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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455464403321

Autore

Weeks Albert Loren <1923->

Titolo

The choice of war [[electronic resource] ] : the Iraq War and the just war tradition / / Albert L. Weeks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger Security International, c2010

ISBN

1-282-53499-8

9786612534997

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Collana

The ethics of American foreign policy

Disciplina

956.7044/31

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Moral and ethical aspects

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Moral and ethical aspects

Just war doctrine

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

United States Military policy Moral and ethical aspects

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

pt. 1. Jus ad bellum and jus in bello -- The human habit of war -- Judaeo-Christian to modern views of war -- pt. 2. Jus ad bellum and the Iraq War -- "Just cause" and the Iraq War --Legitimate authority and the Iraq War -- Feasibility criteriion and the Iraq War -- pt. 3. Jus in bello and the Iraq War -- Fatal mistakes made in the Iraq War -- Are the laws of war observed? -- Some conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

""Heisenberg famously said an 'expert' is someone who knows the worst mistakes that can be made in a particular field of activity, and how to avoid them. With this book, Albert Weeks shows he's an expert, offering both a deadly accurate description of the shambles we made of the second Iraq War, and a healing prescription that is mandatory reading for everyone interested in national security.'""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971529903321

Autore

Bühler Karl <1879-1963.>

Titolo

Theory of language : the representational function of language / / Karl Bühler ; translated by Donald Fraser Goodwin, in collaboration with Achim Eschbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2011

ISBN

9786613122001

9781283122009

1283122006

9789027286864

9027286868

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (616 p.)

Classificazione

ER 700

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodwinDonald Fraser

EschbachAchim

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Language and languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Sprachtheorie.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The principles of language research -- pt. 2. The deictic field of language and deictic words -- pt. 3. The symbolic field of language and the naming words -- pt. 4. The make-up of human speech : elements and compositions.

Sommario/riassunto

Karl Bühler (1879-1963) was one of the leading theoreticians of language of the twentieth century. Although primarily a psychologist, Bühler devoted much of his attention to the study of language and language theory. His masterwork Sprachtheorie (1934) quickly gained recognition in the fields of linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and the psychology of language. This new edition of the English translation of Bühler's theory begins with a survey on 'Bühler's legacy' for modern linguistics (Werner Abraham), followed by the Theory of Language, and finally with a special 'Postscript: Twenty-five Years Later …' (Achim Eschbach). Bühler's theory is divided into four parts. Part I discusses the four axioms or principles of language research, the most famous of which is the first, the organon model, the base of Bühler's instrumental view of language. Part II treats the role of



indexicality in language and discusses deixis as one determinant of speech. Part III examines the symbolic field, dealing with context, onomatopoeia and the function of case. Part IV deals with the elements of language and their organization (syllabification, the definition of the word, metaphor, anaphora, etc).The text is accompanied by an Introduction (Achim Eschbach); Translator's preface (Donald Fraser Goodwin); Glossary of terms; and a Bibliography of cited works.