Voices of Modernity: Language Ideologies and the Politics of Inequality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521008976)

This study asserts that conscious development of new ways of thinking about language had a crucial role in modern history, particularly the discovery of how differences between languages legitimated social inequalities. It claims that savages and ancients were judged alike because they used language similarly, in contrast to modern Europeans who used disciplined language in scientific, philosophical and legal projects.

Author: Richard Bauman,Charles S. Briggs,Charles L. Briggs
ISBN-10: 0521008972
ISBN-13: 9780521008976
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2003
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.96w x 0.90d