Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults
Author:   Jerome Neu (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195314311


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   06 December 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jerome Neu (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 14.80cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780195314311


ISBN 10:   019531431
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   06 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: On Feeling Insulted 2: Honor: Slaps and Swords 3: Insult in Play and Ritual 4: Assault from the Rear 5: The Language of Abuse 6: Insult in the Law: Fighting Words, Obscenity, and Hate Speech 7: Insult in the Law: Libel and Slander 8: Insult in the Law: Blasphemy 9: Insult Humor 10: To Understand All is to Forgive All--Or Is It? Notes References Index

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a fascinating exploration of the most human of activities: insulting one another. Simon Blackburn, Times Higher Education


Author Information

Jerome Neu is Professor of Humanities at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the author of A Tear is an Intellectual Thing (OUP 1999). He lives in Capitola, California.

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