Critique of Pure Verbiage
Essays on Abuses of Language in Literary, Religious and Philosophical Writings
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2002
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-8126-9108-5 (ISBN)
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-8126-9108-5 (ISBN)
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The author aims to show how the purpose of language, which is to communicate and illuminate, has been perverted to show-off, give false assurance and over-simplify. He draws examples of misuse by writers, some of them major figures such, as Eliot and Kant, on literature, religion and philosophy.
These essays may at first give the impression of being no more than hatchet jobs in which Thomas Carlyle, Benedetto Croce, T.S. Eliot, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, Bishop John A.T. Robinson, John Ruskin, Gilbert Ryle, A.N. WHitehead and others are taken to task for various linguistic imbecilities. In fact the author's purpose lies not so much in putting down the mighty from their seats as in dissecting some common types of worthless writing. The lessons he draws - founded on the theory of human thought and behaviour he propounded in his two earlier (posthumously published) books - have wider applications.
These essays may at first give the impression of being no more than hatchet jobs in which Thomas Carlyle, Benedetto Croce, T.S. Eliot, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, Bishop John A.T. Robinson, John Ruskin, Gilbert Ryle, A.N. WHitehead and others are taken to task for various linguistic imbecilities. In fact the author's purpose lies not so much in putting down the mighty from their seats as in dissecting some common types of worthless writing. The lessons he draws - founded on the theory of human thought and behaviour he propounded in his two earlier (posthumously published) books - have wider applications.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.9.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | index, bibliography |
| Verlagsort | Chicago, IL |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 216 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8126-9108-3 / 0812691083 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8126-9108-5 / 9780812691085 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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