LEADER 03735nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910777727103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-08686-3 010 $a9786612086861 010 $a1-4008-2753-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400827534 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756281 035 $a(EBL)445569 035 $a(OCoLC)505114998 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193535 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156922 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193535 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10226309 035 $a(PQKB)10578628 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36378 035 $a(DE-B1597)446506 035 $a(OCoLC)979578644 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400827534 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL445569 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10284236 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445569 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756281 100 $a20051109d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving speech$b[electronic resource] $eresisting the empire of force /$fJames Boyd White 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12580-5 311 $a0-691-13837-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction. The Empire of Force and the World of Words -- $tChapter One. Speech in the Empire -- $tChapter Two. Living Speech and the Mind Behind It -- $tChapter Three. The Desire for Meaning -- $tChapter Four. Writing That Calls the Reader to Life-or Death -- $tChapter Five. Human Dignity and the Claim of Meaning -- $tChapter Six. Silence, Belief, and the Right to Speak -- $tIndex 330 $aLanguage is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. The language of race objectifies those it touches, and propaganda disables democracy. Advertising reduces us to consumers, and clichés destroy the life of the imagination. How are we to assert our humanity and that of others against the forces in the culture and in our own minds that would deny it? What kind of speech should the First Amendment protect? How should judges and justices themselves speak? These questions animate James Boyd White's Living Speech, a profound examination of the ethics of human expression--in the law and in the rest of life. Drawing on examples from an unusual range of sources--judicial opinions, children's essays, literature, politics, and the speech-out-of-silence of Quaker worship--White offers a fascinating analysis of the force of our languages. Reminding us that every moment of speech is an occasion for gaining control of what we say and who we are, he shows us that we must practice the art of resisting the forces of inhumanity built into our habits of speech and thought if we are to become more capable of love and justice--in both law and life. 606 $aLaw$xLanguage 606 $aJudgments$zUnited States$xLanguage 606 $aViolence in literature 606 $aViolence 615 0$aLaw$xLanguage. 615 0$aJudgments$xLanguage. 615 0$aViolence in literature. 615 0$aViolence. 676 $a306.44 700 $aWhite$b James Boyd$f1938-$01505648 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777727103321 996 $aLiving speech$93763047 997 $aUNINA