L'art de l'argumentation ne cède pas ses droits en situation de guerre. Au contraire, la préparation des conflits, la conduite des opérations et la reconstruction de la paix sont d'intenses moments ...de persuasion, de négociation et de confrontation dans lesquels l'art oratoire occupe toute sa place. Fruit d'une collaboration active entre historiens et juristes, cet ouvrage propose une réflexion novatrice sur les usages et les fonctions du discours en situation de conflit armé. Les articles réunis ici transportent le lecteur des plaines du Péloponnèse et de l'Italie romaine au Tribunal international de La Haye, en passant par les guerres d'Attila et de Bourgogne, par les conflits religieux et ceux de la monarchie absolue, ou encore par la guerre de Sécession et les deux conflits mondiaux. S'y révèlent les modalités et les enjeux de la parole en guerre : qu'elle s'efforce de justifier ou de contester l'engagement, la violence ou les buts de guerres ; de convaincre les autorités politiques et l'opinion publique d'entrer dans le conflit ou les combattants de sacrifier leur vie ; qu'elle implore le pardon ou réclame des réparations ; qu'elle cherche à s'emparer de la gloire d'une victoire ou à repousser la honte d'une défaite.
Possible Pasts George, Robert Blair St; Studies, McNeil Center for Early American; Culture, Omohundro Institute of Early American History amp
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Possible Pasts represents a landmark in early American studies, bringing to that field the theoretical richness and innovative potential of the scholarship on colonial discourse and postcolonial ...theory. Drawing on the methods and interpretive insights of history, anthropology, history of art, folklore, and textual analysis, its authors explore the cultural processes by which individuals and societies become colonial.Rather than define early America in terms of conventional geographical, chronological, or subdisciplinary boundaries, their essays span landscapes from New England to Peru, time periods from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, and topics from religion to race and novels to nationalism. In his introduction Robert Blair St. George offers an overview of the genealogy of ideas and key terms appearing in the book.Part I, Interrogating America, then challenges readers to rethink the meaning of early America and its relation to postcolonial theory. In Part II, Translation and Transculturation, essays explore how both Europeans and native peoples viewed such concepts as dissent, witchcraft, family piety, and race. The construction of individual identity and agency in Philadelphia is the focus of Part III, Shaping Subjectivities. Finally, Part IV, Oral Performance and Personal Power, considers the ways in which political authority and gendered resistance were established in early America. Possible Pasts represents a landmark in early American studies, bringing to that field the theoretical richness and innovative potential of the scholarship on colonial discourse and postcolonial theory. Drawing on the methods and interpretive insights of history, anthropology, history of art, folklore, and textual analysis, its authors explore the cultural processes by which individuals and societies become colonial. Rather than define early America in terms of conventional geographical, chronological, or subdisciplinary boundaries, their essays span landscapes from New England to Peru, time periods from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, and topics from religion to race and novels to nationalism. In his introduction Robert Blair St. George offers an overview of the genealogy of ideas and key terms appearing in the book. Part I, Interrogating America, then challenges readers to rethink the meaning of early America and its relation to postcolonial theory. In Part II, Translation and Transculturation, essays explore how both Europeans and native peoples viewed such concepts as dissent, witchcraft, family piety, and race. The construction of individual identity and agency in Philadelphia is the focus of Part III, Shaping Subjectivities. Finally, Part IV, Oral Performance and Personal Power, considers the ways in which political authority and gendered resistance were established in early America.
This pioneering volume explores the Arctic as an important and highly endangered archive of knowledge about natural as well as human history of the anthropocene.Focusing on the Arctic as an archive ...means to investigate it not only as a place of human history and memory - of Arctic exploring, ›conquering‹ and colonizing -, but to take into account also the specific environmental conditions of the circumpolar region: ice and permafrost. These have allowed a huge natural archive to emerge, offering rich sources for natural scientists and historians alike.Examining the debate on the notion of (›natural‹) archive, the cultural semantics and historicity of the meaning of concepts like ›warm‹, ›cold‹, ›freezing‹ and ›melting‹ as well as various works of literature, art and science on Arctic topics, this volume brings together literary scholars, historians of knowledge and philosophy, art historians, media theorists and archivologists.
The intent ofRace, Racialization, and Antiracism in Canada and Beyondis to probe systemic forms of racism, as well as to suggest strategies for addressing them.
Le problème de notre temps n’est pas de choisir entre globalisation et repliement identitaire : on ne peut ignorer ni la diversité des pays, ni leur interdépendance croissante face aux périls ...écologiques et sociaux qui les affectent tous. La langue française permet de dépasser ce faux dilemme avec la distinction qu’elle autorise entre globalisation et mondialisation. Globaliser, c’est œuvrer au règne du Marché, de la croissance illimitée, de la flexibilisation du travail et de l’hégémonisme culturel. Mondialiser consiste à établir un ordre mondial respectueux de notre écoumène, du travail humain et de la diversité des peuples et des cultures. Le présent ouvrage explore cette perspective à la lumière de l’œuvre visionnaire de Simone Weil. Il revisite ses réflexions sur l’enracinement, la liberté et l’oppression, pour penser tour à tour notre « milieu vital » (dont la destruction s’accélère aujourd’hui), le concert des civilisations, les conditions d’un travail non servile, ainsi que les bons et mauvais usages du droit.
Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Digitalization and Sustainability collects the lectures and technical papers presented at the 12th International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and ...Management (IABMAS 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark, 24-28 June 2024). This Open Access book contains 480 contributions, including the T.Y. Lin Lecture, 9 Keynote Lectures, and 470 technical papers from 44 countries. The contributions are presented bring together academic and technological developments in Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Digitalization and Sustainability, to solve new and old problems with innovative solutions. Major topics include: advanced bridge design, construction and maintenance approaches, safety, reliability and risk evaluation, life-cycle management, life-cycle resilience, sustainability, standardization, analytical models, bridge management systems, service life prediction, structural health monitoring, non-destructive testing and field testing, robustness and redundancy, durability enhancement, repair and rehabilitation, fatigue and corrosion, extreme loads, needs of bridge owners, whole life costing and investment for the future, financial planning and application of information and computer technology, extensive data analysis and artificial intelligence for bridges, among others. Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, Digitalization and Sustainability provides an up-to-date overview of the field of bridge engineering and significant contributions to making more rational decisions on bridge safety, maintenance, management, life-cycle, resilience, sustainability, and bridge innovations to enhance society’s welfare. The Editors hope that this book will serve as a valuable reference to all concerned with bridge structure and infrastructure systems, including engineers, researchers, academics, and students from all areas of bridge engineering.
