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The Search for the Perfect Language - Making of Europe
Eco, Umberto (University of Bologna)
The Search for the Perfect Language - Making of Europe
Eco, Umberto (University of Bologna)
Ranging from the writings of Augustine, Dante, Descartes and Rousseau, arcane treatises on cabbalism and magic, to the history of the study of language and its origins, this book shows how the late eighteenth-century discovery of a proto-language (Indo-European) for the Aryan peoples was perverted to support notions of racial superiority.
400 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 15, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780631205104 |
Publishers | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
Pages | 400 |
Dimensions | 229 × 154 × 23 mm · 586 g |
Language | English |
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