On Interpretive Conflict

Interpretation is a term that encompasses both the most esoteric and the most fundamental activities of our lives, from analyzing medical images to the million ways we perceive other peoples actions. Today, we also leave interpretation to the likes of web cookies, social media algorithms, and automated markets. But as John Frow shows in this thoughtfully argued book, there is much yet to do in clarifying how we understand the social organization of interpretation. On Interpretive Conflict delves into four case studies where sharply different sets of values come into playgun control, anti-Semitism, the religious force of

Product details

• Authors: John Frow
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780226613956
• ISBN: 978-0-226-61395-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Law, LAW / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Interdisciplinary studies, Literature: history and criticism