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100 1 _aBeaulac, Stephane,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Power of Language in the Making of International Law :
_bThe Word Sovereignty in Bodin and Vattel and the Myth of Westphalia /
_cStephane Beaulac.
246 3 _aThe Word Sovereignty in Bodin and Vattel and the Myth of Westphalia
264 1 _aLeiden;
_aBoston :
_bBrill | Nijhoff,
_c2004.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
490 1 _aDevelopments in International Law ;
_v46
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aForwords by Prof. Philip Allott, Acknowledgements, Introduction -- Part I : Groundwork: Words, Myths, Power -- Chapter 1 The Function of Words, Meaning is Meaningless, Creating and Transforming Language, Language in time, Words as representative signs in society, Words as organic instruments, Words as social power, Summary -- Chapter 2 The Logic of Mythology, Origin Myths, Myths and Mythical Reality, Myths as Social Power, Summary, Groundwork Epilogue -- Part II : Language An "Inward-outward" Approach -- Chapter 3 Deconstructing Deconstruction, Deconstructionist Analysis, Deconstructionist Strategy, Summary -- Chapter 4 The Hermeneutics of Hermeneutics, The Traditional Hermeneutics, The First Critique of Hermeneutics, The Modern Hermeneutics, The Second Critique of Hermeneutics, Summary -- Part III : The Social Power of the Myth of Westphalia -- Chapter 5 The "Westphalian State"System, Heteronomous Organisation and Transcendental Institutions, Dynamics and War of Religion and Politics, The Peace Treaties, Religious issues, Territorial settlement, Treaty-making power, Recapitulation, Westphalia's Aftermath, Summary -- Part IV : The Social Power of the Word Sovereignty -- Chapter 6 Bodin's Sovereignty : Power-Centraliser, Immediate Personal Context, Les six Livres de la Republique, Perpetual and absolute power, The power to make law, General assemblies and magistrates, Recapitulation, Extended Historical Context, Summary -- Chapter 7 Vattel's Sovereignty : Authority-Externaliser, Immediate Personal Context, The Discourse in Le Droit des Gens, Incorporation of power, Vattel's predecessors on moral personality of state, Vattel on moral personality of state, Independence of power, Non-intervention, Vattel's law of nations, Recapitulation, Extended Historical Context, Summary, Conclusion.
520 _aThe purpose of this book is to enter into the history of the mental-social phenomena that are the word sovereignty and the myth of Westphalia. Given the circularity of language, the project proposes to examine the reality-creating role of language, as an organic instrument of social power within humanity. In semiotic terms, the complex structures of words and also myths form part of sign-systems in which they can both represent and create reality. These are the passive and active functions of language, which explain that words and myths not only represent and describe reality but may also play a leading part in creating and transforming reality, thus demonstrating and being used to carry fabulous power within humanity. The Peace of Westphalia is analysed to show that, in spite of what actually took place in 1648, Westphalia has had an incredible social effect in international law, standing for the proposition that it signalled the beginning of a new era based on state sovereignty. However, it is argued that Westphalia constitutes a myth, an aetiological myth, which has provided a way for society to explain itself to itself, that is, a way for international society to explain its genesis to itself. As regards sovereignty , it is shown that Jean Bodin introduced the word in Six Livres for the purpose of having the French ruler enjoy supreme power in the hierarchical organisation structure of society. This is the original creative and transforming social effect on the shared consciousness of humanity for which the linguistic sign must be credited, which has continued, unaltered, to this day. With respect to Droit des Gens , it is demonstrated that Emer de Vattel utilised and actually changed the reality associated with sovereignty also for a specific reason, namely, to carry out its externalisation - the ruling entity was now to enjoy exclusive power to govern, which entailed being the sole representative of the people both internally and externally, and also meant that it could not be submitted to any foreign state or to any higher law externally. Vattel's use of the word has had an extraordinary effect on the shared consciousness of society, including that of the emerging international society, which is still very much present today. These two archetype cases in which 'sovereignty' developed show how this word has really had two paradigms over the years, that is, it has represented and created the two distinct realities of the internal and the international.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aSovereignty
_xHistory.
650 0 _aSovereignty
_xLanguage.
650 0 _aThirty Years' War, 1618-1648
_xPeace.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tThe Power of Language in the Making of International Law : The Word Sovereignty in Bodin and Vattel and the Myth of Westphalia.
_dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2004
_z9789004136984
_w(OCoLC)54454781
830 0 _aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
830 0 _aDevelopments in International Law ;
_v46.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047404873
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