Rebecca Roache

For F*ck's Sake

Why Swearing Is Shocking, Rude, and Fun. Sprachen: Englisch. 21,6 cm / 14,2 cm / 2,8 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Hardcover), 272 Seiten
EAN 9780190665067
Veröffentlicht November 2023
Verlag/Hersteller Oxford University Press
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Swearwords have an almost magical power to shock and offend. What explains this? What can we learn when we take a close, serious look at swearwords and how they work? What do we find when we explore, for example, what exactly it is we're doing when we swear, or why people are more tolerant of f***--when they know full well what it stands for--than they are of the swearword it refers to? Philosopher Rebecca Roache takes readers on an illuminating and entertaining search for answers to these and other puzzling questions about swearing. As she argues, swearing is uniquely powerful because unlike other etiquette breaches it is designed to offend. But that is not all that swearing can do. It has the power to bring people together, help them accept one another, and relate to one another as equals.

Portrait

Rebecca Roache is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is co-editor, with Julian Savalescu, Will Davies, and J. Pierre Loebel of Psychiatry Reborn. Her work has appeared in places like the BBC, The Guardian, The Times, Harper's, MIT Technology Review, Aeon, and Slate. Her podcast, The Academic Imperfectionist, draws on philosophy to deal with things like self-doubt and procrastination.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Why give a shit about swearing?
Chapter 1 What is swearing?
Chapter 2 Swearing's secret offensive ingredient
Chapter 3 There is no secret ingredient
Chapter 4 Different kinds of wrong
Chapter 5 Taboo, aggression, and harsh sweary sounds
Chapter 6 How to be a really offensive swearer
Chapter 7 You talkin' to me?
Chapter 8 A regulatory fucking mess
Chapter 9 How to do things with swearing
Chapter 10 Fairer swearers
Chapter 11 Swears versus slurs
Chapter 12 Cunt and cocksucker
Chapter 13 Cunt and 'cunt'
Chapter 14 How the f*** do asterisks work?
Chapter 15 Swearing as a force for good
Chapter 16 The value of offensiveness
Conclusion You're all fucking superheroes
Acknowledgements
References
Index

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