1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455767203321

Autore

Tosi Arturo

Titolo

Language and society in a changing Italy [[electronic resource] /] / Arturo Tosi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, : Multilingual Matters, c2001

ISBN

1-280-82785-8

9786610827855

9781853596823

1-85359-682-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Multilingual matters ; ; 117

Disciplina

306.440945

Soggetti

Italian language - Social aspects

Sociolinguistics - Italy

Italian language - Dialectology

Languages in contact - Italy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Language Planning and Language Change -- Chapter 2. Linguistic Diversity -- Chapter 3. Standard and Non-Standard Variations -- Chapter 4. Language in Education -- Chapter 5. New Conventions -- Chapter 6. The Language of Bureaucracy -- Chapter 7. The Language of Politicians -- Chapter 8. The Language of Newspapers -- Chapter 9. The Language of Advertising -- Chapter 10. The Language of Young People -- Chapter 11. Italian and English in Italy -- Chapter 12. Italian in English-Speaking Countries -- Chapter 13. Italian in Multilingual Europe -- Conclusions -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the interrelation between language and society in contemporary Italy. It aims to provide an up to date account of linguistic diversity, social variation, special codes and language varieties within Italian society, and in situations of language contact both within and outside Italy.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779012203321

Autore

Lempert Michael

Titolo

Discipline and Debate : The Language of Violence in a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery / / Michael Lempert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-280-49197-3

9786613587206

0-520-95201-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Disciplina

294.3/5697

Soggetti

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders - Education - China - Tibet Autonomous Region

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Education -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders - Education - India

Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- Education -- India

Discipline - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Discipline -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism

Liberalism (Religion) - India

Liberalism (Religion) -- India

Tibetans - India - Religion

Tibetans -- India -- Religion

Violence - Religious aspects - Buddhism

Violence -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism

Liberalism (Religion) - Religious aspects - Buddhism - India

Violence - Religious aspects - Buddhism - India

Discipline - Religion

Tibetans

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Buddhism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- MAP -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Note on Transcription and Research Methods -- TRANSCRIPTION ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS -- Introduction. Liberal Sympathies -- 1. Dissensus by Design -- 2. Debate as a Rite of Institution -- 3. Debate as a Diasporic Pedagogy -- 4. Public Reprimand Is Serious Theatre -- 5. Affected Signs, Sincere Subjects -- Conclusion. The Liberal Subject, in Pieces -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Dalai Lama has represented Buddhism as a religion of non-violence, compassion, and world peace, but this does not reflect how monks learn their vocation. This book shows how monasteries use harsh methods to make monks of men, and how this tradition is changing as modernist reformers-like the Dalai Lama-adopt liberal and democratic ideals, such as natural rights and individual autonomy. In the first in-depth account of disciplinary practices at a Tibetan monastery in India, Michael Lempert looks closely at everyday education rites-from debate to reprimand and corporal punishment. His analysis explores how the idioms of violence inscribed in these socialization rites help produce educated, moral persons but in ways that trouble Tibetans who aspire to modernity. Bringing the study of language and social interaction to our understanding of Buddhism for the first time, Lempert shows and why liberal ideals are being acted out by monks in India, offering a provocative alternative view of liberalism as a globalizing discourse.