{"product_id":"9783631629192","title":"Totalitarian Speech (Studien zur Kulturellen und Literarischen Kommunismusforschung .1) (2014. 351 S. 210 mm)","description":"\u003ci\u003eTotalitarian Speech\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a range of texts on totalitarian manipulations of language. The volume collects the work of over three decades, including essays written during the communist era and more recent pieces assessing the legacy of totalitarian ways of thinking in contemporary Poland. \u003ci\u003eTotalitarian Speech \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together a range of texts on totalitarian manipulations of language. The author analyzes various phenomena, from the hateful rhetoric of Nazi Germany to the obfuscating \u003ci\u003enewspeak \u003c\/i\u003eof communist Poland, finding certain common characteristics. Above all, totalitarian speech in its diverse manifestations imposes an all-embracing worldview and an associated set of dichotomous divisions from an omniscient and authoritative perspective. This volume collects the work of over three decades, including essays written during the communist era and more recent pieces assessing the legacy of totalitarian ways of thinking in contemporary Poland. Contents: Totalitarian Speech - Newspeak - Communism - Nazism - Anti-Semitism - Polish Literature. Michal Glowinski is among the most eminent Polish literary scholars. In a career spanning almost six decades at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN), he has published over thirty books, largely specializing in twentieth-century Polish literature and literary theory.","brand":"Peter Lang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48779209146603,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":163.52,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783631629192-1.jpg?v=1781723623","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9783631629192","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}