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Healing Doublespeak
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Healing Doublespeak

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A field manual examining how language becomes weaponized through systematic inversion of meaning. Using the concept of linguistic chirality, this work analyzes how words like 'freedom, ' 'security, ' and 'patriot' are twisted by power structures while offering practical frameworks for restoring coherent communication in democratic discourse.

Drawing from chemistry's understanding of chirality-how identical molecular structures can function in opposite ways based on their orientation-this book reveals how the dominance paradigm inverts language to serve control rather than connection. Through detailed analysis of ten key terms, the authors trace how words that once fostered community have been weaponized to divide and manipulate.

The work moves beyond diagnosis to offer regenerative practices for linguistic integrity. Each chapter provides concrete tools for recognizing manipulation while rebuilding authentic communication. The framework includes practical applications for educators, policy makers, and community organizers seeking to restore meaning to public discourse.

Written during a period of unprecedented communication breakdown, this book serves as both mirror and map-helping readers understand how we arrived at this fractured moment while providing pathways toward coherent collective conversation. The analysis bridges academic rigor with accessible application, offering hope that shared meaning can be restored through intentional practice and relational commitment to truth.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Workingarts Press
Date
15 September 2025
Pages
188
ISBN
9798993108414

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

A field manual examining how language becomes weaponized through systematic inversion of meaning. Using the concept of linguistic chirality, this work analyzes how words like 'freedom, ' 'security, ' and 'patriot' are twisted by power structures while offering practical frameworks for restoring coherent communication in democratic discourse.

Drawing from chemistry's understanding of chirality-how identical molecular structures can function in opposite ways based on their orientation-this book reveals how the dominance paradigm inverts language to serve control rather than connection. Through detailed analysis of ten key terms, the authors trace how words that once fostered community have been weaponized to divide and manipulate.

The work moves beyond diagnosis to offer regenerative practices for linguistic integrity. Each chapter provides concrete tools for recognizing manipulation while rebuilding authentic communication. The framework includes practical applications for educators, policy makers, and community organizers seeking to restore meaning to public discourse.

Written during a period of unprecedented communication breakdown, this book serves as both mirror and map-helping readers understand how we arrived at this fractured moment while providing pathways toward coherent collective conversation. The analysis bridges academic rigor with accessible application, offering hope that shared meaning can be restored through intentional practice and relational commitment to truth.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Workingarts Press
Date
15 September 2025
Pages
188
ISBN
9798993108414