English and Translation in the European Union : unity and multiplicity in the wake of Brexit / / Alice Leal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910485583003321
• Autore: Leal Alice
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2021
• ISBN: 0-429-28281-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 306.446094
• Soggetti: English language - Political aspects - European Union countries; Multilingualism - Polcal aspects - European Union countries; Translating and interpreting - Political aspects - European Union countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Language, meaning and identity: From mother tongue to lingua franca -- The EU and English as a "lingua franca": De jure multilingualism versus de facto monolingualism -- Translation and the EU: The tension between unity versus multiplicity -- The EU as a community in formation in the wake of Brexit: For a new linguistic regime -- The future of language and translation in the EU: A language turn, a translation turn and a transcultural turn -- Final remarks.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book explores the growing tension between multilingualism and monolingualism in the European Union in the wake of Brexit, underpinned by the interplay between the rise of English as a lingua franca and the low status of translations in EU bodies, agencies and institutions. The book draws on an interdisciplinary approach highlighting insights from such fields as sociolinguistics, translation studies, and philosophy of language in looking at data drawn from official EU documents and online resources, many of which are increasingly initially produced in English and then translated into other languages, but not published as translations. In analyzing this data further, Leal explores issues around language hierarchy and the growing difficulty in reconciling the EU's approach to promoting multilingualism while fostering monolingualism in practice through the widespread use of English as a lingua franca, as well as questions ; around authenticity in the translation process and the boundaries between source texts and translations. The volume also looks ahead at the current and future implications of Brexit regarding this tension while also proposing potential ways forward toward resolving it. Offering unique insights into contemporary debates in translation studies, this book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in translation studies, sociolinguistics, philosophy of language and political science"-- Provided by publisher.

Initiatives and challenges in consequence management after a WMD attack [[electronic resource] /] / by Bruce W. Bennett, Richard A. Love

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910694847803321
• Autore: Bennett Bruce W. <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : , : USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University, , [2004]
• Descrizione fisica: iv, 40 pages : digital, PDF file
• Collana: Counterproliferation papers. Future warfare series ; ; no. 26
• Altri autori (Persone): LoveRichard A., Dr.
• Soggetti: Weapons of mass destruction - United States - Safety measures; Emergency management - United States; Civil defense - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 13, 2006).; "August 2004."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: I. Introduction -- II. History of WMD consequence management -- III. Mandate for consequence management in the national security strategy -- IV. WMD threats and their potential effects -- V. Methods for managing the consequences of WMD use -- VI. Toward a capabilities-based approach.

A political philosophy in public life [[electronic resource] ] : civic republicanism in Zapatero's Spain / / José Luis Martí and Philip Pettit

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784915303321
• Autore: Martí José Luis <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-63945-5; 9786612639456; 1-4008-3505-4
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PettitPhilip <1945->
• Disciplina: 320.01
• Soggetti: Republicanism - Spain; Spain Politics and government 1982-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Spanish Context -- 2. Civic Republican Theory -- 3. The Theory in Practice ? Spain 2004-8 -- 4. An Interview with Prime Minister Zapatero -- 5. Giving Philosophy a Public Life -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines an unlikely development in modern political philosophy: the adoption by a major national government of the ideas of a living political theorist. When José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero became Spain's opposition leader in 2000, he pledged that if his socialist party won power he would govern Spain in accordance with the principles laid out in Philip Pettit's 1997 book Republicanism, which presented, as an alternative to liberalism and communitarianism, a theory of freedom and government based on the idea of nondomination. When Zapatero was elected President in 2004, he invited Pettit to Spain to give a major speech about his ideas. Zapatero also invited Pettit to monitor Spanish politics and deliver a kind of report card before the next election. Pettit did so, returning to Spain in 2007 to make a presentation in which he gave Zapatero's government a qualified thumbs-up for promoting republican ideals. In this book, Pettit and José Luis Martí provide the historical background to these unusual events, explain the principles of civic republicanism in accessible terms, present Pettit's report and his ; response to some of its critics, and include an extensive interview with Zapatero himself. In addition, the authors discuss what is required of a political philosophy if it is to play the sort of public role that civic republicanism has been playing in Spain. An important account of a rare and remarkable encounter between contemporary political philosophy and real-world politics, this is also a significant work of political philosophy in its own right.