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The Modern Classics:Doubters Companion
John Ralston Saul
其他書名
A Dictionary Of Aggressive Common Sense
出版
Penguin Canada
, 2014-08-19
主題
Philosophy / Logic
Philosophy / Social
Humor / Topic / Politics
ISBN
0143192108
9780143192107
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HLaMEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
"How are citizens to enter into a public debate if the concepts which define our society and decide the manner in which we are governed are open neither to understanding nor to questioning?" According to bestselling novelist and essayist John Ralston Saul, the ramifications of asking this question are enormous. We live in an era of specialization, where decision makers, administrators, and process-minded experts have fortified their positions of authority by insulating themselves from public accountability. An important instrument in their ascension has been language; or more precisely, a language so technically specific and laden with jargon that it has isolated the individual citizen.