Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality by Steven Poole

Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality

Steven Poole

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced
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What do the phrases “pro-life,” “intelligent design,” and “the war on terror” have in common? Each of them is a name for something that smuggles in a highly charged political opinion. Words and phrases that function in this special way go by many ...

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