Secessionist Discourse

By the 1850s sectional tension had spread across the nation. The lack of a solution to the issue of slavery that would appease both proponents and opponents of the issue increased this tension. The Constitution was written as a document to bring the nation together but was beginning to tear it apart. The Constitution was vague in terms of addressing slavery within the United States, causing arguments made by both sides of the issue to further polarize the nation. The statement, “By the 1850s the Constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity, had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created.” The interpretations of the Constitution about the

Rhetoric incorporates communication of all kinds – verbal, written, visual. The media is a great platform that has to use all three of these communication styles to effectively convey their message to a vast audience. The media provides many examples of rhetorical situations. Racial discourse is a common part of the American society. To elaborate on what rhetoric is and its place within popular media, I am going to look at the response to police shootings and subsequent protests in to see how media sources use rhetorical strategy to tell the same story in different ways as well as analyzing he rhetoric in both entertainment and newsprint that enables the ideology of post-racial America.

Our stream of conscience contributes to our ability to speak and form language in a powerful way, which overall contributes to the ability to function successfully within a society. Many philosophers built on the philosophies of the political atmosphere, language, and the shift from literacy (recited knowledge) to oratory (agency, ability to formulate personal thoughts and opinions). Through the analysis of various philosophical works, I will provide the basic understanding of the importance of the development of rhetoric and how it’s foundation has set the precedent for the future. In this paper I intend to explore, Gorgias Encomium of Helen, Isocrates,

How do speakers use construction and rhetoric to emphasise the importance of a shared vision?

In her book Discourses of Difference – An Analysis of Women’s Travel Writing and Colonialism (1991), Sara Mills also describes the divergences found in female travel writing. She points out that women tend to write more on the personal side and relationship in general are important in their writings. As well as Robinson, Mills states that women give importance to “wealth of details” in travel accounts unlike male travel writers that usually use a ‘more public discourse’. Assuming that there is a consistent difference in male and female writing through the literary point of view; what are, if there is any, the linguistic differences involved in the same genre? The idea of a difference in linguistic styles between male and female texts is not

Cold was the night as lightning danced across the sky. The storm swept across the feild without warning. The barn blew over as if hit by a wrecking ball. I could do nothing as the debree rushed toward me, frozen in fear I braced myself. Bam! Everything went black and the still silence seemed to last forever, then I saw a light. My entire life I had stood in the same place. Always watching over the vegtables and keeping them safe from the

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Norman Fairclough’s theoretical concepts regarding critical discourse analysis aim to analyse and reveal power relations implicated in discourse. This essay will identify and analyse the discursive tools utilised by The Daily Telegraph journalist, Simon Benson, in his March 2016 article outlining the possible decision of the Liberal government to increase tobacco excise in order to increase revenue.

Although it has been more than two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Soviet values still linger in Russia. While the totalitarianism, socialism and oppression instilled by the USSR has subsided, many believe that the attitudes it established have not. As Richard Arnold puts it, “Ethnic Russian nationalism has been growing since the fall of the Soviet Union, along with attempts by the regime to commandeer it.” Considering this longstanding nationalist attitude, this argument suggests that the invasion of Crimea was an imperialistic action that was part of Russia’s greater plan to reclaim former Soviet territories. However, some believe this historical framework did not instigate the annexation of Crimea, and that Russia was primarily motivated to invade because of the potential threat that NATO’s expansion posed. This argument proposes that Russia viewed the fall of ‘Russian-friendly’ Viktor Yanukovych as an opportunity for NATO to expand, and subsequently contain Russia. NATO’s official testimony on the matter states that “NATO and Russia have profound and persistent disagreements; however, the Alliance does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia.” Conversely, this argument deems that the confrontational actions of Russia in

“If I cooked you, I’d be able to survive on your meat for over a month.” This was not the welcome I had expected on my first day at the British School in Phuket, Thailand. I wondered if my fellow students here would be as kind as they were in America or would they be rude and brash, as this insult implied? Would the curriculum be an academic challenge or an intellectual breeze? I had no idea what to expect.

In 2014, emergence of two separate entities in the east of Ukraine has reawaken the issues surrounding the provision of humanitarian action in non-recognized entities effectively controlling a territory. If the Humanitarian needs and the effects of wars on civilian population are rarely manageable for the de facto states without external assistance, Humanitarian action may be instrumentalized, hence creating additional challenges for humanitarian actors. The core idea of this paper is to highlight the interactions between the Humanitarian action and its possible instrumentalization in de facto states. Understanding past conflicts, the response given by humanitarian actors as well as their challenges could be useful to grasp current and future humanitarian endeavours in de facto states hence, comparing South Caucasus and Ukraine

Sovereignty Sovereignty refers to ultimate and absolute authority designated to either an individual or an institutional body. The term sovereignty could be contested due to the fact that there is no universally agreed definition. Thomas Hobbes defined what he considered the basis of a political body as 'the most high and perpetual.' (Hobbes, quoted in Heywood, 1997, p26.)

The Crimea Peninsula, located between Kherson of Ukraine and Kuban of Russia, is a major land mass almost completely surrounded by the Black Sea, providing it an extremely important geopolitical position in Eastern Europe. Because of its special geopolitical position, Crimea always has strategic significance to Russia. In history, Crimea was annexed to the Russian Empire in 1783 and, following the Russian Revolution of 1917, became a republic within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in the USSR. It became the Autonomous Republic of Crimea within newly independent Ukraine in 1991. As a result of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, Russia annexed Crimea through a combination of military occupation and democratic procedure, leading to a serious crisis in international relation. The crisis has caused the most serious tension between Russia and the Western World since the end of Cold War and brought profound and lasting influence to international society. A deep understanding of Crimea Crisis is an

A discourse analysis is “A broad term for the study of ways in which language is used in text and context” (about education, 2015). I will be looking at four different practitioners and seeing how I can analyse it with different theories and how it compares with different criminology literature. I will also be using the term jargon in some of my analysis of practitioners, this is “Special works or expression use by professional or group that are difficult for others to understand” (Oxford dictionary, 2015).

In this essay, I used the case of the Kurdish diaspora to prove my point. As I mentioned earlier, the concept of transnational politics entails three important features. First, there is interaction between societal actors of different nation states. This was the case as the Kurdish diaspora is scattered all over the world, but kept in contact. Second, it bypasses the institution of government. This is also the case, because the Kurdish diaspora do not have a homeland and consequently no government. Third and last, the interactions affect government and states. This requirement is also met because of the possibilities the Kurds have to influence their homeland and host countries’ policies. Thus, due to the fact that the Kurdish diaspora meets the three requirements it provides a perfect example of transnational politics and is a good example of the difference between international relations and transnational