Studies in the social and cultural foundations of languageseries number 21 voices of modernity

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Language was crucial in modern history because objective differences between languages legitimated social inequalities.



Language and tradition have long been relegated to the sidelines as scholars have considered the role of politics, science, technology and economics in the making of the modern world. This reading of over two centuries of philosophy, political theory, anthropology, folklore and history argues that new ways of imagining language and representing supposedly premodern people - the poor, labourers, country folk, non-europeans and women - made political and scientific revolutions possible. The connections between language ideologies, privileged linguistic codes, and political concepts and practices shape the diverse ways we perceive ourselves and others. This 2003 book demonstrates that contemporary efforts to make schemes of social inequality based on race, gender, class and nationality seem compelling and legitimate, rely on deeply-rooted ideas about language and tradition. Showing how critics of modernity unwittingly reproduce these foundational fictions, it suggests strategies for challenging the undemocratic influence of these voices of modernity.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 03 juli 2003

Aantal pagina's: 376

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Richard Bauman

Tweede Auteur: Charles L. Briggs

Co Auteur: Briggs, Charles L.

Hoofdredacteur: Richard Bauman

Tweede Redacteur: Bambi B. Schieffelin

Co Redacteur: Marjorie Harness Goodwin

Hoofduitgeverij: Cambridge University Press

Editie: New title

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 152 mm

Product hoogte: 22 mm

Product lengte: 229 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 152 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 22 mm

Verpakking lengte: 229 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 670 g

EAN: 9780521810692

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