Bibliograph

Mind over memes, passive listening, toxic talk, and other modern language follies, Diana Senechal

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Label

Mind over memes, passive listening, toxic talk, and other modern language follies, Diana Senechal

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

essays

Main title

Mind over memes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1030609190

Responsibility statement

Diana Senechal

Sub title

passive listening, toxic talk, and other modern language follies

Summary

"This collection of interconnected essays tackles words, concepts, and phrases that have become part of the cultural conversation--but deserve to be reexamined. Combining sharp criticism, lyricism, and play, this book argues for judicious and imaginative speech"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Take away the takeaway : the problem with pocketable summaries -- Change, our false god : questioning the rhetoric of reform -- The ubiquitous team (not everything has to be part of one) -- Is listening passive? -- Research has shown -- just what, exactly? -- Social and unsocial justice : how different kinds of justice combine -- The toxicity of "toxic" -- The springs of creativity : how invention and creation require subject matter -- In praise of mixed mindsets : why "growth mindset" may not always be ideal -- What do we mean by "we"? -- A good misfit : how mismatches can enrich our work and life

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