The Abuse of Language and the Language of Abuse (eBook, ePUB) - Kirk, J. Andrew
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The particular words, whose use and meaning is examined in this study, are commonly used by people with strong convictions about moral issues and identity politics. They are often attached to ideals, policies and practices in diverse and frequently contradictory ways. Is there, then, so much confusion that the words no longer serve any useful purpose? Or, is there some merit in trying to indicate how the meaning of the words is being stretched to such an extent that the same word has come to signify conflicting opinions? When people expropriate language for particular partisan causes,…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
The particular words, whose use and meaning is examined in this study, are commonly used by people with strong convictions about moral issues and identity politics. They are often attached to ideals, policies and practices in diverse and frequently contradictory ways. Is there, then, so much confusion that the words no longer serve any useful purpose? Or, is there some merit in trying to indicate how the meaning of the words is being stretched to such an extent that the same word has come to signify conflicting opinions? When people expropriate language for particular partisan causes, communication becomes ambiguous and misleading. The rhetoric may sound persuasive, but it breaks down, when the conversation partner has little idea what the other is talking about. Reasoning together requires at least a minimal agreement on what a person intends when they employ certain words and phrases. The book shows how key words have become misused and how they may be restored to a more precise and accurate meaning.

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Autorenporträt
J. Andrew Kirk is the former dean and head of the School of Mission and World Christianity at Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, England. He is the author of The Meaning of Freedom, The Mission of Theology and Theology as Mission, and Loosing the Chains: Religion as Opium and Liberation. Kevin J. Vanhoozer is research professor of systematic theology at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of the Christianity Today book award winner Is There Meaning in This Text?