Reviewing the review - “Benjamin Bergen, What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves”

I've just read this review of Benjamin Bergen's recent book "What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves" in the New York Review of Books. An exciting read, but with some qualification. The review is enough to convince me to buy the book. It is also a reminder that we cannot escape ideology, however positivistically w…