This text illustrates how the philosophy of Language, if differently conceived, can directly incorporate questions of political thought and of emotionality, and offers the practical case of defensive strategies against abusive speech. This follows a broad consideration of the inner voice or inner speech as a test case for a new approach to language, in particular as a way of radically rethinking the usual contrast between inner and outer through furnishing an account of how we internalize speech. The book's core offers a substantial critique of orthodox approaches to the philosophy of language from Chomsky and others; drawing on European political thought from Marx to Deleuze, it will move beyond this inheritance to explain and demonstrate its fresh conception of language at work.
This introduction provides a concise overview of the central issues
and critical responses to Shakespeare’s sonnets, looking at the themes,
images, and structure of his work, as well as the social and historical
circumstances surrounding their creation.
Examines the intangible aspects of each sonnet, such as eroticism and imagination.
A helpful appendix offers a summary of each poem with descriptions of key literary figures.
Everyone eats, but rarely do we ask why or investigate why we eat what we eat. Why do we love spices, sweets, coffee? How did rice become such a staple food throughout so much of eastern Asia? Everyone Eats examines the social and cultural reasons for our food choices and provides an explanation of the nutritional reasons for why humans eat, resulting in a unique cultural and biological approach to the topic.
E. N. Anderson explains the economics of food in the globalization era, food's relationship to religion, medicine, and ethnicity as well as offers suggestions on how to end hunger, starvation, and malnutrition.
Everyone Eats feeds our need to understand human ecology by explaining the ways that cultures and political systems structure the edible environment.
This is a very timely book. The author has chosen a very modern set of topics, ones that increasingly are at the heart of the field of atomic and optical physics... I am aware of no competing textbook that offers this wide selection of topics at the cutting edge of this discipline.' Chris Greene, University of Colorado, Boulder
The Least You Should Know about English offers an unbeat and comprehensive study of how to express your ideas well, because, regardless of where you see yourself headed in life, the ability to communiate correctly and effectively will make a significant contribution to your professional and personal success.
The book continues its rich traditions of providing assistance to students who need to review basic English skill and who may profit from a simplified approach. The first five parts of the book cover the essentials of spelling, sentence structure,, and punctuation. Part 6 offers meaningful templates for building effective paragraphs and multi-paragraph compositions.
This is a very timely book. The author has chosen a very modern set of topics, ones that increasingly are at the heart of the field of atomic and optical physics... I am aware of no competing textbook that offers this wide selection of topics at the cutting edge of this discipline.' Chris Greene, University of Colorado, Boulder
