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The Kingdom of Speech

By Tom Wolfe

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The Kingdom of Speech

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The maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong. Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech -- not evolution -- is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, and through the controversial work of modern-day anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the current wisdom that language is hard-wired in humans, Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds it irrelevant here in the Kingdom of Speech.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
194
Release Date:
2017-12-05
Publication Date:
2017-12-05
Publisher:
Hachette Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0316404632
ISBN13:
9780316404631
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
202 g
Height:
206 cm
Width:
138 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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