Writing and the Moral Self

<p>Originally published in 1991 this book analyses the relation between writing and ethics in a number of social contexts – in politics as language discloses its connections to the institutions of totalitarianism and democracy; in the university as contemporary scholarly ideals find an uncomfortably accurate representation in the stylistic forms of academic writing; in daily social practice ranging from the status of truth in journalistic writing to the connection between pronouns and affirmative action; and finally in the ethical structure of language itself. </p>