Language and State - An Inquiry Into the Progress of Civilization

Informationen zum Autor Xing Yu is a political scientist who taught at two universities in China in the 1980s and 1990s. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree from Sichuan Foreign Languages Institute in Chongqing, China in 1982, and a master of law degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in 1985. He now works as a freelance writer and translator in British Columbia, Canada. Klappentext This book argues that a tribe of the primitive society is formed because of kinship, while a state of the civilized society is formed because of language. Language presets the whole process of the progress of human civilization. Zusammenfassung This book argues that a tribe of the primitive society is formed because of kinship! while a state of the civilized society is formed because of language. Language presets the whole process of the progress of human civilization. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue Part One: Language and State Formation Introduction Chapter One: People Chapter Two: Community Chapter Three: Nation Chapter Four: State Part Two: Language and State Governance Introduction Chapter Five: Appellation Chapter Six: Constitution Chapter Seven: Election Chapter Eight: Representation Chapter Nine: Government Part Three: Language and State Spirit Introduction Chapter Ten: History Chapter Eleven: Philosophy Chapter Twelve: Literature and Art Chapter Thirteen: Religion Chapter Fourteen: Law Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Xing Yu, Yu Xing
• Verlag: University Press Of America
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780761869030
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6903-0
• Seiten: 506
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Society & culture: general, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Ancient World, Communication Studies, Politics and government, Historical & comparative linguistics, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Language teaching and learning, Civil rights & citizenship, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Civics and citizenship, Historical and comparative linguistics