TY  - GEN
T1  - Political English : language and the decay of politics
A1  - Docherty, Thomas, 1955-
LA  - English
PP  - New York, NY
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1104209821
AB  - "From post-truth politics to 'no-platforming' on university campuses, the English language has been both a potent weapon and a crucial battlefield for our divided politics. In this important and wide-ranging intervention, Thomas Docherty explores the politics of the English language, its implication in the dynamics of political power and the spaces it offers for dissent and resistance. From the authorised English of the King James Bible to the colonial project of University English Studies, this book develops a powerful history for contemporary debates about propaganda, free speech and truth-telling in our politics. Taking examples from the US, UK and beyond - from debates about the Second Amendment and free-speech on campus, to the Iraq War and the Grenfell Tower fire - this book is a powerful and polemical return to Orwell's observation that a degraded political language is intimately connected to an equally degraded political culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing
CN  - P119.3 .D63 2019eb
SN  - 9781350101401
SN  - 1350101400
SN  - 9781350101395
SN  - 1350101397
SN  - 9781350101388
SN  - 1350101389
KW  - Language and languages : Political aspects.
KW  - English language : Political aspects.
KW  - Communication in politics.
KW  - Langage et langues : Aspect politique.
KW  - Communication politique.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Essays.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : General.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : National.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Reference.
KW  - Communication in politics
KW  - English language : Political aspects
KW  - Language and languages : Political aspects
ER  -