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More than half a century after the fall of Nazi Germany, it is still impossible to discuss the German word heil without immediately conjuring up thoughts of the infamous

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An argument for this theory is that the word heilôtes may be related to a verb that means "capture".

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In this sense, the utterance heil is as much an attempt at a salutation, acclamation, or blessing of itself as of anything else.

Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist 2006

For aspiring politicians, the lesson could not be clearer: The only safe answer to heil is heil.

Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist 2006

In this sense, heil is a demand to be heard, a demand to be recognized as a voice that can speak a political language, a language that can call leaders and lands into existence.

Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist 2006

To some degree, the expostulation heil is obviously a hailing; but it is hardly an unequivocal one.

Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist 2006

To return to the Kantian terms with which we began, heil is linguistic self-affection.

Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist 2006

It is manifested rather in the exercise of a familiar yet unique utterance, an interjection that emerges at the limits of grammar and reference: the word heil, as in Heil

Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist 2006

All language is affected by heil, which is also to say that all language must seek to assert its radical independence from heil, i.e., all language must aim to fulfill the impossible task of being

Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist 2006

Pamela Pilger, the woman who said "seig heil" to an Israeli in Vegas yesterday can be reached at her facebook page.

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