This volume studies the concept of a political 'language', of a discourse composed of shared vocabularies, idioms and rhetorical strategies, which has been widely influential on recent work in the history of political thought. The collection brings together a number of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars, on the four dominant languages in use in Europe between the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. They are: the language of political Aristotelianism and the natural law; the language of classical republicanism; the language of commerce and the commercial society; and the language of a science of politics. Each author has chosen a single aspect of his or her language, sometimes the work of a single author, in one case the history of a single team, and shown how it determined the shape and development of that language, and the extent to which each language was a response to the challenge of other modes of discourse.
This is a course-book addressed primarily to Chinese students who want to leam English in a real-world context and broaden their horizons with news articles originally produced，especially to students at advanced levels in college，and by extension，to others who are working in joumalism，business，foreign affairs，etc. It has 20 units divided into 5 parts，covering a wide range of topics like current events of global concern，culture and entertainment，environment and health，science and technology from The Guardian，The New York Times，The Associated Press，Chin，a Daily，The Washin，gton Post，The Economist and so on. Each unit accompanied by photographs drawn from the news，is designed around a specific topic to engage students' interest while offering various language exercises. A warm-up，some key points，vocabularies and idioms are planned for each unit to facilitate students' process of reading，writing，speaking and discussion. This book aims to stimulate students' interest in issues of global
