Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults - Neu, Jerome (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz) - Livres - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780195314311 - 6 décembre 2007
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Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults

Neu, Jerome (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz)

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Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults

In Sticks and Stones, philosopher Jerome Neu probes the nature, purpose, and effects of insults, exploring how and why they humiliate, embarrass, infuriate, and wound us so deeply. What kind of injury is an insult? Is it determined by the insulter or the insulted? What does it reveal about the character of both parties as well as the character of society and its conventions? What role does insult play in social and legal life? When is telling the truth aninsult? Neu draws upon a wealth of examples and anecdotes-as well as a range of views from Aristotle and Oliver Wendell Holmes to Oscar Wilde, John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, and many others-to provide surprising answers to these questions.


304 pages

Médias Livres     Hardcover Book   (Livre avec dos et couverture rigide)
Validé 6 décembre 2007
ISBN13 9780195314311
Éditeurs Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 304
Dimensions 216 × 148 × 22 mm   ·   454 g