Language and symbolic power /
Bourdieu, Pierre.
Language and symbolic power / - Cambridge : Polity Press, 1992, (2005) - ix, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. Translated from the French.
Examines the ways in which power is bolstered and extended by means of symbols. The book considers the importance of ritual in confirming institutions, looks at ways in which organs of power attempt to control discourse and explores the ways in which ideology can supplant reality.
074561034X (pbk) 9780745610344: No price
Sociolinguistics.
306.44 / BOU
Language and symbolic power / - Cambridge : Polity Press, 1992, (2005) - ix, 302 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. Translated from the French.
Examines the ways in which power is bolstered and extended by means of symbols. The book considers the importance of ritual in confirming institutions, looks at ways in which organs of power attempt to control discourse and explores the ways in which ideology can supplant reality.
074561034X (pbk) 9780745610344: No price
Sociolinguistics.
306.44 / BOU