false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172755072m/212956.jpg 212956 4 <p> This volume brings together Bourdieu's highly original writings on language and on the relations among language, power, and politics. Bourdieu develops a forceful critique of traditional approaches to language, including the linguistic theories of Saussure and Chomsky and the theory of speech-acts elaborated by Austin and others. He argues that language should he viewed not only as a means of communication but also as a medium of power through which individuals pursue their own interests and display their practical competence. </p><p> Drawing on the concepts that are part of his distinctive theoretical approach. Bourdieu maintains that linguistic utterances or expressions can be understood as the product of the relation between a linguistic market" and it "linguistic habitus." When individuals use language in particular ways, they deploy their accumulated linguistic resources and implicitly adapt their words to the demands of the social held or market that is their audience. Hence every linguistic interaction, however personal or insignificant it may seem, hears the traces of the social structure that it both expresses and helps to reproduce. </p><p> Bourdieu's account sheds fresh light on the ways in which linguistic usage varies according to considerations such as class and gender. It also opens up a new approach to the ways in which language is used in the domain of politics. For politics is, among other things, the arena in which words are deeds and the symbolic character of power is at stake. </p><p> This volume, by one of the leading social thinkers in the world today, represents a major contribution to the study of language and power. It will be of interest to students throughout the social sciences and humanities, especially in sociology, politics, anthropology, linguistics, and literature. </p> 1997956 1991 Language and Symbolic Power total:73|5:34|4:27|3:12|2:0|1:0| 73 314 143 5 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 19 11:27:22 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 08:14:17 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 25 13:27:02 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 13:27:59 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jul 21 10:00:43 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 10:01:37 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Wed Oct 24 00:39:55 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 00:40:31 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Apr 12 00:17:42 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 00:18:04 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 26 17:53:52 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 17:53:52 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 21 17:49:51 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 17:49:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 11:43:35 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 11:43:35 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 01:24:20 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 01:24:20 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 17:19:06 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 17:19:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 14:00:10 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:00:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 13:33:39 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 13:33:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 16:54:19 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 16:54:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 27 18:38:14 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 18:38:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 05:00:45 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 05:00:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 19 10:01:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 10:01:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 20:04:56 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 20:04:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 20:55:08 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:42:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 12 19:47:12 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 19:47:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 11:39:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 11:39:50 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=212956