Émile Benveniste

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Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and SocietyPaperback, 15 November 2016

Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society
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Print Length
594 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Hau
Date Published
15 Nov 2016
ISBN-10
0986132594
ISBN-13
9780986132599

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Since its publication in 1969, Émile Benveniste's Vocabulaire--here with a new introduction by Giorgio Agamben--has been the classic reference for tracing the institutional and conceptual genealogy of the sociocultural worlds of gifts, contracts, sacrifice, hospitality, authority, freedom, ancient economy, and kinship. A comprehensive and comparative history of words with analyses of their underlying neglected genealogies and structures of signification--and this via a masterful journey through Germanic, Romance, Indo-Iranian, Latin, and Greek languages--Benveniste's dictionary is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, literary theorists, classicists, and philosophers alike.

This book has famously inspired a wealth of thinkers, including Roland Barthes, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Pierre Bourdieu, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Giorgio Agamben, François Jullien, and many others. In this new volume, Benveniste's masterpiece on the study of language and society finds new life for a new generation of scholars. As political fictions continue to separate and reify differences between European, Middle Eastern, and South Asian societies, Benveniste reminds us just how historically deep their interconnections are and that understanding the way our institutions are evoked through the words that describe them is more necessary than ever.

Product Details

Author:
Émile Benveniste
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 November 2016
Dimensions:
22.61 x 14.99 x 4.83 cm
ISBN-10:
0986132594
ISBN-13:
9780986132599
Language:
English
Pages:
594
Publisher:
Weight:
884.5 gm

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