The Language Animal
Author | : Charles Taylor |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2016-03-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674970274 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674970276 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Language Animal by : Charles Taylor
Download or read book The Language Animal written by Charles Taylor and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Sources of the Self to A Secular Age, Charles Taylor has shown how we create ways of being, as individuals and as a society. Here, he demonstrates that language is at the center of this generative process. Language does not merely describe; it constitutes meaning, and the shared practice of speech shapes human experience.