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... language here is also particularly germane to a political career . - Politics , " the science and art of government " , has much to do with the regulation of competing interests , and so , essentially , with communication and its ...
... language here is also particularly germane to a political career . - Politics , " the science and art of government " , has much to do with the regulation of competing interests , and so , essentially , with communication and its ...
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... language as such , suggesting general atti- tudes that operate in parallel with his specific patterns of use . It is essential for this exercise that the language analysed be the subject's own . We could be content in the previous ...
... language as such , suggesting general atti- tudes that operate in parallel with his specific patterns of use . It is essential for this exercise that the language analysed be the subject's own . We could be content in the previous ...
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... language . Language was both the analogy ( for his concern with the world's structures and order ) and his tool ( for defining that world ) . In consequence , Whitlam's language was marked by clarity , preci- sion and assertiveness . If ...
... language . Language was both the analogy ( for his concern with the world's structures and order ) and his tool ( for defining that world ) . In consequence , Whitlam's language was marked by clarity , preci- sion and assertiveness . If ...
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Part Two Political Work | 19 |
Part Three Political Agenda and Assumptions | 99 |
Language and Habits of Thought | 136 |
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