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1、TheLanguageofViolenceLarryAshleyDr.LarryAshley,DepartmentofPhilosophy,140AOldMainBuilding,StateUniversityofNewYork,CollegeatCortland,Cortland,NY13045(607)753-2015fax:(607)753-5979e-mail:ashleyl@snycorva.cortland.eduMostpeoplewhobotherwiththematteratallwouldadmitthattheEnglishlanguageisinabadway,
2、butitisgenerallyassumedthatwecannotbyconsciousactiondoanythingaboutit.Ourcivilizationisdecadentandourlanguagesotheargumentrunsmustinevitablyshareinthegeneralcollapse.Itfollowsthatanystruggleagainsttheabuseoflanguageisasentimentalarchaism,likepreferringcandlestoelectriclightorhansomcabstoaero
3、planes.Underneaththisliesthehalfconsciousbeliefthatlanguageisanaturalgrowthandnotaninstrumentwhichweshapeforourownpurposes.GeorgeOrwell,"PoliticsandtheEnglishLanguage,"1946IntroductionIf,asOrwellsuggestsinthepassageabove,languageisaninstrumentwhichweshapeforourownpurposes,itmayserveuswelltoexam
4、inethemajorcontextsinwhichweemploythelanguageofviolenceandconflict.Iwanttodividemyinvestigationintothreeseparateareas.Heretheyareinanutshell:(1)Whatisthelanguageofviolenceinthefieldofcombat?(2)Whatisthelanguageofviolenceinthepublicsphere?(3)Howdoesthelanguageofviolenceemergeinourordinarylives,es
5、peciallyinsports?Idonotapproachthistopicfromanexpertsstanceorevenasonewhohasamassedadealofexperientialbackgroundintheseareas.Ihaveneverbeenasoldierorapeaceofficer,thoughmyfatherwasacareermilitaryman(engineers).Iapproachthisareaasaphilosopher,bringingtotheissueof“thelanguageofviolence”awillingnes
6、stoadvanceabstractconnectingprincipleswithwhichtounderstandandprocessoursharedhistoryandsocialspace.(1)Whatisthelanguageofviolenceinthefieldofcombat?Theprincipleobjectiveofthemilitaryforcesofanationistomenaceorkillthepeoplejudgedtobeenemiesofthatnation.TheprincipleobjectiveofthepoliceforcesInthe
7、verynamesAarmedforces@andApoliceforces@theuseofthewordAforce@acknowledgestheconnectionofthepersonneltoviolence,asopposedtootherwordslikeAstaff@orAfaculty@orothergroupterms.Bymetaphoricalextensionwedescribeorganizedemployeeso
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