Böcker av J. Joseph

Le convenu impose sa perception du monde et restreint l'agir humain au "comme il convient" d'une société de progrès.En pendant, le savoir chrétien propose une lecture de l'entour offrant à qui le comprend, une quiétude d'âme par delà les bruits marchands.Et tous deux se comportent en Langage façonnant notre rapport au monde.Qu'est-ce qu'un Langage ici? Une logique apprise écrivant nos vérités, nos pensées, nos jugements, nos attitudes, nos relations à autrui et à l'entour.Et le saisir, c'est saisir ce qui fait notre condition.

Offering a uniquely broad-based overview of the role of language choice in the construction of national, ethnic and religious identity, this textbook examines a wide range of specific cases from various parts of the world in order to arrive at some general principles concerning the links between language and identity.

Since the 1950s Cyprus has been a place of tension, friction, and violence caused by the clashing interests and claims of the two local communities and three NATO allies - Greece, Turkey, and Britain.

The authors examine the relationship between social science and philosophy and ask what sort of work social science and an accompanying philosophy should do. They reintroduce the question of ontology, through the work of Roy Bhaskar. The book argues against philosophising and is committed to a philosophical approach grounded in the social sciences.