TY - BOOK AU - Kates,Joshua TI - A New Philosophy of Discourse: Language Unbound SN - 9781350163621 U1 - N83 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Academic KW - Discourse analysis KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Calling into question all structural rules and principles relating to language, Joshua Kates presents a radical new path for interpreting this every day, taken-for-granted tool of communication. Traversing theory, literary criticism, philosophy, and the philosophy of language, the book speaks to contemporary debates on analytical and humanistic modes of inquiry. Language and texts are thought of as active 'events', replete with allusions to history, context and tradition that are always in the making. This emphasis makes the case for a rigorous inquiry of text and talk in all their forms, bridging the continental and analytical divide in the process"-- ER -