Xing Yu

Language and State (eBook, ePUB)

An Inquiry Into the Progress of Civilization

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that a tribe of the primitive society is formed because of kinship, while a state of the civilized society is formed because of language. When humans communicate using language, they extend the distance and the reaches of communication. They expand their communities. States replace tribes. Language underlies the formation of the state. Then, accordingly, language also underlies the organization of the state as men create language solutions in the organization of the state such as constitution, election and representation. The extension of linguistic communication distance also underlies the formation of three juxtaposing branches of government ? administrative, legislative and judicial body. It also enables men to create various forms of civilization such as history, philosophy, literature, art, religion and law which play a role in the construction of men's spirit that guides the operation of the state. Language presets the whole process of the progress of civilization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761869047
• Artikelnr.: 48412108

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Part One Language and State Formation
Introduction
Chapter One: People
Chapter Two: Community
Chapter Three: Nation
Chapter Four: State
Part Two Language and State Governance
Introduction
Chapter Five: Appellation
Chapter Six: Constitution
Chapter Seven: Election
Chapter Eight: Representation
Chapter Nine: Government
Part Three Language and State Spirit
Introduction
Chapter Ten: History
Chapter Eleven: Philosophy
Chapter Twelve: Literature and Art
Chapter Thirteen: Religion
Chapter Fourteen: Law
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author