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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society Revised, Subsequent Edition

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Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of society.
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    0195204697
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0195204698
  3. Edition
    Revised, Subsequent
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    May 16, 1985
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8 x 0.71 x 5.38 inches
  8. Print length
    352 pages
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"A great asset for freshmen for definitions in the writing process."―Abdul L. Taj, Jackson State University

"A first-rate work, both stimulating and provocative."―Lawrence M. Davis, Ball State University

Praise for the first edition:

"An invaluable book....A unique coda to the words of one of our most original and provocative thinkers."―Harpers

"Stimulating."―The New York Times

"Keywords is useful and stimulating to all who work with words or merely love them."―The Wall Street Journal

"Writers, scholars, and others concerned with the interaction between the changed meanings of words will find Keywords current and informative."―Booklist

"The book's greatest value, perhaps, is its exemplification of how all of us should respond to the words we hear and use: with surprise, distrust, curiosity, and unflagging vigilance."―The Yale Review

"This book is an erudite, elegant, and awful warning to anybody tempted to lay down the lexicographical law, in order to apply one authoritative fixed sense to a highly variable and controversial value word."―The Times (London)

"Readers of Williams' earlier works will find fresh rewards in these insights into sematics, sociology, anthropology, and history."―Library Journal

"I found it of uncommon fascination....His book ranges widely in its discussion of the use of words, of the relationships between language and actuality, and of the moral aspects of meaning."―The Christian Science Monitor"

"A fascinating study....Precise and illuminating scholarship that is full of surprises."―Publishers Weekly

"Excellent in every respect. These entries will really give students a sense of the historical specificity of certain concepts. I will be using is as an important reference work."―Christina Rieger, University of Notre Dame

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A compelling argument about how changes in language reflect changing political and social values

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Revised, Subsequent edition (May 16, 1985)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195204697
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195204698
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.71 x 5.38 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 36 ratings

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Eibhinn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great to think with!
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2011
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This book is extremely helpful for stopping to ponder what we really mean by words we tend to toss around thoughtlessly: for example Class, Culture, Community. Williams takes a revealing and amazingly well researched historical approach by considering etymological word origins, and how the meanings of words change over time. He also considers how words are used both popularly and academically. This work is especially appropriate for those of us overly-analytical types who like to pick apart and unpack concepts as a matter of course, but the text might feel a little laboured and overly cerebral to the less theoretically minded. I highly recommend this as a much needed reference for graduate students and professional academics in the social sciences, or to very dedicated upper level undergraduates. Unfortunately, the more recent "New Keywords" is not nearly so well done - I think in part because it has multiple authors and ends up feeling a little uneven. It is understandable that it not be able to quite stand up to the original, as Raymond Williams was a genius in his own class.
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Alexander S. Gourlay
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential resource
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2005
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Williams has a point of view that readers must take into account, but perhaps all lexicographers should be as overt about their assumptions as he is in this eminently readable historical glossary of the terms that shape Western thought. It's a good idea when you are writing anything to stop at some point and look up Williams' account of a few of the words that you have been using -- it's guaranteed to focus the mind.
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The Professor
4.0 out of 5 stars Good for reference
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2018
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What it says on the tin. This is a useful glossary reference book for common vocabulary and ideas in cultural and social history and related fields. Don't expect to read it (rather like trying to read a dictionary in that sense) but as something to grab when one needs a quick and clear definition of a term, it is useful.
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kent clark
5.0 out of 5 stars key book for academic fledglings
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2013
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Ray Williams serves up an etymology and an intellectual history for every major term in the last 100-300 years of philosophical and critical commentary. Great for beginning grad students.
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Thomas
1.0 out of 5 stars Wasted money
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2022
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Just a fancy dictionary with etymology. I gave it away. Wasted money
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veronica
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for students young and old
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012
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My children use this for vocabulary building. A wonderful way to approach cultural literacy. Wish I had it sooner. Learned about it from an excellent teacher from Yale.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Purchase
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2018
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This is an excellent book.
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ronnyp407
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2018
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great business A++++++++
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Mr. Peter J. Swan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2018
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A very valuable book to counter the age of misinformation and false news
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Tidusmc
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2014
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This is a wonderful book. It is used a great deal in my university and I now know why, highly recommended.
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EileanNaHearadh
4.0 out of 5 stars Bliss was in that dawn
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2014
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In the late 50's and 60's a number of books were published analysing the concept of culture and establishing the discipline of cultural studies. Williams' own books "Culture and society" and "The long revolution" may be mentioned, as well as the wonderful "The uses of literacy" by the recently deceased (April 2014) Richard Hoggart and Denys Thompson's "Discrimination and popular culture." "Keywords" is part of this movement and consists of a series of studies of key concepts in cultural studies. An excellent consideration of terms often taken for granted.
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Carlos Vargas
4.0 out of 5 stars An amazing help
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2019
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Very good to pelp you to find the right context.
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