dissent and resistance. From the authorised English of the King James Bible to the colonial project of University English Studies, this book develops a powerful history for contemporary debates about propaganda, free speech and truth-telling in our politics. Taking examples from the US, UK and beyond - from debates about the Second Amendment and free-speech on campus, to the Iraq War and the Grenfell Tower fire - this book is a powerful and polemical return to Orwell's observation that a degraded political language is intimately connected to an equally degraded political culture.