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Rousseau on Language and Writing : Two Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Luton : Andrews UK, 2014.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (162 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780989328029
  • 0989328023
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rousseau on Language and Writing.DDC classification:
  • 194 23
LOC classification:
  • B2137 .S384 2014
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher Information; Foreword, Lance Kirby; Body matter; Emotion in Language, John Bolender; Rousseau and Derrida on Liberty and on Language, the First Social Institution, Barry Stocker; Reply to "Rousseau and Derrida on Liberty and on Language, the First Social Institution", John Bolender; Reply to "Emotion in Language", Barry Stocker; Back matter; References.
Summary: Two contemporary philosophers take two very different approaches to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Essay on the Origin of Languages, and then each reflects upon the approach of the other. Barry Stocker takes a deconstructionist approach, discussing the importance of Rousseau in the work of Jacques Derrida. John Bolender approaches Rousseau's Essay in terms of cognitive science, most especially in light of the theories of Noam Chomsky and Alan Page Fiske. Both authors agree that Rousseau's Essay sti ...
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)781794

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Includes bibliographical references.

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher Information; Foreword, Lance Kirby; Body matter; Emotion in Language, John Bolender; Rousseau and Derrida on Liberty and on Language, the First Social Institution, Barry Stocker; Reply to "Rousseau and Derrida on Liberty and on Language, the First Social Institution", John Bolender; Reply to "Emotion in Language", Barry Stocker; Back matter; References.

Two contemporary philosophers take two very different approaches to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Essay on the Origin of Languages, and then each reflects upon the approach of the other. Barry Stocker takes a deconstructionist approach, discussing the importance of Rousseau in the work of Jacques Derrida. John Bolender approaches Rousseau's Essay in terms of cognitive science, most especially in light of the theories of Noam Chomsky and Alan Page Fiske. Both authors agree that Rousseau's Essay sti ...