Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0521810698
ISBN 13
9780521810692
Category
Philosophy
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
376
Description
This study asserts that conscious development of new ways of thinking about language had a crucial role in modern history, particularly the discovery of how differences between languages legitimated social inequalities. It claims that savages and ancients were judged alike because they used language similarly, in contrast to modern Europeans who used disciplined language in scientific, philosophical and legal projects. - from Amzon
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1
