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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques; Herder, Johann Gottfried
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Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, 1986
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- Title
- On the Origin of Language
- Author
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques; Herder, Johann Gottfried
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- acceptable
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0226730123
- ISBN 13
- 9780226730127
This volume combines Rousseau's essay on the origin of diverse languages with Herder's essay on the genesis of the faculty of speech. Rousseau's essay is important to semiotics and critical theory, as it plays a central role in Jacques Derrida's book Of Grammatology, and both essays are valuable historical and philosophical documents.
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About the Author
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) was a leading Genevan philosopher and political theorist and one of the key figures of the Enlightenment.
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