ALASHAN AND ORDOS,Inner Mongolia-Dust,five centimeters thick, and rat holes cover the landscape of the Shilekai village,about 300 kilometers from the city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
Starting from an etymological analysis of rape in the Indo-European language family,we want to trace the historical and semantic roots of this lexeme,in order to review its semantic and pragmatic development in the pe...Starting from an etymological analysis of rape in the Indo-European language family,we want to trace the historical and semantic roots of this lexeme,in order to review its semantic and pragmatic development in the perception of Italian speakers.Our aim is to read and understand the rape victim socio-cultural stigma in collective imagination.It is therefore possible to reconstruct the lexical,socio-semiotic,and narrative domain anticipating the phenomenology of victim blaming,which characterizes the media narratives of sexual violence.The victimological profile,socially expected and culturally accepted,seems to support the original semantic connotation of the Latin word stuprum,that is“corruption of virginity”,“contamination of purity”.Many typical mainstream discourses examined,through special“gender lenses”,provide portraits of imperfect,ambiguous,unreliable victims because they are deemed guilty of not being holy enough.展开更多
Whenever U.S.Presibent Donald Trump talks about the U.S.fentanyl crisis,he will especially blame China for causing it That rhetoric does not hold up to scrutiny.At the beginning of this century,almost 800 Americans di...Whenever U.S.Presibent Donald Trump talks about the U.S.fentanyl crisis,he will especially blame China for causing it That rhetoric does not hold up to scrutiny.At the beginning of this century,almost 800 Americans died from a fentanyl overdose.Fast forward to 2021.and more than 107,000 deaths were traced to the drug in that year alone.How is it possible that in roughly 20 years,the number of deaths had spiked over 13,000 percent?The answer is a complex one:Politicians are not interested in delivering such answers.Instead,they live in a world in which deflection and blaume generate headlines.And we know anytime a politician blames China that news covernage is soon to follow.展开更多
with a crying need for the U.S.and China to unite and work together,it is unfortunate that China-U.S.relations have deteriorated to a level not seen since the Cold War before Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China i...with a crying need for the U.S.and China to unite and work together,it is unfortunate that China-U.S.relations have deteriorated to a level not seen since the Cold War before Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972.This deterioration was completely avoidable.One would have hoped that the rhetoric would dissipate as cooler and more rational voices prevailed to restore a greater sense of cooperation in the world’s most important bilateral relationship.展开更多
Global supply chains-technically dubbed global value chains(GVCs)-have become weaponized in the economic battles of the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)pandemic.The target:China,the West’s favorite scapegoat in a ...Global supply chains-technically dubbed global value chains(GVCs)-have become weaponized in the economic battles of the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)pandemic.The target:China,the West’s favorite scapegoat in a self-serving blame game.。展开更多
Making accurate earthquake predictions is notoriously difficult, but not acting on small possibilities can leave experts feeling guilty The May 12 earthquake in Wenchuan County took less than two minutes to kill some ...Making accurate earthquake predictions is notoriously difficult, but not acting on small possibilities can leave experts feeling guilty The May 12 earthquake in Wenchuan County took less than two minutes to kill some 70,000 people and injure several times that number, mostly展开更多
文摘ALASHAN AND ORDOS,Inner Mongolia-Dust,five centimeters thick, and rat holes cover the landscape of the Shilekai village,about 300 kilometers from the city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
文摘Starting from an etymological analysis of rape in the Indo-European language family,we want to trace the historical and semantic roots of this lexeme,in order to review its semantic and pragmatic development in the perception of Italian speakers.Our aim is to read and understand the rape victim socio-cultural stigma in collective imagination.It is therefore possible to reconstruct the lexical,socio-semiotic,and narrative domain anticipating the phenomenology of victim blaming,which characterizes the media narratives of sexual violence.The victimological profile,socially expected and culturally accepted,seems to support the original semantic connotation of the Latin word stuprum,that is“corruption of virginity”,“contamination of purity”.Many typical mainstream discourses examined,through special“gender lenses”,provide portraits of imperfect,ambiguous,unreliable victims because they are deemed guilty of not being holy enough.
文摘Whenever U.S.Presibent Donald Trump talks about the U.S.fentanyl crisis,he will especially blame China for causing it That rhetoric does not hold up to scrutiny.At the beginning of this century,almost 800 Americans died from a fentanyl overdose.Fast forward to 2021.and more than 107,000 deaths were traced to the drug in that year alone.How is it possible that in roughly 20 years,the number of deaths had spiked over 13,000 percent?The answer is a complex one:Politicians are not interested in delivering such answers.Instead,they live in a world in which deflection and blaume generate headlines.And we know anytime a politician blames China that news covernage is soon to follow.
文摘with a crying need for the U.S.and China to unite and work together,it is unfortunate that China-U.S.relations have deteriorated to a level not seen since the Cold War before Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972.This deterioration was completely avoidable.One would have hoped that the rhetoric would dissipate as cooler and more rational voices prevailed to restore a greater sense of cooperation in the world’s most important bilateral relationship.
文摘Global supply chains-technically dubbed global value chains(GVCs)-have become weaponized in the economic battles of the novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19)pandemic.The target:China,the West’s favorite scapegoat in a self-serving blame game.。
文摘Making accurate earthquake predictions is notoriously difficult, but not acting on small possibilities can leave experts feeling guilty The May 12 earthquake in Wenchuan County took less than two minutes to kill some 70,000 people and injure several times that number, mostly
