I sat down this afternoon to read before I go to bed and I stumble across some newshoggerMyanmar where, to say the least, very terrible conditions continue to be endured. As a small detail necessary for any column, one must note that Myanmar is run by a group that ended Democratic rule in 1962 by a coup d’état. This group is commonly and, as we will see, correctly referred to quite often as a junta.
At any rate, I saw the word and I looked it up on my dashboard dictionary, just to make sure everyone knew what was up.
jun*ta ([this is me trying] howntuh, juhntun)
noun
1. a military or political group that rules a country after taking it over by force : the countries' ruling military junta.
2. HISTORICAL a deliberative or administrative council in Spain or Portugal.
ORIGIN early 17th century. (sense 2) : from Spanish and Portuguese, from latin juncta, feminine past participle of jungere 'to join'.
Hmmm... juncta is the feminine past participle of the term 'to join'. This, at its inception, had to do with deliberative or administrative councils in Spain, but were of a kind as bound to a military-political complex ruling an entire country. Moreover, junta is a "joint", it is something that "joins together". The joint that brings-together is very much a theme of Heidegger, and it is interesting that the Spanish have the term as it is used in the manner that they do given their general affection for his philosophy (which is quite understandable).
But just look at the HISTORICAL part. The Iberian Peninsula always intrudes upon the world as the goto for rough and rowdy.
At any rate, I saw the word and I looked it up on my dashboard dictionary, just to make sure everyone knew what was up.
jun*ta ([this is me trying] howntuh, juhntun)
noun
1. a military or political group that rules a country after taking it over by force : the countries' ruling military junta.
2. HISTORICAL a deliberative or administrative council in Spain or Portugal.
ORIGIN early 17th century. (sense 2) : from Spanish and Portuguese, from latin juncta, feminine past participle of jungere 'to join'.
Hmmm... juncta is the feminine past participle of the term 'to join'. This, at its inception, had to do with deliberative or administrative councils in Spain, but were of a kind as bound to a military-political complex ruling an entire country. Moreover, junta is a "joint", it is something that "joins together". The joint that brings-together is very much a theme of Heidegger, and it is interesting that the Spanish have the term as it is used in the manner that they do given their general affection for his philosophy (which is quite understandable).
But just look at the HISTORICAL part. The Iberian Peninsula always intrudes upon the world as the goto for rough and rowdy.
