Xing Yu

Gebundenes Buch

Language and State

An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization

Beschreibung

This book argues that a primitive society is formed on the basis of kinship ties while a civilized society is formed on the basis of language. Yu presents a new theory about the importance of language in the growth of the state.

Autor

Xing Yu is a political scientist who taught at two universities in China in the 1980s and 1990s. He obtained a bachelor of arts degree from Sichuan Foreign Languages Institute in Chongqing, China in 1982, and a master of law degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in 1985. He now works as a freelance writer and translator in British Columbia, Canada.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 892g
• ISBN-13: 9780761862000
• ISBN-10: 0761862005
• Artikelnr.: 39303522