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Read * Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force PDF by ! James Boyd White eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force 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 Amendment protect? How should judges and justices themselves speak? These questions animate James Boyd White's Living Speech, a profound examination of the ethics of human expression--in the law and in the rest of life. Yet sometimes ou
| Title | : | Living Speech: Resisting the Empire of Force |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.44 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0691138370 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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 Amendment protect? How should judges and justices themselves speak? These questions animate James Boyd White's Living Speech, a profound examination of the ethics of human expression--in the law and in the rest of life. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. Drawing on examples from an unusual range of sources--judicial opinions, children's essays, literature, po
Buker, Perspectives on Politics. "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. This can undo totalitarianisms of various kinds. White argues that speech is inherently objectifying, and every speech act is an occasion for gaining control of who we are and what we proclaim."--Law & Social Inquiry"White is an interdisciplinary scholar who speaks to those interested in law, politics, literature, and ethics. His passionate commitment to the struggle to recognize and to preserve the richness of our humanity and the need for human freedom and solidarity is inspiring."--Omar
His books include "The Legal Imagination" and "The Edge of Meaning" . James Boyd White is Hart Wright Professor of Law, Professor of English, and Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan
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