Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

uma guerra que não pretende ter fim

English translation:

a war not meant to end

Added to glossary by Mario Freitas
Jul 21, 2015 15:35
9 yrs ago
Portuguese term

uma guerra que não pretende ter fim

Portuguese to English Social Sciences Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Hi everyone! I'm translating this academic abstract and struggling with this phrase. I know what it means but it doesn't seem right to say the war itself has no intention of coming to an end. I'm sure there's a simple solution I can't think of, can anyone help? Thanks.


4. A outra história da guerra às drogas: Contribuições da Oitava Tese de Walter Benjamin

O artigo resgata as contribuições de Walter Benjamin sobre o conceito de História para encontrar uma nova chave hermenêutica que possibilite ver a guerra às drogas a partir da perspectiva dos oprimidos. Demonstra os discursos oficiais em torno da legitimação da criminalização das drogas calcados na ideia de segurança pública e defesa social, ao invés do foco na saúde pública. Convoca novas leituras do fenômeno para apresentar a política criminal de drogas como uma continuidade do Estado de Exceção, possibilitando encontrar novas propostas políticas de superação deste paradigma. O artigo encaminha, por fim, a compreensão do fenômeno como ***uma guerra que não pretende ter fim***, e que se sustenta justamente por seus efeitos não declarados de controle social.
Palavras-chave: Guerra às drogas; Estado de Exceção; Walter Benjamin.
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Jul 26, 2015 13:58: Mario Freitas Created KOG entry

Dec 5, 2015 21:13: Mario Freitas changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"

Oct 3, 2016 05:04: Mario Freitas changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"

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a war not meant to end

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agree Richard Purdom
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agree Rafael Mantovani
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agree Georgia Morg (X)
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a war they hope will never end

I think he meant something different, that the state didn't want the war to be resolved

http://thebackbencher.co.uk/walter-benjamin-unlikely-source-...
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agree Georgia Morg (X)
1 day 23 hrs
thx Georgia!
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a self-perpetuating struggle (against the inevitable)

I put 'medium' as my confidence level as there must be a multitude of ways to translate this idea, banging one's head on the communal Wall of drug policing etc. I do not see it as a 'war', which would imply rules of war, Geneva convention et al. A 'struggle', on the other hand, is for survival. Well that's my feeling-sofficle input for today. All the best all round
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a war with no forseeable end

a war with no forseeable end

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Note added at 18 hrs (2015-07-22 10:04:40 GMT)
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With no "forseeable end" implying that there are interests not to see it come to a conclusion (like all wars)
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
30 mins
Thanks Teresa
agree airmailrpl
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agree Irene Berlin
2 hrs
thanks Irene
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