The Reality of Linguistic Violence Against Women


Συγγραφέας: William C. Gay


William C. Gay: The Reality of Linguistic Violence Against Women (html, 67K)
Hannah Arendt says that "violence is nothing more than the most flagrant manifestation of power."[1] Given this definition, one might expect that violence takes many forms. Numerous writers have, in fact, applied violence to more than direct bodily harm. Within philosophy, Newton Garver, for example, has developed a typology of violence that includes overt and covert forms, as well as personal...