Between Gift and Necessity. Jean-Jacques Rousseau as a Language Anthropologist
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2018.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The unusual character of Rousseau’s theory of the origin of languages lies in its resolutely anti-utilitarian dimension. In fact, far from being the mechanical consequence of a necessity for men to regroup, languages, because they are for Rousseau the expressions of the feelings and passions which arise from a completely different trade between men, provoke a real symbolic break that institutes society on the transcendence of all contingencies. This is how Rousseau does a work of anthropology, identifying in this inaugural obligation to separate from itself, the foundation of language and gift.
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The unusual character of Rousseau’s theory of the origin of languages lies in its resolutely anti-utilitarian dimension. In fact, far from being the mechanical consequence of a necessity for men to regroup, languages, because they are for Rousseau the expressions of the feelings and passions which arise from a completely different trade between men, provoke a real symbolic break that institutes society on the transcendence of all contingencies. This is how Rousseau does a work of anthropology, identifying in this inaugural obligation to separate from itself, the foundation of language and gift.
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