Publication

1998 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

95,000 words, Guess

Page Count

380 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC179.7
  • LCCBJ1533.R4 A34 1998

Description

In recent years, words have become the weapons of choice. Particular incidents and events, from the centrality of a racial epithet in the O. J. Simpson trial to the death threat against Salman Rushdie, have galvanized the news media and popular imagination. Contemporary social conflict, epitomized by hurtful speech, is obsessed with questions of respect, honor, and dignity. Richard Abel's Speaking Respect, Respecting Speech makes an impassioned and convincing case for why respect is at the center of social conflict and what can be done about it.

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Other Editions

  • Speaking respect, respecting speechUniversity of Chicago Press1998-01-01

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