Healing Doublespeak: Chiral Distortion & The Recursive Arc: An Incomplete Series on Language, Drift, and Regeneration - Softcover

Martin, Frédo; Martin, Renée

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798993108407

Verlag: Workingarts Press, 2025

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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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Frédo is co-founder of Workingarts Marketing, Inc., where he leads strategic design and systems thinking initiatives. His work explores the intersection of visual communication, language, and political discourse, examining how design choices either reinforce or challenge existing power structures. With decades of experience in organizational development, he brings a systems perspective to understanding how language shapes civic engagement and democratic participation.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Workingarts Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798993108407
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 188
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