10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINISTERNESS»
Discover the use of
sinisterness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sinisterness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Japanese Way of Justice : Prosecuting Crime in Japan: ...
of the offense and the sinisterness of the offender's character.5 As explained
below, some bad acts, like gun crimes, are deemed so serious that the bad
actor's cor- rectability takes on distinctly secondary significance. Other offenses,
including ...
Manoa David T. Johnson Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Hawaii, 2001
2
Can Virtue Make Us Happy?: The Art of Living and Morality
is concerned only with a concrete action, hence, one is temporarily evil; with
actions “as a rule” or “fundamentally evil” actions, willing evil is a basic
disposition that has become a (moral) vice or an escalation ofmaliciousness to
sinisterness.
Otfried Höffe, Aaron Bunch, 2010
3
Lovecraft: Disturbing the Universe
They see the old man as physically infirm, yet they believe him to possess some
deeper sinisterness belying that impression. They adopt, in spite of themselves,
the belief-system of the robbers. They differ not so much from the robbers as from
...
4
Being and the Between: Political Theory in the American Academy
Fear of this sinisterness, we might say, is the beginning of a wisdom beyond
geometry. For the heart is equivocally mindful that, in truth, this universe is a
creation. The sinisterness of the dead silence comes home to us most horrifyingly
in our ...
5
Reading Hebrew Literature: Critical Discussions of Six ...
... face, permanently wearing the sudden foreignness that a woman of ours wears
on her face, for a moment, the first moment she puts on her earrings. Like a
foreign perfume. A foreignness that has a touch of class. Like fastidious
sinisterness.
6
Christ and the Meaning of Life
Once man has become an unpredictable and sinister being, then the moment he
acquires a bow and arrow he is even more to be feared, and he reaches the
pinnacle of sinisterness when he is equipped with atomic power. Thus as the
tower ...
7
Bureaucratic justice: police, prosecutors, and plea bargaining
SINISTERNESS OF CHARACTER The second important factor for constructing
crimes from bad acts was the sinisterness of defendants' characters. We have
already seen that character was an important consideration in explaining the ...
8
The broom of the system
Why not, say, black sand? governor: Go with that, Joe. mr. lungberg: Well, really,
if the whole idea is supposed to be contrast, otherness, blastedness, should I say
sinisterness? Sinisterness is the sense I get. governor: Sinisterness fits, that's ...
David Foster Wallace, 1987
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Strangers, Gods and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness
And as such this 'sinisterness ofevil' horrifiesus like a'nightof emptiness . . . a
destructuring indeterminacy, a negative otherness that resists totalrecuperation in
thelogicofdialectical concepts' (p. 232). But while acknowledgingthus thatthe ...
10
The Black-man of Zinacantan, a Central American Legend: ...
If the descriptions of Black-man are compared from town to town in Highland
Chiapas, sinisterness is a striking constant. In Cancuc (a Tzeltal Maya town) ,
San Pedro Chenalho, and Chamula (both Tzotzil-speaking), he is a black pucuj (
or ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINISTERNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
sinisterness is used in the context of the following news items.
Watch the Intense New 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 …
But in the face of all that sinisterness, Finnick's here. Effie's here. Katniss is, clearly, here. Gale, too, and, somehow, praise the lord, Peeta. "Our lives were never ... «fuse.tv, Jul 15»
Lucifer Comic-Con Screening Review
It removes the characters innate sinisterness, but it also removes his gravitas as well, leaving him with only one emotional outlet for the entire pilot: smugness. «Superherohype.com, Jul 15»
Magic Time! 'The Word and the Wasteland' at The Source Festival
We also learn that Benjamin has a brother, Woodrow (played by Zach Bopst with a touchingly awkward sinisterness). Guillot has crafted a shrewd and evocative ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jun 15»
American Buffalo review – a three-man mash-up
It echoes early Pinter but lacks the rich peculiarity – and the sinisterness. It is hard now to credit the claims for the play as a mirror of American materialism. «The Guardian, May 15»
Historical TV Should Stop Taking Liberties, But Not For the Reasons …
Much of her fun sinisterness might be replaced by Rachel Skarsten, who has been cast as Elizabeth and set to appear in much of Season 3. And heck, since ... «Indie Wire, Apr 15»
House of Cards Secret Weapon: Doug Stamper Tells All
... bulk of Season 3 rehabbing from his near-death experience in the woods and working himself back to full strength—all the while, regaining his sinisterness. «Daily Beast, Mar 15»
Backroom operator
It seems he's got a sinisterness about him, but it's really — maybe I'm making that up, I don't know. #Patrick Carfizzi: Kissinger was a backroom operator. He was ... «San Diego Reader, Mar 15»
Latest Trailer For The Gunman
... his former fellow shooters and bosses, with the likes of Mark Rylance, Idris Elba and Javier Bardem clouding the picture with different degrees of sinisterness. «Empire Online, Feb 15»
Kroll Show: “Lizards Vs. Penguins”
... reunite as “sawsters” to take on a new client: Tommy Rothchild (Nathan Fielder, who plays the character with a low-budget-action-movie-villain sinisterness). «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Feb 15»
Stephen Hawking wants to be a Bond villain: Here's why it's a …
... many Bond villains have made disability synonymous with sinisterness. So Hawking would easily fit the bill... and be the best of the lot, we're willing to bet! «Firstpost, Jan 15»
