false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223664995m/396729.jpg 396729 2 In <I>Talking Heads</I>, Benjamin Lee situates himself at the convergence of multiple disciplines: philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, and literary theory. He offers a nuanced exploration of the central questions shared by these disciplines during the modern era—questions regarding the relations between language, subjectivity, community, and the external world. Scholars in each discipline approach these questions from significantly different angles; in seeking to identify and define the intersection of these angles, Lee argues for the development of a new sense of subjectivity, a construct that has repercussions of immense importance beyond the humanities and into the area of politics. <BR><I>Talking Heads</I> synthesizes the views and works of a breathtaking range of the most influential modern theorists of the humanities and social sciences, including Austin, Searle, Derrida, Jakobson, Bakhtin, Wittgenstein, Peirce, Frege, Kripke, Donnellan, Putnam, Saussure, and Whorf. After illuminating these many strands of thought, Lee moves beyond disciplinary biases and re-embeds within the context of the <I>public</I> sphere the questions of subjectivity and language raised by these theorists. In his examination of how subjectivity relates not just to grammatical patterns but also to the specific social institutions in which these patterns develop and are sustained, Lee discusses such topics as the concept of public opinion and the emergence of Western nation-states.<BR> 386205 1997 Talking Heads: Language, Metalanguage, and the Semiotics of Subjectivity total:9|5:2|4:3|3:4| 9 34 18 1 4 0 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Mar 20 13:04:11 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 20 13:05:05 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 16:54:17 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 16:54:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 13 14:51:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 14:51:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 11 23:37:49 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 23:37:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 03 07:11:11 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 07:11:11 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 03:27:32 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 03:27:32 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 07:53:50 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 07:53:50 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Dec 23 09:12:33 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 09:12:33 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Dec 23 05:56:04 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 05:56:12 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jul 03 20:26:01 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 16:34:27 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jun 11 11:57:54 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 11:57:54 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jan 12 23:17:34 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 23:17:34 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Aug 17 12:32:45 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 12:32:45 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jul 30 11:47:53 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 11:47:53 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sun Apr 08 17:53:43 -0700 2007 Sun Apr 08 17:53:47 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Mar 21 20:05:13 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 21 20:05:13 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Mar 20 15:43:11 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 20 15:43:11 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Mar 13 21:20:29 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 13 21:20:29 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=396729