Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

makes the case anew

Arabic translation:

جدد القضية

Added to glossary by Hassan Lotfy
Jul 19, 2011 11:50
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English term

makes the case anew

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In a 2004 lecture, Jürgen Habermas makes the case anew for the health of the public sphere
as a measure of the vibrancy of a democracy:
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Jul 23, 2011 16:23: Hassan Lotfy Created KOG entry

Discussion

Nesrin Jul 19, 2011:
@Hassan: I would say the expression itself could mean either - we would probably need more context to know. What matters is that he was speaking in favour of a certain concept, and that he had done the same some time in the past. Could be that he now has new arguments or that a new occasion just prompted him to reiterate the old ones.
Hassan Lotfy Jul 19, 2011:
A Nesrin's:
Would the phrase imply representing the case 'again' from a different perspective or with fresh arguments or with more momentum due to change of status quo or because of a technological breakthrough..etc?

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جدد القضية

....جدد قضية

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أثار القضية من جديد
(قضية رأى عام)
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عمل من (هذه) الحالة سابقة (جديدة)ـ

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أعاد تكرار الحالة مجدداً

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يعيد طرح قناعته بفكرة أن ... الخ

The term in question here is "to make the case FOR something..."*

This expression means:
make a case for sth
to argue that something is the best thing to do, giving your reasons, e.g. We will only publish a new edition if you can make a convincing case for it.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/make-a-ca...

The idea here is that Habermas again argues in favour of the idea that a healthy public sphere is a measure of the vibrancy of a democracy. It means he has argued the same point before.


(*as opposed to "to make the case AGAINST something")
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