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Who benefits from the sanitized language of violence? /

"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 discours...

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Main Author: Fyjis-Walker, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, 2024.
Series:International studies on military ethics, volume 14
Subjects:
Military law > Great Britain.
Military ethics > Great Britain.
Law > Great Britain > Language.
Civil-military relations > Great Britain.
War (International law)
Violence (Law)
Euphemism.
Great Britain > Military policy.
Morale militaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Droit > Grande-Bretagne > Langage.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre (Droit international)
Violence > Droit.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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