Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691138370 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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James Boyd White is Hart Wright Professor of Law, Professor of English, and Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan. His books include "The Legal Imagination" and "The Edge of Meaning"
Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. Reminding us that every moment of speech is an occasion for gaining control of what we say and who we are, he shows us that we must practice the art of resisting the forces of inhumanity built into our habits of speech and thought if we are to become more capable of love and justice--in both law and life.. The language of race objectifies those it touches, and propaganda disables democracy. Advertising reduces us to consumers, and clichés destroy the life of the imagination.How are we to assert our humanity and that of others against the forces in the culture and in our own minds that would deny it? What kind of speech should the First A
"In Living Speech, White is rooted in his own proper study of the law, but he 'blurs' his work over in many directions, notably to classical drama, poetry, and philosophy, even with indirect traces and hints of theology. In this work, White is both a scholar and a public intellectual."--Eloise A. Living Speech is an important book for thinking about how we speak with each other about justice, and so it is valuable to academics but also to leaders. This is a compelling book--an appropriate tract for our times that deserves widespread and careful reading in an era deeply infected by the linguistic plagues James Boyd White disinfects through disrespec