In Babel's Shadow: Language, Philology, and the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Germany Contributor(s): Benes, Tuska (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814333044 ISBN-13: 9780814333044 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $56.42 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2008 Annotation: A comprehensive cultural history of the language sciences in nineteenth-century Germany. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Germany - Language Arts & Disciplines | Alphabets & Writing Systems |
Dewey: 409.43 |
LCCN: 2008025000 |
Series: Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.70 lbs) 432 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In contrast to fields like anthropology, the history of linguistics has received remarkably little attention outside of its own discipline despite the undeniable impact language study has had on the modern period. In Babel's Shadow situates German language scholarship in relation to European nationalism, nineteenth-century notions of race and ethnicity, the methodologies of humanistic inquiry, and debates over the interpretation of scripture. Author Tuska Benes investigates how the German nation came to be defined as a linguistic community and argues that the "linguistic turn" in today's social sciences and humanities can be traced to the late eighteenth century, emerging within a German tradition of using language to critique the production of knowledge. |