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Watch Your Words - by Gerald Garutti (Hardcover)

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  • Never before has humanity done so much talking.
  • About the Author: Gérald Garutti is a distinguished author, theatrical director (of plays in English and in French), lecturer (at Sciences Po in Paris), and commentator.
  • 144 Pages
  • Language + Art + Disciplines, Speech

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About the Book



"Gâerald Garutti pushes for a return to a more constructive and responsible form of speech. He lays the groundwork for a humanistic approach: one which, contrary to the dominant culture of ignoring and humiliating others, emphasizes listening to them and mastering speech as a way of connecting. The arts of speech can contribute to the reconciliation of tensions in our society and to the realization of our full humanity."--



Book Synopsis



Never before has humanity done so much talking. But is anyone listening? For that matter, are people even speaking to each other?

We need to acknowledge that speech, as we know it, has never been so debased. We live in a world full of empty, degraded, and potentially violent speech: a daily reality that confronts us in the workplace, in the media, on the streets, on the internet, and in our political lives. Verbal clashes are commonplace, while proper dialogue is rare.

Gérald Garutti pushes for a return to a more constructive and responsible form of speech. He lays the groundwork for a humanistic approach: one which, contrary to the dominant culture of ignoring and humiliating others, emphasizes listening to them and mastering speech as a way of connecting. The arts of speech can contribute to the reconciliation of tensions in our society and to the realization of our full humanity.

Watch Your Words is a stunning manifesto for anyone interested in how we might better communicate with each other.



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"With compelling argumentative force, Garutti's Watch Your Words presents a resolute call for a new appreciation of the arts of speech as the central civic leverage point for emancipatory action. This manifesto explores both the foundational role of the word for the politics of social, political, and economic relations and how to reimagine those relationships in a world increasingly influenced by the internet's logorrheic deluge. Impeccably translated by Raymond Geuss, Garutti's manifesto has already led to the founding of the Centre for the Arts of Speech in Paris."
Willi Goetschel, University of Toronto

"Beginning with the simplest of propositions, "we must value speech properly", Garutti tears into linguistic degradation in our time with depth, comprehensiveness, and knife-like clarity. His plea for linguistic restitution as an "ethics of reciprocity" is equally simple, well articulated, and urgent. Translated by Raymond Geuss, who places the book within the genre of the manifesto, Watch Your Words is a must-read which should be widely discussed."
Daniel Herwitz, University of Michigan

"A passionate and timely plea to restore dignity and value to human speech. Reminding us that we are what we say, Garutti's manifesto is in fact a practical guide to what Michel Foucault once praised as "the courage of the truth" made manifest in speech, action, and life."
James I. Porter, University of California, Berkeley

"Watch Your Words offers a thoughtful and engaged contribution to contemporary discussions on language, ethics, and performance. It invites artists, thinkers, and readers alike to reconsider how we speak, as well as why we do so."
JACLR: Journal of Artistic Creation and Literary Research




About the Author



Gérald Garutti is a distinguished author, theatrical director (of plays in English and in French), lecturer (at Sciences Po in Paris), and commentator. He is founder and director of the Centre for the Arts of Speech, which provides a politically aware and aesthetically sensitive institutional space within which all the various arts of speech - eloquence, debate, narration, drama - can be cultivated in the context of commitment to their humanistic integration.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.58 Inches (H) x 5.67 Inches (W) x .79 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 144
Genre: Language + Art + Disciplines
Sub-Genre: Speech
Publisher: Polity Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Gerald Garutti
Language: English
Street Date: April 15, 2025
TCIN: 94283674
UPC: 9781509567294
Item Number (DPCI): 247-33-3755
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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