"valorial" = evaluative

[Wilson Gray]

Thanks for the translation of that bit of academic-speak, Jon.

-Wilson

On 2/26/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Euphonious but not in OED.
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>   1993 Peter Haidu _The Subject of Violence: The "Song of Roland" and the Birth of the State_ (Bloomington: Indiana U. P.) 66: [T]he type of the "hero" and the anti-type of the "traitor" are integral parts of systems of valorial representation that function in the constitution and legitimation of social subjects, in the assertion and counterclaims that constitute ideological conflict (and sometimes negotiation), as well as in the older sense of ideology, the self-interested representations of particular social groups as against other social groups.
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>   That means, " 'Hero' and 'traitor' are loaded terms used to define people based merely on which side they're on."
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>   JL
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