Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power

Name: Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power
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ISBN: 9780898703627

ISBN-10: 089870362X

ISBN-13: 9780898703627

Edition: N/A

Authors: Josef Pieper, Lothar Krauth

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One of the great Catholic philosophers of our day reflects on the way language has been abused so that, instead of being a means of communicating the truth and entering more deeply into it, and of the acquisition of wisdom, it is being used to control people and manipulate them to achieve practical ends. Reality becomes intelligible through words. Man speaks so that through naming things, what is real may become intelligible. This mediating character of language, however, is being increasingly corrupted. Tyranny, propaganda, mass-media destroy and distort words. They offer us apparent realities whose fictive character threatens to become opaque. Josef Pieper shows with energetic zeal, but…

Book details

List price: $9.95
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 54
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.132
Language: English