Neu Jerome: Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. This schoolyard rhyme projects an invulnerability to verbal insults that sounds good but rings false. Indeed, the need for such a verse belies its own claims. For most of us, feeling insulted is a distressing-and distressingly common-experience. In Sticks and Stones, philosopher Jerome Neu probes the nature, purpose, and effects…