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Rousseau on Language and Writing

By John , Stocker , Barry;Bolender

Book information

Publisher
Andrews UK
Year
2014
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
215 kB (220219 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Two contemporary philosophers take two very different approaches to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Essay on the Origin of Languages, and then each reflects upon the approach of the other. Barry Stocker takes a deconstructionist approach, discussing the importance of Rousseau in the work of Jacques Derrida. John Bolender approaches Rousseau's Essay in terms of cognitive science, most especially in light of the theories of Noam Chomsky and Alan Page Fiske. Both authors agree that Rousseau's Essay still has much to teach us.

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