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Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language. When someone swears at you, it can sting. Likewise, sometimes there is no better way to make the point you''re making--emphasize, insult, or just plain offend--than to use a swear. What explains the magical power of swearwords? Why are they so good at offending people? To understand swearwords'' power, we need to look beyond the words themselves--beyond the way they sound and what they refer to--and consider more generally what we do when we swear.In this lively and amusing exploration of the various puzzles that surround swearing, philosopher Rebecca Roache argues that what makes swearing offensive is not really the words at all: the offensiveness lies in what we don''t say. 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Readers lured in by the title (and its sanitizing asterisk), especially those interested in the farreaching effects of language, and those who love to swear, will find much to ponder. * Laurie Unger Skinner, The Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eA really refreshing and insightful book. * The Debut Digest *\u003cbr\u003eHighly readable and amusing. * Cathleen Mair, Idler *\u003cbr\u003eHighly original ... It reveals all kinds of things about how we relate to people and the different ways in which we can communicate, threaten, or tease. I love this book. * Nigel Warburton, Five Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction Why give a shit about swearing?  Chapter 1 What is swearing?  Chapter 2 Swearing's secret offensive ingredient  Chapter 3 There is no secret ingredient  Chapter 4 Different kinds of wrong  Chapter 5 Taboo, aggression, and harsh sweary sounds  Chapter 6 How to be a really offensive swearer  Chapter 7 You talkin' to me?  Chapter 8 A regulatory fucking mess  Chapter 9 How to do things with swearing  Chapter 10 Fairer swearers  Chapter 11 Swears versus slurs Chapter 12 Cunt and cocksucker  Chapter 13 Cunt and 'cunt'  Chapter 14 How the f*** do asterisks work?  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Rather than following the conventional organization of many contemporary introductions to the subject, the author of this stimulating guide begins his discussion with the oldest, ''arts'' end of the subject and moves chronologically through to the newest research - the ''science'' aspects. A series of short thematic chapters look in turn at such areas as the prehistory of languages and their common origins, language and evolution, language in time and space (the nature of change inherent in language), grammars and dictionaries (how systematic is language?), and phonetics. Explication of the newest discoveries pertaining to language in the brain completes the coverage of all major aspects of linguistics from a refreshing and insightful angle. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. 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This volume contains two longer manuscripts which Lewis had originally intended to turn into books, and thirty-one shorter items. The longer manuscripts are ''The Paradoxes of Time Travel'', his David Gavin Young Lectures at the University of Adelaide, and ''Confirmation Theory'', which is based on a graduate course on probability and logic that he gave at UCLA. Lewis''s described his purposes in ''The Paradoxes of Time Travel'' as being, `(1) to solve a philosophical problem hitherto largely ignored or casually mis-solved by philosophers []; (2) to introduce the layman to various topics in metaphysics, since our problem turns out to connect with many more familiar ones; and (3) to show of several of my favorite doctrines and methods in metaphysics''. 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In this book, which aims to make Wittgenstein''s thought accessible to the general non-specialist reader, A. C. Grayling explains the nature and impact of Wittgenstein''s views. He describes both his early and later philosophy, the differences and connections between them, and gives a fresh assessment of Wittgenstein''s continuing influence on contemporary thought. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucidly and attractively written. * Heythrop Journal *\u003cbr\u003eAnyone wanting to come to grips with the later Wittgenstein's views on philosophy, his beliefs about the nature of thought and language, and his many unignorable (if sometimes muddled and often muddling) ideas in the philosophy of the mind could do no better than start here. * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e[Grayling] is to be congratulated on the success of his enterprise in a book which is a model of expository elgance ... an admirably clear and concise introduction * Philosophical Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EARLY PHILOSOPHY; THE LATER PHILOSOPHY","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732597387607,"sku":"9780192854117","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780192854117.jpg?v=1719997587"},{"product_id":"nothing-is-said-utterance-and-interpretation-9780192863188","title":"Nothing Is Said Utterance and Interpretation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn everyday talk about language, we distinguish between what someone said and what they implied, or otherwise conveyed, a distinction carried into theorising about language and communication. 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Jennifer Saul shows that two linguistic devices, dogwhistles and figleaves, have played a crucial role. Some dogwhistles (such as 88, used by Nazis online to mean Heil Hitler) serve to disguise messages that would otherwise be rejected as unacceptable, allowing them to be transmitted surreptitiously. Other dogwhistles (like the 1988 Willie Horton ad) work by influencing people in ways that they are not aware of, and which they would likely reject were they aware. 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Dogwhistles and Figleaves provides an essential tool for seeing how our ability to communicate and to coordinate is being undermined. 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Should we take offence? Wouldn''t it be better if we didn''t? In the face of popular criticism of people taking offence too easily, and the social problems that creates, Emily McTernan defends taking offence as often morally appropriate and socially valuable. Within societies marred by inequality, taking offence can resist the day-to-day patterning of social hierarchies. This book defends the significance of details of our social interactions. Cumulatively, small acts, and the social norms underlying these, can express and reinforce social hierarchies. But by taking offence, we mark an act as an affront to our social standing. We also often communicate our rejection of that affront to others. At times, taking offence can be a way to renegotiate the shared social norms around what counts as respectful treatment. Rather than a mere expression of hurt feelings then, to take offence can be to stand up for one''s standing. When taken by those deemed to have less social standing, to take offence can be a direct act of insubordination against a social hierarchy. Taking offence can resist everyday inequalities. In unequal societies, the inclination to take offence at the right things, and to the right degree, may even be a civic virtue. These right things at which to take offence include many of the very instances that the opponents of a culture of taking offence find most objectionable: apparently trivial and small-scale details of our social interactions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn On Taking Offence, Emily McTernan develops a new, subtle, and compelling account of what it is to take offence and why taking offence is sometimes, but not always, morally justified. McTernan's admirably clear and judicious style, many vivid and timely examples, and significant moral sensitivity make this book a 'must read' for those who are interested in the nature and value of respect and, more generally, in central aspects of the moral life beyond rights and duties * Adam Cureton, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee *\u003cbr\u003eEmily McTernan offers an analysis of taking offence that insightfully gets past the troubling public rhetoric around this emotion. McTernan provides a sorely needed repositioning of this emotion that encourages long overdue philosophical attention to social standing and status. She lucidly details how offence can serve both to defend and destabilize social status arrangements and suggests how each of these may stimulate important moral progress. * Amy Olberding, Presidential Professor of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma *\u003cbr\u003eTaking offence - how it feels, when it's appropriate, and when steps should be taken to make it less likely to happen - are familiar components of day-to-day moral and political interactions. Yet political philosophers have tip-toed around the subject, rarely engaging beyond questions of legal regulation. In her nuanced, entertaining, clear sighted and highly original analysis Emily McTernan relates taking offence to the idea of social standing and demonstrates that it should attract the attention of anyone concerned with questions of equality. * Jonathan Wolff, Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Introduction             1. Taking offence: An emotion reconsidered     1.1.  Philosophers on taking offence  1.2.  An analysis of taking offence  1.3.  Distinguishing offence 1.4.  Rethinking offence: Domestic, not catastrophic 1.5.  The limits of offence  1.6.  Towards a defence: From victimhood to social standing  2. What taking offence does       2.1.  Social standing and the role of social norms  2.2.  Taking offence and reinforcing norms  2.3. Taking offence and renegotiating norms  2.4.  In defence of negotiating social norms  2.5. On negotiating through offence  3. Do sweat the small stuff: The nature and significance of social standing  3.1.  Between excess and deficiency  3.2. Social standing as an equal part I: Why the 'small stuff' matters 3.3. Social standing as an equal part II: The power to set the terms  3.4. In defence of the significance of affronts  3.5.  Resisting by taking offence   4. The limits of justified offence: On anger, intent, and uptake   4.1.  Anger, offence, and the act  4.2.  Contesting offence  4.3.  'But I didn't mean it': On intention and blame  4.4.  'But that's not offensive': Disagreement and the offensive 4.5.  When offence lacks uptake  5. Only joking!: On the offensiveness of humour      5.1.  Theories of humour and the offensive  5.2. Some linguistics of jokes  5.3. How offensive jokes function  5.4. The riskiness of humour   6. A corrective civic virtue: Weighing the costs and benefits of offence 6.1.  Offence as a civic virtue: Arguments from equality and civility  6.2.  The costs of offence to the offending party 6.3.   Justifying the costs of offence  6.4.   Burdens on the offended   7. A social approach, our lives online, and the social emotions 7.1.  A regulatory turn  7.2.  Taking offence online 7.3.  The social emotions beyond offence  Bibliography          Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732658401623,"sku":"9780197613108","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197613108.jpg?v=1719997833"},{"product_id":"vatsyayanas-commentary-on-the-nyayasutra-9780197625934","title":"Vatsyayanas Commentary on the Nyayasutra","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVatsyayana''s Commentary on the Nyaya-sutra is one of classical India''s most important philosophical works. This Guide offers both a map and interpretation of this challenging canonical text, suitable for any student or novice reader.Treating them as a single hybrid text, the Nyaya-sutra with Vatsyayana''s commentary systematizes in skeletal form centuries of ancient Indian philosophical developments concerning logic, epistemology, and dialectics, while also defending a realist categorial metaphysics. It offers a number of epistemological and methodological insights that inform intellectual inquiry in the Subcontinent for over a millennium. 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With stunning command of Foucault’s corpus, Lorenzini reconstructs Foucault’s history of truth as a political epistemology for our troubled times. This extraordinary book reshapes how we should understand—and resist—lying, disinformation, and other forms of political untruth.\" -- Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, Syracuse University\u003cbr\u003e\"This groundbreaking book refutes the dominant view of Foucault as a relativist and elevates the debate about his notion of truth to a new philosophical level. With exceptional clarity, Lorenzini develops an ethics and politics of truth-telling that is essential reading for everyone who seeks to take responsibility for their claims about the truth—in both theory and practice.” -- Martin Hägglund, Yale University\u003cbr\u003e“In this brilliant and provocative book, Lorenzini upends the conventional way that critics read Foucault as a precursor to our post-truth society. Through a meticulous reading of the Collège de France lectures, Lorenzini masterfully shows how Foucault’s lifelong passion for truth and truth-telling culminates in a powerful theory of truth as a political and ethical practice. A veritable tour de force.” -- Bernard E. Harcourt, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Writing the History of Truth\u003cbr\u003e A History of Truth That Does Not Rely on “the Truth”\u003cbr\u003e Toward an Ethics and Politics of Truth-Telling\u003cbr\u003e The Force of Words and the Force of Truth\u003cbr\u003e 1. Truth-Event\u003cbr\u003e “A Little History of Truth in General”\u003cbr\u003e The Emergence of the Alethurgic Subject\u003cbr\u003e Confessional Sciences\u003cbr\u003e 2. 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Critique and Possibilizing Genealogy\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the Vindicatory-Subversive Dichotomy\u003cbr\u003e Foucault, Habermas, and the Question of Normativity\u003cbr\u003e The Genealogy of Critique\u003cbr\u003e Genealogy and We-Making\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Rethinking Critique\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732931490135,"sku":"9780226827452","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226827452.jpg?v=1719999000"},{"product_id":"words-and-rules-the-ingredients-of-language-science-masters-9780753810255","title":"Words And Rules The Ingredients of Language","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works.","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737048887639,"sku":"9780753810255","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780753810255.jpg?v=1723810931"},{"product_id":"the-cambridge-handbook-of-systemic-functional-linguistics-9781107116986","title":"The Cambridge Handbook of Systemic Functional","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresenting a field-defining overview of one of the most appliable linguistic theories available today, this Handbook surveys the key issues in the study of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), covering an impressive range of theoretical perspectives. 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