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Talking Wolves

Thomas Hobbes on the Language of Politics and the Politics of Language

  • Anat Biletzki
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Part of the Synthese Library book series (SYLI, volume 262)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 1-14

  3. Language

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 15-19
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    2. Human Voices: Semantics and Beyond
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 20-36
    3. Use and Effect: Speech as Use
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 37-56
    4. Speech Useful: A Theory of Language Use
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 57-69

  4. The Language of Politics

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 70-76
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    2. Conversation of Mankind: The Meaning of Moral Concepts
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 77-91
    3. Everyman’s Will: Speech Acts
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 92-111
    4. A Common Language: Natural, Social and Linguistic
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 112-135

  5. The Politics of Language

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 136-137
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    2. Policy Ecclesiasticall: Religious Interpretation
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 138-153
    3. Eloquence is Power: The Office of Rhetoric
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 154-177

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion
      Anat Biletzki
      Pages 178-192
  7. Back Matter
    Pages 193-223
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About this book

Introduction

Talking Wolves advances an analysis of Hobbes which takes language seriously (as seriously as Hobbes took it). It presents a reading of Hobbes's view of society at large, and political society in particular, through a comprehensive discussion based on, and intimately linked to, his philosophy of language. This philosophy, in turn, is seen in a new light as being a pragmatic theory of language in use, language in action.

Keywords

Thomas Hobbes language morality philosophy of language policy politics theory of language

Authors and affiliations

  • Anat Biletzki
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of PhilosophyTel Aviv UniversityTel AvivIsrael

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8887-4
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1997
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-90-481-4801-1
  • Online ISBN 978-94-015-8887-4
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