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Assaig sobre l'origen de les llengües
A les mans teniu la primera traducció al català —a cura de Marc Miranda— d’Assaig sobre l’origen de les llengües. Aquesta obra és un testimoniatge que Jean-Jacques Rousseau, com molts altres pensadors, fou captivat per l’enlluernament que l’origen de les llengües del món ha originat al llarg de la història. De fet, Jacques Derrida establí paral·lelismes entre els postulats de Rousseau i els de Saussure, considerat el pare de la lingüística moderna.
Aquest assaig ens inspira a atresorar la riquesa de les llengües del món —lligades de forma inherent a la condició humana i, especialment, a la llengua popular: dialectes, accents i registres— i a preservar la diversitat lingüística, perquè per remots i incerts que en siguin els orígens, el futur de les llengües del món sí que és a les nostres mans.
Aquest assaig ens inspira a atresorar la riquesa de les llengües del món —lligades de forma inherent a la condició humana i, especialment, a la llengua popular: dialectes, accents i registres— i a preservar la diversitat lingüística, perquè per remots i incerts que en siguin els orígens, el futur de les llengües del món sí que és a les nostres mans.
88 pages, Paperback
Published July 17, 2025
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
4,715 books2,958 followersGenevan philosopher and writer Jean Jacques Rousseau held that society usually corrupts the essentially good individual; his works include
The Social Contract
and
Émile
(both 1762).
This important figure in the history contributed to political and moral psychology and influenced later thinkers. Own firmly negative view saw the post-hoc rationalizers of self-interest, apologists for various forms of tyranny, as playing a role in the modern alienation from natural impulse of humanity to compassion. The concern to find a way of preserving human freedom in a world of increasingly dependence for the satisfaction of their needs dominates work. This concerns a material dimension and a more important psychological dimensions. Rousseau a fact that in the modern world, humans come to derive their very sense of self from the opinions as corrosive of freedom and destructive of authenticity. In maturity, he principally explores the first political route, aimed at constructing institutions that allow for the co-existence of equal sovereign citizens in a community; the second route to achieving and protecting freedom, a project for child development and education, fosters autonomy and avoids the development of the most destructive forms of self-interest. Rousseau thinks or the possible co-existence of humans in relations of equality and freedom despite his consistent and overwhelming pessimism that humanity will escape from a dystopia of alienation, oppression, and unfreedom. In addition to contributions, Rousseau acted as a composer, a music theorist, the pioneer of modern autobiography, a novelist, and a botanist. Appreciation of the wonders of nature and his stress on the importance of emotion made Rousseau an influence on and anticipator of the romantic movement. To a very large extent, the interests and concerns that mark his work also inform these other activities, and contributions of Rousseau in ostensibly other fields often serve to illuminate his commitments and arguments.
This important figure in the history contributed to political and moral psychology and influenced later thinkers. Own firmly negative view saw the post-hoc rationalizers of self-interest, apologists for various forms of tyranny, as playing a role in the modern alienation from natural impulse of humanity to compassion. The concern to find a way of preserving human freedom in a world of increasingly dependence for the satisfaction of their needs dominates work. This concerns a material dimension and a more important psychological dimensions. Rousseau a fact that in the modern world, humans come to derive their very sense of self from the opinions as corrosive of freedom and destructive of authenticity. In maturity, he principally explores the first political route, aimed at constructing institutions that allow for the co-existence of equal sovereign citizens in a community; the second route to achieving and protecting freedom, a project for child development and education, fosters autonomy and avoids the development of the most destructive forms of self-interest. Rousseau thinks or the possible co-existence of humans in relations of equality and freedom despite his consistent and overwhelming pessimism that humanity will escape from a dystopia of alienation, oppression, and unfreedom. In addition to contributions, Rousseau acted as a composer, a music theorist, the pioneer of modern autobiography, a novelist, and a botanist. Appreciation of the wonders of nature and his stress on the importance of emotion made Rousseau an influence on and anticipator of the romantic movement. To a very large extent, the interests and concerns that mark his work also inform these other activities, and contributions of Rousseau in ostensibly other fields often serve to illuminate his commitments and arguments.
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October 9, 2025No us mentiré: me'l vaig comprar per llegir el debut en la traducció literària d'en Marc Miranda (l'artista també conegut com a trodeponent) i m'hi he trobat un assaig breu, concís i interessantíssim (per una ignorant, com jo, del tema) sobre llengües, paraules i comunicació. Més que recomanable.
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November 2, 20255 estrelles pel traductor :)
December 21, 2025
un poti-poti de coses sense sentit on el més destacable és el brillant treball de traducció.
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