[Hac-announce] Aug 2017 Book Discussion: "The Kingdom of Speech" by Tom Wolfe

[kvngough at aol.com]

Our book for August is The Kingdom of Speech by "new journalist" Tom Wolfe. The discussion will take place Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 2 pm in the library of the Unitarian Society of New Haven at 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden.










>From Amazon:
[The book] is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech – not evolution – is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. 

 From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, and through the controversial work of modern-day anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the current wisdom that language is hard-wired in humans, Wolfe examines the solemn, long-faced, laugh-out-loud zig-zags of Darwinism, old and Neo, and finds it irrelevant here in the Kingdom of Speech.

[Note: Book Group participants will recall Dan Everett and his adventures in linguistics, religion, and the Amazon from our selection Don't Sleep, There are Snakes in April 2014.]

"Tom Wolfe aims his unparalleled wit at evolution, arguing that complex language is the singular superpower that allows humans to rule the planet." – Harper's Bazaar


Light snacks will be served.
 
Also, Please Mark Your Calendars: The Sept. book discussion will be the 4th Saturday of the month, Sept. 23 (instead of Sept. 16). 







 



 










 






































 

 
 

 
















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