A. Biletzki

Talking Wolves

Thomas Hobbes on the Language of Politics and the Politics of Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Talking Wolves advances an analysis of Hobbes which takes language seriously (as seriously as Hobbes took it). It presents a reading of Hobbes's view of society at large, and political society in particular, through a comprehensive discussion based on, and intimately linked to, his philosophy of language. This philosophy, in turn, is seen in a new light as being a pragmatic theory of language in use, language in action.

Produktdetails

• Synthese Library 262
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-90-481-4801-1
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9789048148011
• ISBN-10: 9048148014
• Artikelnr.: 32106286

Inhaltsangabe

I: Language.- 1: Human Voices: Semantics and Beyond.- 2: Use and Effect: Speech as Use.- 3: Speech Useful: A Theory of Language Use.- II: The Language of Politics.- 4: Conversation of Mankind: The Meaning of Moral Concepts.- 5: Everyman's Will: Speech Acts.- 6: A Common Language: Natural, Social and Linguistic.- III: The Politics of Language.- 7: Policy Ecclesiasticall: Religious Interpretation.- 8: Eloquence Is Power: The Office of Rhetoric.- Conclusion.- Appendix: Pragmatics.