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Pritipuspa Mishra, “Language and the Making of Modern India: Nationalism and the Vernacular in Colonial Odisha, 1803-1953” (Cambridge UP, 2020)

Pritipuspa Mishra
Language and the Making of Modern India
Nationalism and the Vernacular in Colonial Odisha, 1803-1953
Cambridge University Press, 2020

New Books in British Studies New Books in History New Books in Language New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network July 29, 2020 Malcolm Keating

The province of Odisha, previously “Orissa,” was the first linguistically organized province of India. In Language and the Making of Modern India: Nationalism and the Vernacular in Colonial Odisha, 1803-1953 (Cambridge University Press, 2020), Pritipuspa Mishra explores how the idea of the vernacular has a double effect, serving as a... Read More

Bo Mou
Philosophy of Language, Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy

Brill, 2018

New Books in East Asian Studies New Books in Language New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society July 23, 2020 Malcolm Keating

Contributors to Philosophy of Language, Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy, edited by Bo Mou, professor of philosophy at the San Jose State University, bring together work on the syntax and semantics of the Chinese language with philosophy of language, from the classical Chinese and contemporary analytic Anglophone traditions. The result is an... Read More

Johannes Bronkhorst, “A Śabda Reader: Language in Classical Indian Thought” (Columbia UP, 2019)

Johannes Bronkhorst
A Śabda Reader
Language in Classical Indian Thought
Columbia University Press, 2019

New Books in Buddhist Studies New Books in Hindu Studies New Books in Intellectual History New Books in Language New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network July 17, 2020 Malcolm Keating

In A Śabda Reader: Language in Classical Indian Thought (Columbia University Press, 2019), Johannes Bronkhorst, emeritus professor at the University of Lausanne, makes the case through an extensive introduction and select translations of important Indian texts that language has a crucial role in Indian thought. Not only does it form... Read More

Brian F. Harrison, “A Change is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America” (Oxford UP, 2020)

Brian F. Harrison
A Change is Gonna Come
How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America
Oxford University Press, 2020

New Books in American Studies New Books in Communications New Books in Language New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Political Science New Books in Politics New Books in Politics & Society July 16, 2020 Lilly Goren

The United States takes pride in its democratic model and the idea that citizens deliberate in a process to form political opinions. However, in recent years, division and partisanship have increased while deliberation and the actual discussion of competing ideas have decreased. More and more, citizens are siloed, interacting only... Read More

Melissa K. Merry, “Warped Narratives: Distortion in the Framing of Gun Policy” (U Michigan Press, 2020)

Melissa K. Merry
Warped Narratives
Distortion in the Framing of Gun Policy
University of Michigan Press, 2020

New Books in American Studies New Books in Communications New Books in Language New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Political Science New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books Network July 10, 2020 Susan Liebell

If gun violence kills so many Americans, why don’t we see more effective solutions? How much does the way we frame an issue impact how we feel about it? How often are hot button issues deeply polarized due to the biased or intentionally manipulated ways they are presented to the... Read More

Gina Anne Tam, “Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860-1960” (Cambridge UP, 2020)

Gina Anne Tam
Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860-1960

Cambridge University Press, 2020

New Books in East Asian Studies New Books in History New Books in Language New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Political Science New Books in Politics & Society July 7, 2020 Ed Pulford

The question of how a state decides what its official language is going to be, or indeed whether it even needs one, is never simple, and this may be particularly true of China which covers a continental landmass encompassing multitude of different language families and groups. Indeed, what is even... Read More

Ruth Leys, “The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique” (U Chicago Press, 2017)

Ruth Leys
The Ascent of Affect
Genealogy and Critique
University of Chicago Press, 2017

New Books in Intellectual History New Books in Language New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Psychology New Books in Science & Technology New Books in Science, Technology, and Society July 6, 2020 Lee Pierce

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (she/they) interviews Dr. Ruth Leys (she/hers), Professor Emeritus of Johns Hopkins University, on The Ascent of Affect: Genealogy and Critique (University of Chicago Press, 2017). In recent years, emotions have become a major, vibrant topic of research not merely... Read More

Justin Tosi and Brandon Warmke, “Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk” (Oxford UP, 2020)

Justin Tosi and Brandon Warmke
Grandstanding
The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk
Oxford University Press, 2020

New Books in Big Ideas New Books in Communications New Books in Language New Books in Philosophy New Books in Political Science New Books in Politics New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network July 1, 2020 Robert Talisse

College courses in Ethics tend to focus on theories of the moral rightness or wrongness of actions. This emphasis sometimes obscures the fact that morality is a social project: part of what makes a decent and stable society possible is that we uphold standards of conduct. We call out bad... Read More

D. Conley and J. Eckstein, “Cookery: Food Rhetorics and Social Production” (U Alabama Press, 2020)

D. Conley and J. Eckstein
Cookery
Food Rhetorics and Social Production
University of Alabama Press, 2020

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Communications New Books in Food New Books in Language New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Sociology June 30, 2020 Lee Pierce

On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Lee Pierce (s/t) interviews editors Donovan Conley and Justin Eckstein about their new book Cookery: Food Rhetorics and Social Production (University of Alabama Press, 2020), which explores the rhetoric of contemporary food production and consumption with a focus on social boundaries.... Read More