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The Baffler Issue 54: ReGlobalization
The Baffler Issue 54: ReGlobalization
by
The Baffler
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by
The Baffler
(editor)
The Baffler Issue 54: ReGlobalization
by
The Baffler
(editor)
by
The Baffler
(editor)
brocard
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A brocard is a legal maxim in Latin that is, in a strict sense, derived from traditional legal authorities, even from ancient Rome.
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Habeus corpus is a brocard that translates to "having a body."
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Habeus corpus is a brocard that translates to "having a body."
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imbricated
(en)
arranged (scales, sepals, plates, etc.) so that they overlap like roof tiles
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As Deborah Cowen recounts, ever since their origin in military logistics, supply chains have always imbricated capital and coercion
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As Deborah Cowen recounts, ever since their origin in military logistics, supply chains have always imbricated capital and coercion
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apogee
(en)
(noun) the point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth / (noun) the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it / (noun) the farthest or highest point; culmination
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Alston served during the apogee of the World Bank's triumphalist rhetoric on poverty reduction
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Alston served during the apogee of the World Bank's triumphalist rhetoric on poverty reduction
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legerdemain
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(noun) sleight of hand / (noun) a display of skill or adroitness
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the World Bank has been playing a shell game. It willfully concealed the real state of world poverty by legerdemain.
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the World Bank has been playing a shell game. It willfully concealed the real state of world poverty by legerdemain.
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sumptuary
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(adjective) relating to personal expenditures and especially to prevent extravagance and luxury / (adjective) designed to regulate extravagant expenditures or habits especially on moral or religious grounds / sumptuary law = law restricting consumption (notable during middle ages)
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badly designed American sportswear made by East Asian factory workers is the uniform of the urban poor, a surer class marker than anything mandated by Medieval sumptuary laws.
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badly designed American sportswear made by East Asian factory workers is the uniform of the urban poor, a surer class marker than anything mandated by Medieval sumptuary laws.
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