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Who benefits from the sanitized language of violence? / Matthew Fyjis-Walker
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: International studies on military ethics ; volume 14Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, 2024Description: 1 Online-RessourceISBN:- 9789004696426
- Military law -- Great Britain
- Military ethics -- Great Britain
- Law -- Great Britain
- Civil-military relations -- Great Britain
- War (International law)
- Violence (Law)
- Euphemism
- Morale militaire - Grande-Bretagne
- Droit - Grande-Bretagne - Langage
- Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire - Grande-Bretagne
- Guerre (Droit international)
- Violence - Droit
- Great Britain
- 355.001/4 23/eng/20240512
- KD6000
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Summary: "Language is not neutral; it determines, and is determined, by perspective. This volume explores the role of an influential vocabulary of war, sanitised language, the language that seeks to clean up the appearance of events through euphemism, abstract words and opaque phrases. Critical discourse analysis of the language of recent military campaigns shows that the public authorities do not explain events as clearly as they might. Despite social, political and strategic incentives to use sanitised language, its use appears to undermine the democratic process and reduce public authorities' freedoms, possibly emboldening adversaries and turning away potential partners"--PPN: PPN: 1916231357Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
Does the model of surrogacy offer value to the analysis of civil-military relations in the UK? -- Literature review -- Methodology -- Findings -- Discussion.
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