Cultural Semantics
| Author | : Martin Jay |
| Publisher | : Univ of Massachusetts Press |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015047063428 |
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| Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Cultural Semantics by : Martin Jay
Download or read book Cultural Semantics written by Martin Jay and published by Univ of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading intellectual historian explores some of the reigning assumptions and imperatives of our age. By looking closely at what "words do and perform", Martin Jay makes us aware of the extent to which the language we use mediates and shapes our experience. Elegantly written and richly insightful, this is a work of cultural criticism and intellectual analysis of the first order.
