{"product_id":"totalitarian-speech-9783631629192","title":"Totalitarian Speech","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTotalitarian Speech \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together a range of texts on totalitarian manipulations of language. The author analyzes various phenomena, from the hateful rhetoric of Nazi Germany to the obfuscating \u003ci\u003enewspeak \u003c\/i\u003eof communist Poland, finding certain common characteristics. Above all, totalitarian speech in its diverse manifestations imposes an all-embracing worldview and an associated set of dichotomous divisions from an omniscient and authoritative perspective. This volume collects the work of over three decades, including essays written during the communist era and more recent pieces assessing the legacy of totalitarian ways of thinking in contemporary Poland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Totalitarian Speech – Newspeak – Communism – Nazism – Anti-Semitism – Polish Literature.","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044232921431,"sku":"9783631629192","price":54.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631629192.jpg?v=1750960950","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/totalitarian-speech-9783631629192","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}