His discourse on war and politics is studded too with moments of personal loss, something common to Colombians from all walks of life in this conflict.
This entry provides a sample of the rich and controversial argumentation surrounding philosophical discourse on war.
As a result, the older and distinctly pre-biological discourse of race war once employed by counter-history was conceptually reconfigured as an 'internal war that defends society against threats born of and in its own body' (ibid.: 216).
"Such links are arguably vital in a discourse dominated by talk of war," says Walker.
As the book's grandiose title suggests (along with its three sections, "Fear," "Killing" and "Love" ), "War" strives to offer not just a picture of American fighting men but a discourse on the nature of war itself.
As a proponent of the revisionist approach, I believe it is important for those outside academia to be aware of the challenges to the set of beliefs that has dominated moral thought about war for many centuries and that still frames public discourse about the morality of war.
A century ago, the discourse around the laws of war was far more candid than today.
Additionally, a predominant 'rape as a weapon of war' discourse may instill particular stereotypes of sexual violence.
His narrative fit well into the cultural discourse of the cold-war era, where, Harrington writes, many saw themselves as "broken by modern life".
The BBSU's final report, issued in 1946, provided Zuckerman with a high profile forum for laying the exaggerated inter-war discourse of civilian vulnerability to rest, concluding that the misguided emphasis on undermining civilian morale had unnecessarily prolonged the war.
Civil Discourse vs. Civil War Historians of the future may look back on our time with an indulgent chuckle when they consider the pundits and politicians who, in their anxiety to ensure a 'civil dialogue,' ignored the cui bono principle.
