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Beschreibung

CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance is a collective intervention into the politics of language at a time when words themselves are being policed, erased, and weaponized. Emerging from the suppression of terms like "diversity," "intersectionality," and "climate crisis," the project reclaims and expands this contested vocabulary through contributions from over 100 scholars, artists, and activists worldwide. Each entry interrogates how language shapes what can be known, said, and done, while offering new, situated meanings rooted in lived experience and critical inquiry. Neither dictionary nor manifesto alone, CONTRADICTionary operates as a living archive of dissent, embracing contradiction as method and multiplicity as strength. By transforming banned words into sites of analysis, imagination, and action, it challenges regimes of silence and invites readers to actively participate in redefining the terms that govern collective life.

CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance is a collective intervention into the politics of language at a time when words themselves are being policed, erased, and weaponized. Emerging from the suppression of terms like "diversity," "intersectionality," and "climate crisis," the project reclaims and expands this contested vocabulary through contributions from over 100 scholars, artists, and activists worldwide. Each entry interrogates how language shapes what can be known, said, and done, while offering new, situated meanings rooted in lived experience and critical inquiry. Neither dictionary nor manifesto alone, CONTRADICTionary operates as a living archive of dissent, embracing contradiction as method and multiplicity as strength. By transforming banned words into sites of analysis, imagination, and action, it challenges regimes of silence and invites readers to actively participate in redefining the terms that govern collective life.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Philosophie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781785421716
ISBN-10: 1785421719
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Herzogenrath, Bernd
Barria-Asenjo, Nicol A
Hersteller: Open Humanities Press CIC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 226 x 151 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Bernd Herzogenrath (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.08.2026
Gewicht: 0,42 kg
Artikel-ID: 138259451