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Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults

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Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults - Neu, Jerome
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In Sticks and Stones , philosopher Jerome Neu probes the nature, purpose, and effects of insults, exploring how and why they humiliate, embarrass, infuriate, and wound us so deeply. What kind of injury is an insult? Is it determined by the insulter or the insulted? What does it reveal about the character of both parties as well as the character of society and its conventions? What is its' role in social and and legal life (from play to jokes to ritual to war and from blasphemy to defamation to hate speech)? How ready ...

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Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults 2009, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780195388244

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Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults 2007, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195314311

Hardcover