The Routledge Handbook of Social and Political Philosophy of Language (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Khoo, Justin; Sterken, Rachel Katharine

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In 24 new chapters from an international team of experts, the Handbook explores how language shapes, and is shaped by, social and political factors. The volume provides a broad expert introduction to the major issues currently under discussion in this rapidly growing area.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000375466
• Artikelnr.: 61376967

Autorenporträt

Justin Khoo is Associate Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He works primarily at the intersection of philosophy of language and linguistic semantics, and has research interests in metaphysics and meta-ethics. Rachel Sterken is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. She works primarily at the intersection of philosophy of language, semantics, ethics, and social philosophy. Most of her research focuses on the semantics of generic language and issues related to conceptual engineering.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Methodological and Foundational Issues 1. Conceptual
Engineering in Philosophy 2. Social Ontology 3. An Invitation to Social and
Political Metasemantics 4. Linguistic Prescriptivism 5. Speech Act Theory:
Social and Political Applications 6. On the Uselessness of the Distinction
Between Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory Part 2: Non-Ideal Semantics and
Pragmatics 7. Lying, Deception, and Epistemic Advantage 8. Propaganda 9.
Code Words 10. Racist and Sexist Figleaves 11. Protests 12. Defective
Contexts Part 3: Linguistic Harms 13. Varieties of Pejoratives 14.
Microaggressions and the Problem of Attributional Ambiguity 15.
Hermeneutical Injustice 16. Social and Political Aspects of Generic
Language and Speech 17. Language Extinction 18. Indigenous Language
Reclamation Between The Fangs Of a (Simulated) Dilemma Part 4: Applications
19. Language and Free Speech 20. Language and Ideology 21. Language and
Legitimation 22. How Much Gender Is Too Much Gender? 23. On Language and
Sexuality 24. The Language of mental illness