Originally published in 1991, this book analyses the relation between writing and ethics in a number of social contexts – in politics, as language discloses its connections to the institutions of totalitarianism and democracy; in the university, as contemporary scholarly ideals find an uncomfortably accurate representation in the stylistic forms of academic writing; in daily social practice, ranging from the status of truth in journalistic writing to the connection between pronouns and affirmative action; and finally in the ethical structure of language itself.
| ISBN: | 9780367491604 |
| Publication date: | 31st July 2020 |
| Author: | Berel Lang |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 194 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Ethics |
| Genres: |
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Sociolinguistics Ethics and moral philosophy |