Michal Glowinski

Totalitarian Speech

ISBN: 978-3-653-04799-8
EAN: 9783653047998
Produktnummer: 25679149
Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 0 S.
Plattform: PDF

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Totalitarian Speech brings together a range of texts on totalitarian manipulations of language. The author analyzes various phenomena, from the hateful rhetoric of Nazi Germany to the obfuscating newspeak of communist Poland, finding certain common characteristics. Above all, totalitarian speech in its diverse manifestations imposes an all-embracing worldview and an associated set of dichotomous divisions from an omniscient and authoritative perspective. This volume collects the work of over three decades, including essays written during the communist era and more recent pieces assessing the legacy of totalitarian ways of thinking in contempo… Mehr