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Zellig Harris :

0262015269 (hbk. : alk. paper)

9780262015264 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Zellig Harris :

[Book]

from American linguistics to socialist Zionism /

Robert F. Barsky

Cambridge, Mass. :

MIT Press,

c2011

xvii, 353 p. ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

I.The man. Origins -- Avukah -- Frame of reference -- II.The language work. Fom Semitics to structuralism -- Structural linguistics -- Science, math, and the study of language -- III.The politics. From Avukah to Zionism -- Toward a new society -- From Arab-Jewish cooperation to worker self-management

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Barsky describes Harris's work in language studies, and his pioneering ideas about discourse analysis, structural linguistics, and information representation. He also discusses Harris's part in the pre-1948 Zionist movement--when many Jews on the Left envisioned a socialist Palestine that would be a haven not only for persecuted Jews but also for disenfranchised Arabs and anyone seeking a sanctuary against oppression--and recounts Harris's debates on the subject with Brandeis, Einstein, and a large group of students involved with a Zionist organization called Avukah. Barsky also describes Harris's views on capitalism, worker-owner relations, and worker self-management, the legacy of which can be found in some of his students' writings, notably those of Seymour Melman. Barsky shows how Harris, as mentor, teacher, and colleague, powerfully influenced figures who came to dominate the twentieth century's political discussion--thinkers as different as Noam Chomsky and Nathan Glazer. --from publisher description

Harris, Zellig S., (Zellig Sabbettai),1909-1992

Language and languages-- Political aspects

Linguistics

Barsky, Robert F

20120112123910.0

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