The Search for the Perfect Language in European Culture

God punishes the people who defy Him and attempt to build a tower that will reach the sky: He destroys the Tower of Babel and condemns the people who spoke a common language until the construction of the tower to speak different languages... Latin is where the linguistic and political unity of Rome is about to collapse. In the centuries when the languages spoken today in Europe began to replace it, European culture rethinks the phenomenon of the Tower of Babel and asks itself the following question: The proliferation and differentiation of languages cannot be solved by rediscovering the Language of Adam or re-establishing it as the "Perfect Language". ?

As always, Umberto Eco tells us the story of this search, enabling us to make brand new discoveries and look at many issues such as language, culture, history, international relations and communication with a new perspective.

The dream of a Perfect Language has created a great attraction for many important thinkers who laid the foundations of Western culture. Eco traces this thought in his book "The Search for the Perfect Language in European Culture". One of the most meaningful gestures of the book is that it gives the last word to an Eastern writer, Ibn Hazm. To everyone who wants to join Eco's exciting cultural journey and finally see Ibn Hazm's "flawless" democratic approach...



Number of Pages: 328

Year of Printing: 2009


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Literature Publishing

First Printing Year: 2009

Number of Pages: 328

Language Turkish