Speaking by Georges Gusdorf


Speaking
Title : Speaking
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ISBN : 0810105314
ISBN-10 : 9780810105317
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 132
Publication : First published December 1, 1979

Speaking is an introduction to the philosophy of language from an existential and phenomenological point of view. Gusdorf's central concern is to analyze speech within the context of human reality. Speech is an abstraction, but speaking is not, he says. Speaking expresses the experimental and dialectical relation of man, nature, and society. It is through speaking that nature is sublimated into the meant and expressive world of human reality.

Speaking Reviews

  • Felipe

    Segunda leitura. Gusdorf é simplesmente fantástico. Leitura extremamente instrutiva e cativante.

  • Fabrício Tavares De Moraes

    A prosa de Gusdorf é a combinação invejável entre força de evocação existencial e erudição filosófica. A meu ver, um dos autores (polímatas) modernos que devem ser recuperados com urgência!

  • Matt Sautman

    Gusdorf’s stance on ability and humanity’s biological relationship to the natural world in Speaking (La Parole) may not have aged well, but overall this book is phenomenal. Centered around naming and the way that speaking serves as a means to construct reality, Gusdorf brand of linguistic philosophy evokes a sense of Wittgenstein and the mythological in consecutive utterance. This translation is easy to engage with, making this kind of phenomenological text far more accessible than some of the others I have encountered.

  • Felipe Barnabé

    Muito bom. Bastante denso. Como todo bom livro, necessita de algumas leituras extras.

  • Hariprasad Kowtha

    Just like a lot of French existentialists from the mid twentieth century, his posits are very subtle. I appreciate his connection from the spoken word to the moral act, but I am still a little wary of his notable 'humans authority over animals' idea.