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French to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Anthropology
French term or phrase:global-politique
This term pops up a few of times in an academic article (anthropology) about the WTO.
A few examples:
La croyance en l’existence de pouvoirs occultes, n’est jamais que l’autre face de la rationalité et de la modernité politique . Celle-ci génère les opacités qu’elle prétend prévenir, car le monde est toujours plus complexe, être suspicieux c’est essayer de le comprendre, rien n’est jamais acquis. Qu’est-ce que ces idéologies conspirationnistes nous disent du *global-politique* ? C’est la question qui doit retenir notre attention. La conspiration serait le mode opératoire du *global-politique* comme le laisse entendre tout un imaginaire alimenté par de nombreux produits culturels.
and several pages later:
Chaque forme de pouvoir possède une esthétique propre, un régime du sensible dont nous pouvons explorer les spécificités (Rancière, 2001). L’ombre et la lumière sont aux fondements d’une esthétique du *global-politique*.
Many thanks for your thoughts on this matter. This terms is increasingly used in French anthropology, but I haven't yet found an English translation with which I am completely comfortable.
Explanation: After the prompt from Jessica, it dawned on me that academics often refer to 'the global political' per se, meaning a mind-set really, or perspective.
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I do know what you mean. I also found it strange when I first heard it used, but it seems to encompass the whole ethos of the global political perspective.
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Thanks to both Helen and Jim who pointed out the obvious when I was reading too much into the question. My author is working with several anthropologists around this concept, which for now we will translate as global politics, but a new term may emerge once they have a done a bit more research and better outlined the new concept they intend to define. I have added 'global politics' to the glossary. 2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Yes, I have scoured the bibliography, but to no avail. I'm beginning to wonder if Jim and Helen are right and that I've just been reading far too much into the concept, which might simply be "global politics" after all. I'll leave this open for a couple of days to see if any other suggestions come in, though. I've also queried the author for her insight and will keep you updated if I've got anything more to add.
Global politics is an area of study (or a journalistic construct), whereas global-politique seems more an intellectual concept. I haven't yet found anything better though!
Sorry for the several mistakes which slipped into my posting. It must be lunch time!
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worldview
Explanation: The way a culture or person sees the world as influenced by their culture and belief systems or lack of.
also world view or world-view
Example sentence(s):
The meaning of the term worldview (also world-view, world view, and German Weltanschauung) seems self-evident: an intellectual perspective on the world or universe
[a]n all-inclusive world-view or outlook. A somewhat poetic term to indicate either an articulated system of philosophy or a more or less unconscious attitude toward life and the world ...
Explanation: After the prompt from Jessica, it dawned on me that academics often refer to 'the global political' per se, meaning a mind-set really, or perspective.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-04 12:38:31 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
I do know what you mean. I also found it strange when I first heard it used, but it seems to encompass the whole ethos of the global political perspective.
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Not easy to find you a link for obvious reasons.
Helen Shiner United Kingdom Local time: 17:01 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 10
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Thanks to both Helen and Jim who pointed out the obvious when I was reading too much into the question. My author is working with several anthropologists around this concept, which for now we will translate as global politics, but a new term may emerge once they have a done a bit more research and better outlined the new concept they intend to define. I have added 'global politics' to the glossary.
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Asker: Thanks Helen, but don't you find that this begs the question: the global political what? I had "global political sphere" to begin with, but I'm not convinced that it fully renders the FR concept.
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