The language of atoms: performativity and politics in Lucretius' "De rerum natura"

Shearin argues that ancient Epicurean writing on language offers a theory of performative language. Such a theory describes how languages acts, providing psychic therapy or creating new verbal meanings, rather than passively describing the nature of the universe. This observation allows us new insig...

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1. Verfasser: Shearin, Wilson H. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York, NY Oxford University Press [2015]
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Zusammenfassung:Shearin argues that ancient Epicurean writing on language offers a theory of performative language. Such a theory describes how languages acts, providing psychic therapy or creating new verbal meanings, rather than passively describing the nature of the universe. This observation allows us new insight into how Lucretius, our primary surviving Epicurean author, uses language in his great poem, 'De rerum natura' ('On the Nature of Things')
Beschreibung:xiii, 210 Seiten
ISBN:9780190202422

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