{"product_id":"the-kingdom-of-speech-9780316404631","title":"The Kingdom of Speech","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tom Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe maestro storyteller and reporter provocatively argues that what we think we know about speech and human evolution is wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdom of Speech\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech -- not evolution -- is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45117495410839,"sku":"9780316404631","price":1583.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780316404631.webp?v=1767099729","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-kingdom-of-speech-9780316404631","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}