My #fridayreads is CBA vol 58, the “C’est Bon Anthology” entitled “Modern Glossolalia or the Erosion of Meaning”.
How do we talk when words that used to mean certain things have become so vague that they can be freely appropriated by anyone, for any purpose? And what’s up with the currently so prevalent flirting with war, fascism and the dehumanization of anyone who doesn’t fit into the unspoken and conveniently unspecified national identity?
Released in 2022, it feels even more up-to-date today.