J. W. ROGERSON
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264010
- eISBN:
- 9780191734946
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264010.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
This chapter presents a brief outline of the history of ancient Israel, starting with Humphrey Prideaux's The Old and New Testament connected, in the History of the Jews, and neighbouring nations; ...
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This chapter presents a brief outline of the history of ancient Israel, starting with Humphrey Prideaux's The Old and New Testament connected, in the History of the Jews, and neighbouring nations; from the declensions of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the time of Christ. The book's purpose, as the word ‘Connection’ indicates, was to set Old Testament history in the context of the history of the ancient Near East. Other similar works include Johann Gottfried Herder's Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit of 1784–1791, an interesting feature of which was a ‘secular’ account of the reason for the downfall of Judah in the sixth century; Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette's Beiträge; Heinrich Ewald's History of Israel, which argued that the Pentateuch and Joshua had reached their final form by way of at least six redactional processes; and Julius Wellhausen's Israelitische und Jüdische Geschichte of 1894 and Israelitisch-jüdische Religion of 1905; Albrecht Alt's Der Gott der Väter; and the writings of Martin Noth.Less
This chapter presents a brief outline of the history of ancient Israel, starting with Humphrey Prideaux's The Old and New Testament connected, in the History of the Jews, and neighbouring nations; from the declensions of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah to the time of Christ. The book's purpose, as the word ‘Connection’ indicates, was to set Old Testament history in the context of the history of the ancient Near East. Other similar works include Johann Gottfried Herder's Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit of 1784–1791, an interesting feature of which was a ‘secular’ account of the reason for the downfall of Judah in the sixth century; Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette's Beiträge; Heinrich Ewald's History of Israel, which argued that the Pentateuch and Joshua had reached their final form by way of at least six redactional processes; and Julius Wellhausen's Israelitische und Jüdische Geschichte of 1894 and Israelitisch-jüdische Religion of 1905; Albrecht Alt's Der Gott der Väter; and the writings of Martin Noth.
KEITH W. WHITELAM
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264010
- eISBN:
- 9780191734946
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264010.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Biblical Studies
John Rogerson's review of works on the history of ancient Israel from Humphrey Prideaux to Martin Noth is a fine illustration of Ecclesiastes' observation (1.9): ‘What has been is what will be, and ...
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John Rogerson's review of works on the history of ancient Israel from Humphrey Prideaux to Martin Noth is a fine illustration of Ecclesiastes' observation (1.9): ‘What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun’. The current debates on the history of Israel are often presented as part of some paradigm shift or, at the very least, a new and savage phase in the study of Israelite history. The publication of recent works such as A Biblical History of Israel by Provan et al. and Kenneth Kitchen's On the Reliability of the Old Testament take us back to the starting point of Rogerson's paper and the work of Prideaux before the development of biblical studies as a critical discipline in the nineteenth century. Norman Cantor's observations on the invention of the Middle Ages by twentieth-century scholarship are just as applicable to biblical scholarship and its pursuit of ancient Israel.Less
John Rogerson's review of works on the history of ancient Israel from Humphrey Prideaux to Martin Noth is a fine illustration of Ecclesiastes' observation (1.9): ‘What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun’. The current debates on the history of Israel are often presented as part of some paradigm shift or, at the very least, a new and savage phase in the study of Israelite history. The publication of recent works such as A Biblical History of Israel by Provan et al. and Kenneth Kitchen's On the Reliability of the Old Testament take us back to the starting point of Rogerson's paper and the work of Prideaux before the development of biblical studies as a critical discipline in the nineteenth century. Norman Cantor's observations on the invention of the Middle Ages by twentieth-century scholarship are just as applicable to biblical scholarship and its pursuit of ancient Israel.
Keith Beattie
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719078552
- eISBN:
- 9781781701836
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719078552.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet of British cinema. His documentary films employ a range of representational approaches – including collagist narrative structures and ...
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Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet of British cinema. His documentary films employ a range of representational approaches – including collagist narrative structures and dramatic re-enactment – in ways that transcend accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revise the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930s and 1940s. The resultant body of work is a remarkable record of Britain at peace and war. This study examines a productive ambiguity of meanings associated with the subtle interaction of images and sounds within Jennings' films, and considers the ideological and institutional contexts and forces that impacted on the formal structure of his films. Central and lesser-known films are analysed, including Spare Time, Words for Battle, Listen to Britain, Fires Were Started, The Silent Village, A Diary for Timothy and Family Portrait. Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary filmmaker – Jennings' work embodies a mix of apprehension, personal expression and representational innovation. This book examines and explains the central components of Jennings' most significant films, and considers the relevance of his filmmaking to British cinema and contemporary experience.Less
Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet of British cinema. His documentary films employ a range of representational approaches – including collagist narrative structures and dramatic re-enactment – in ways that transcend accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revise the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930s and 1940s. The resultant body of work is a remarkable record of Britain at peace and war. This study examines a productive ambiguity of meanings associated with the subtle interaction of images and sounds within Jennings' films, and considers the ideological and institutional contexts and forces that impacted on the formal structure of his films. Central and lesser-known films are analysed, including Spare Time, Words for Battle, Listen to Britain, Fires Were Started, The Silent Village, A Diary for Timothy and Family Portrait. Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary filmmaker – Jennings' work embodies a mix of apprehension, personal expression and representational innovation. This book examines and explains the central components of Jennings' most significant films, and considers the relevance of his filmmaking to British cinema and contemporary experience.
Cathy Gutierrez
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195388350
- eISBN:
- 9780199866472
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195388350.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The creation of a white-collar class in America brought with it changes in demographic patterns, particularly where romance was concerned. No longer largely economic, marriage became increasingly ...
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The creation of a white-collar class in America brought with it changes in demographic patterns, particularly where romance was concerned. No longer largely economic, marriage became increasingly seen as an emotional and romantic fulfillment of human needs. Spiritualists agreed that love was of utmost importance but recognized that many unhappy marriages resulted in women and children caught in impossible situations. Spiritualists advocated an eternal love between soul mates but fought for reform of marriage and divorce law at the same time. True love was understood using Aristophanes’ portrayal of the primal androgynous unit from Plato’s Symposium—love gathered the halves of bodies as well as souls. At the fringes of the movement were sex radicals and free-love adherents like Victoria Woodhull who called for dramatic legal reform in both marriage and eugenics.Less
The creation of a white-collar class in America brought with it changes in demographic patterns, particularly where romance was concerned. No longer largely economic, marriage became increasingly seen as an emotional and romantic fulfillment of human needs. Spiritualists agreed that love was of utmost importance but recognized that many unhappy marriages resulted in women and children caught in impossible situations. Spiritualists advocated an eternal love between soul mates but fought for reform of marriage and divorce law at the same time. True love was understood using Aristophanes’ portrayal of the primal androgynous unit from Plato’s Symposium—love gathered the halves of bodies as well as souls. At the fringes of the movement were sex radicals and free-love adherents like Victoria Woodhull who called for dramatic legal reform in both marriage and eugenics.
D. Bruce Hindmarsh
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- April 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199245758
- eISBN:
- 9780191602436
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199245754.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
A new episode in the history of spiritual autobiography opened in the late 1730s with the advent of transatlantic Evangelical Revival, and the distinguishing characteristic of this revival or ‘work’ ...
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A new episode in the history of spiritual autobiography opened in the late 1730s with the advent of transatlantic Evangelical Revival, and the distinguishing characteristic of this revival or ‘work’ in all its manifestations was the increased incidence of the conversion of individuals. Unlike earlier periods of heightened religious fervour, the revival was uniquely concentrated in time and extended across space. Changes in the North Atlantic world helped to create ‘modern’ conditions for this phenomenon, particularly with the rapid spread of religious news through itinerancy, letter-writing, and the periodical press and the more extensive movement of people, goods, and ideas in the period generally. Includes the case study of the early evangelical Joseph Humphreys—since Humphreys’s experience illustrates how the larger Evangelical Revival was itself constituted by individual conversion experiences, and how these experiences so often compelled converts to retell their life’s story from the beginning, even venturing sometimes to do so in print before an anonymous public.Less
A new episode in the history of spiritual autobiography opened in the late 1730s with the advent of transatlantic Evangelical Revival, and the distinguishing characteristic of this revival or ‘work’ in all its manifestations was the increased incidence of the conversion of individuals. Unlike earlier periods of heightened religious fervour, the revival was uniquely concentrated in time and extended across space. Changes in the North Atlantic world helped to create ‘modern’ conditions for this phenomenon, particularly with the rapid spread of religious news through itinerancy, letter-writing, and the periodical press and the more extensive movement of people, goods, and ideas in the period generally. Includes the case study of the early evangelical Joseph Humphreys—since Humphreys’s experience illustrates how the larger Evangelical Revival was itself constituted by individual conversion experiences, and how these experiences so often compelled converts to retell their life’s story from the beginning, even venturing sometimes to do so in print before an anonymous public.
Louise A. Breen
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195138009
- eISBN:
- 9780199834006
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195138007.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Shows how the broad transatlantic interests of certain leading men in Massachusetts, especially John Leverett, John Humphrey, Edward Gibbons, Robert Sedgwick, and Nehemiah Bourne, clashed with the ...
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Shows how the broad transatlantic interests of certain leading men in Massachusetts, especially John Leverett, John Humphrey, Edward Gibbons, Robert Sedgwick, and Nehemiah Bourne, clashed with the emerging New England Way. In addition to questioning the wisdom of the evolving religious and social orthodoxy, these men involved themselves in schemes with which orthodox magistrates were ill at ease. For example, they participated in the Protector's Western Design, intervened in the struggle between two rival leaders in New France, were involved in various episodes of privateering, and became entangled in schemes to overthrow the government of New Netherland. These exploits were suspect because they were intended not solely to protect the Bay Colony but rather to enhance individual fortunes and reputations for valor, as well as to advance the goals of empire.Less
Shows how the broad transatlantic interests of certain leading men in Massachusetts, especially John Leverett, John Humphrey, Edward Gibbons, Robert Sedgwick, and Nehemiah Bourne, clashed with the emerging New England Way. In addition to questioning the wisdom of the evolving religious and social orthodoxy, these men involved themselves in schemes with which orthodox magistrates were ill at ease. For example, they participated in the Protector's Western Design, intervened in the struggle between two rival leaders in New France, were involved in various episodes of privateering, and became entangled in schemes to overthrow the government of New Netherland. These exploits were suspect because they were intended not solely to protect the Bay Colony but rather to enhance individual fortunes and reputations for valor, as well as to advance the goals of empire.
Thomas S. Davis
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231169424
- eISBN:
- 9780231537889
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231169424.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter argues that documentary aesthetics turn to everyday life in order to create works that promoted the norms and values of the British liberal state during its period of greatest distress.
This chapter argues that documentary aesthetics turn to everyday life in order to create works that promoted the norms and values of the British liberal state during its period of greatest distress.
Thomas S. Davis
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231169424
- eISBN:
- 9780231537889
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231169424.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter examines ways late modernists modulated the gothic in order to render the insecurity pervading everyday life in wartime Britain.
This chapter examines ways late modernists modulated the gothic in order to render the insecurity pervading everyday life in wartime Britain.
Patrick Deer
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199239887
- eISBN:
- 9780191716782
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239887.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
Chapter 3 explores how the World War Two home front was defined and haunted by its founding blackouts: censorship, lack of information, the trauma, sensory deprivation, and destruction of the Blitz. ...
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Chapter 3 explores how the World War Two home front was defined and haunted by its founding blackouts: censorship, lack of information, the trauma, sensory deprivation, and destruction of the Blitz. Yet, it contends, the black out offered opportunities for resistance. In Winston Churchill's panoramic speeches, J.B.Priestley's populist broadcasts, Humphrey Jennings' ethnographic propaganda films, or the surreal radio comedy of ITMA, the official culture offered the spectacle of the People “taking it.” The chapter argues that the state's commitment to the arts created boom conditions, yet its oversight seemed to threaten the very existence of literature. It argues that the Blitz writing of Henry Green and James Hanley reveals a culture haunted by repressions, foreclosures and disavowals. In more fugitive forms like the short story, reportage, or essay, they joined their peers in practising a modernism in camouflage that looted the resources of a literary tradition shattered by war.Less
Chapter 3 explores how the World War Two home front was defined and haunted by its founding blackouts: censorship, lack of information, the trauma, sensory deprivation, and destruction of the Blitz. Yet, it contends, the black out offered opportunities for resistance. In Winston Churchill's panoramic speeches, J.B.Priestley's populist broadcasts, Humphrey Jennings' ethnographic propaganda films, or the surreal radio comedy of ITMA, the official culture offered the spectacle of the People “taking it.” The chapter argues that the state's commitment to the arts created boom conditions, yet its oversight seemed to threaten the very existence of literature. It argues that the Blitz writing of Henry Green and James Hanley reveals a culture haunted by repressions, foreclosures and disavowals. In more fugitive forms like the short story, reportage, or essay, they joined their peers in practising a modernism in camouflage that looted the resources of a literary tradition shattered by war.
Alan K. Rode
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813173917
- eISBN:
- 9780813174808
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813173917.001.0001
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Michael Curtiz directed some of the greatest American films of the twentieth century but has been largely forgotten. He does not fitthe conventional definition of a cinematic auteur, and many of his ...
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Michael Curtiz directed some of the greatest American films of the twentieth century but has been largely forgotten. He does not fitthe conventional definition of a cinematic auteur, and many of his pictures, including The Adventures of Robin Hood,Casablanca,Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mildred Pierce, and White Christmas, left an enduring imprint on American popular culture. Curtiz remains the greatest film director that nobody every heard of.
The heretofore unreported account of Curtiz’s early years in silent Hungarian cinema, which evolved into direction of distinguished European films, is juxtaposed against his Pygmalion-like marriage to the actress Lucy Doraine, whom he made into a movie star. His relationships with four different women that resulted in an equal number of out-of-wedlock children were aspects of a tumultuous personal life that always remained secondary to his filmmaking.
His marital collaboration with the screenwriter Bess Meredyth proved integral to his ascent as the top director at Warner Bros. Highlights includerevelatory accounts of his alleged drowning of extras during Noah’s Ark (1928), the reputed abuse of horses in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1935), and his often tumultuous relationships with Jack Warner, Darryl Zanuck, Hal Wallis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis,and others,whichare meticulously detailed, as well as a comprehensive examination of his vast résumé of 181films.
Supported by scrupulous research and numerous interviews, Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film is the long-awaited biography that separates fact from fiction about Hollywood’s most prolifically accomplished director.Less
Michael Curtiz directed some of the greatest American films of the twentieth century but has been largely forgotten. He does not fitthe conventional definition of a cinematic auteur, and many of his pictures, including The Adventures of Robin Hood,Casablanca,Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mildred Pierce, and White Christmas, left an enduring imprint on American popular culture. Curtiz remains the greatest film director that nobody every heard of.
The heretofore unreported account of Curtiz’s early years in silent Hungarian cinema, which evolved into direction of distinguished European films, is juxtaposed against his Pygmalion-like marriage to the actress Lucy Doraine, whom he made into a movie star. His relationships with four different women that resulted in an equal number of out-of-wedlock children were aspects of a tumultuous personal life that always remained secondary to his filmmaking.
His marital collaboration with the screenwriter Bess Meredyth proved integral to his ascent as the top director at Warner Bros. Highlights includerevelatory accounts of his alleged drowning of extras during Noah’s Ark (1928), the reputed abuse of horses in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1935), and his often tumultuous relationships with Jack Warner, Darryl Zanuck, Hal Wallis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Bette Davis,and others,whichare meticulously detailed, as well as a comprehensive examination of his vast résumé of 181films.
Supported by scrupulous research and numerous interviews, Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film is the long-awaited biography that separates fact from fiction about Hollywood’s most prolifically accomplished director.
Lisa Kemmerer
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199790678
- eISBN:
- 9780199919178
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199790678.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The sixth chapter explores animal-friendly teachings and practices in Christian religious traditions through sacred texts, including teachings such as love and mercy, service and sharing, peace, ...
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The sixth chapter explores animal-friendly teachings and practices in Christian religious traditions through sacred texts, including teachings such as love and mercy, service and sharing, peace, humility, and the God-centered disposition of the Christian life and natural environment. This chapter also surveys the inclusive nature of Christian salvation, and presents ideal models of compassion and animal advocacy through the life of Jesus and through Christian moral exemplars (saints). Chapter 6 closes by exposing the activist nature of Christianity, including the teachings of eighteenth-century Dr. Humphrey Primatt, nineteenth-century Leo Tolstoy, and the works of dedicated contemporary Christian animal liberationists such as Dr. Stephen Kaufman of the Christian Vegetarian Association, PETA's Bruce Friedrich, and Swedish activists Pelle Strindlund and Annika Spalde.Less
The sixth chapter explores animal-friendly teachings and practices in Christian religious traditions through sacred texts, including teachings such as love and mercy, service and sharing, peace, humility, and the God-centered disposition of the Christian life and natural environment. This chapter also surveys the inclusive nature of Christian salvation, and presents ideal models of compassion and animal advocacy through the life of Jesus and through Christian moral exemplars (saints). Chapter 6 closes by exposing the activist nature of Christianity, including the teachings of eighteenth-century Dr. Humphrey Primatt, nineteenth-century Leo Tolstoy, and the works of dedicated contemporary Christian animal liberationists such as Dr. Stephen Kaufman of the Christian Vegetarian Association, PETA's Bruce Friedrich, and Swedish activists Pelle Strindlund and Annika Spalde.
Jenifer Hart
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201366
- eISBN:
- 9780191674860
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201366.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Political History
John H. Humphreys was a clerk in the Post Office who initiated the revival of the PRS because he was alarmed by the results in the local London Borough Councils elections. Since the first elections ...
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John H. Humphreys was a clerk in the Post Office who initiated the revival of the PRS because he was alarmed by the results in the local London Borough Councils elections. Since the first elections in 1900, there was evidently no rational link between the seats and the number of votes and as such, there were parties that did not acquire any representation on the council. Humphreys wrote several times to Courtney about reopening the campaign, and Courtney was initially hesitant about the idea until he heard about the intention of the government to introduce the redistribution of seats. In May 1905, the society was reopened wherein Humphreys took position as honorary secretary. It making the public aware of their causes, they distributed various propaganda literatures, wrote letters to the press, and organized different meetings.Less
John H. Humphreys was a clerk in the Post Office who initiated the revival of the PRS because he was alarmed by the results in the local London Borough Councils elections. Since the first elections in 1900, there was evidently no rational link between the seats and the number of votes and as such, there were parties that did not acquire any representation on the council. Humphreys wrote several times to Courtney about reopening the campaign, and Courtney was initially hesitant about the idea until he heard about the intention of the government to introduce the redistribution of seats. In May 1905, the society was reopened wherein Humphreys took position as honorary secretary. It making the public aware of their causes, they distributed various propaganda literatures, wrote letters to the press, and organized different meetings.
G. J. TOMMER
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202912
- eISBN:
- 9780191675591
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202912.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter discusses the decline in the esteem for Arabic Studies in England after the Restoration: the situation at Cambridge from 1680 to 1700; the last two decades of Pococke's career; Thomas ...
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This chapter discusses the decline in the esteem for Arabic Studies in England after the Restoration: the situation at Cambridge from 1680 to 1700; the last two decades of Pococke's career; Thomas Marshall; scholars such as Robert Huntington, Narcissus Marsh, Humphrey Prideaux, William Guise, and Edward Pococke Junior; the later career of Hyde; and Edward Bernard.Less
This chapter discusses the decline in the esteem for Arabic Studies in England after the Restoration: the situation at Cambridge from 1680 to 1700; the last two decades of Pococke's career; Thomas Marshall; scholars such as Robert Huntington, Narcissus Marsh, Humphrey Prideaux, William Guise, and Edward Pococke Junior; the later career of Hyde; and Edward Bernard.
Peter D. G. Thomas
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205449
- eISBN:
- 9780191676642
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205449.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses Wilkes' sojourn in France from 1763 to 1768. Before he left, Wilkes entrusted the conduct of his affairs to Humphrey Cotes, and also took steps to avoid the danger of legal ...
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This chapter discusses Wilkes' sojourn in France from 1763 to 1768. Before he left, Wilkes entrusted the conduct of his affairs to Humphrey Cotes, and also took steps to avoid the danger of legal proceedings against his property in Britain. The chapter looks not only at his financial state, but also his political and leisure activities in France. Wilkes updated himself with what was happening in Britain, including the dismissal of the Rockingham ministry.Less
This chapter discusses Wilkes' sojourn in France from 1763 to 1768. Before he left, Wilkes entrusted the conduct of his affairs to Humphrey Cotes, and also took steps to avoid the danger of legal proceedings against his property in Britain. The chapter looks not only at his financial state, but also his political and leisure activities in France. Wilkes updated himself with what was happening in Britain, including the dismissal of the Rockingham ministry.
B S K Kamath and Sarah Turle
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780199575770
- eISBN:
- 9780191917899
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199575770.003.0008
- Subject:
- Clinical Medicine and Allied Health, Professional Development in Medicine
Andrew L. Johns
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125725
- eISBN:
- 9780813135427
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125725.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
One of the more obscure gods was Zalmoxis. He could easily have been the god of elections. In the American political system, every fourth year witnesses the spectacle of a presidential election, ...
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One of the more obscure gods was Zalmoxis. He could easily have been the god of elections. In the American political system, every fourth year witnesses the spectacle of a presidential election, where candidates make sweeping, grandiose promises for change, peace, and prosperity—and then the rhetoric disappears for three years until it returns again for the next campaign. In 1968, the Zalmoxis effect reared its head as Republican presidential aspirants jockeyed for position, with Vietnam acting as a fulcrum for the primary contests. The war also figured prominently in the fall campaign between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, exerting broad influence despite the candidates' best efforts and nearly determining the outcome of the election. This chapter is devoted to examining how the GOP grappled with Vietnam on multiple fronts—internally, against the Johnson administration, and during the race for the White House—during 1968.Less
One of the more obscure gods was Zalmoxis. He could easily have been the god of elections. In the American political system, every fourth year witnesses the spectacle of a presidential election, where candidates make sweeping, grandiose promises for change, peace, and prosperity—and then the rhetoric disappears for three years until it returns again for the next campaign. In 1968, the Zalmoxis effect reared its head as Republican presidential aspirants jockeyed for position, with Vietnam acting as a fulcrum for the primary contests. The war also figured prominently in the fall campaign between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, exerting broad influence despite the candidates' best efforts and nearly determining the outcome of the election. This chapter is devoted to examining how the GOP grappled with Vietnam on multiple fronts—internally, against the Johnson administration, and during the race for the White House—during 1968.
Anthony O'Hear
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198250043
- eISBN:
- 9780191598111
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198250045.003.0006
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
In morality, self‐consciousness and evolution can pull in different ways. While, as Humphrey has shown, evolution can explain the existence of self‐consciousness and empathy and socio‐biologists have ...
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In morality, self‐consciousness and evolution can pull in different ways. While, as Humphrey has shown, evolution can explain the existence of self‐consciousness and empathy and socio‐biologists have shown how self‐interest can lead to the existence of reciprocal altruism and kin selection, this falls short of genuine morality, which seems to require the possibility of true altruism and self‐sacrifice. Following Sartre we must understand the importance of the reciprocal ’gaze’ of other members of our linguistic community in forming our identity as selves. Hayek has argued that a social evolutionary account, in which those traditional societal practices that are successful persist and flourish, ought to motivate us to favour a form of irrationalism over immediate individual rational reflection. Similarly, Orwell has argued for the powerful motivational effects of traditional and less transparently rational virtues such as patriotism and fidelity. Despite this, however, we ought not to adopt an unquestioning obedience to tradition or to the demands of immediate rationality, but rather, following Edmund Burke, remain both wary of extreme rationalism and aware of the benefits of tradition and of powerful allegiances to our particular countries and communities while continuing to employ rational reflection on our moral standards and practices where appropriate.Less
In morality, self‐consciousness and evolution can pull in different ways. While, as Humphrey has shown, evolution can explain the existence of self‐consciousness and empathy and socio‐biologists have shown how self‐interest can lead to the existence of reciprocal altruism and kin selection, this falls short of genuine morality, which seems to require the possibility of true altruism and self‐sacrifice. Following Sartre we must understand the importance of the reciprocal ’gaze’ of other members of our linguistic community in forming our identity as selves. Hayek has argued that a social evolutionary account, in which those traditional societal practices that are successful persist and flourish, ought to motivate us to favour a form of irrationalism over immediate individual rational reflection. Similarly, Orwell has argued for the powerful motivational effects of traditional and less transparently rational virtues such as patriotism and fidelity. Despite this, however, we ought not to adopt an unquestioning obedience to tradition or to the demands of immediate rationality, but rather, following Edmund Burke, remain both wary of extreme rationalism and aware of the benefits of tradition and of powerful allegiances to our particular countries and communities while continuing to employ rational reflection on our moral standards and practices where appropriate.
Joseph McBride
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813142623
- eISBN:
- 9780813145242
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813142623.003.0024
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter explores Hawk’s experiences working with Humphrey Bogart, specifically on the film The Big Sleep. Hawks describes the successful chemistry that continued between Bacall and Bogart, and ...
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This chapter explores Hawk’s experiences working with Humphrey Bogart, specifically on the film The Big Sleep. Hawks describes the successful chemistry that continued between Bacall and Bogart, and details how he worked with author Raymond Chandler to pull the film together. He also explores the risqué double-entendres used in the film and how the film censors allowed them to go to production.Less
This chapter explores Hawk’s experiences working with Humphrey Bogart, specifically on the film The Big Sleep. Hawks describes the successful chemistry that continued between Bacall and Bogart, and details how he worked with author Raymond Chandler to pull the film together. He also explores the risqué double-entendres used in the film and how the film censors allowed them to go to production.
Diana J. Walker and James P. Zacny
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- April 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195165319
- eISBN:
- 9780199894055
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195165319.003.0012
- Subject:
- Psychology, Psychopharmacology
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a gas at room temperature and pressure. It is used primarily for anesthesia but is also used as a propellant for whipped cream or to boost octane levels in racing cars. N2O was ...
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Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a gas at room temperature and pressure. It is used primarily for anesthesia but is also used as a propellant for whipped cream or to boost octane levels in racing cars. N2O was extensively studied by Sir Humphrey Davy, who presented a detailed description of his subjective experiences under the influence of N2O, as well as self-reports by friends and colleagues of their own experiences while inhaling the gas. Sir Davy's treatise was a thorough, systematic, and extensive characterization of N2O and was a foreshadowing of two centuries of research to follow. Sir Davy's and subsequent research consisted of the dose-response assessment of subjective effects of acute and repeated N2O administration, examination of individual differences, and the study of environmental and organismic determinants/modulators of N2O effects. This chapter presents the results of such experiments in a chronological framework and attempts to detail the various characterizations of N2O across the years since its discovery.Less
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a gas at room temperature and pressure. It is used primarily for anesthesia but is also used as a propellant for whipped cream or to boost octane levels in racing cars. N2O was extensively studied by Sir Humphrey Davy, who presented a detailed description of his subjective experiences under the influence of N2O, as well as self-reports by friends and colleagues of their own experiences while inhaling the gas. Sir Davy's treatise was a thorough, systematic, and extensive characterization of N2O and was a foreshadowing of two centuries of research to follow. Sir Davy's and subsequent research consisted of the dose-response assessment of subjective effects of acute and repeated N2O administration, examination of individual differences, and the study of environmental and organismic determinants/modulators of N2O effects. This chapter presents the results of such experiments in a chronological framework and attempts to detail the various characterizations of N2O across the years since its discovery.
William T. Bowers (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125084
- eISBN:
- 9780813135144
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125084.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, Military History
As the fight persisted on the southern part of the perimeter of the 23d Infantry, the 5th Cavalry's fight initiated so that the road to Chip'yong-ni would be opened. In the first part of the chapter, ...
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As the fight persisted on the southern part of the perimeter of the 23d Infantry, the 5th Cavalry's fight initiated so that the road to Chip'yong-ni would be opened. In the first part of the chapter, the actions were described by the following involved officers: Maj. Robert A. Humphrey, Major Gibson, Lt. Col. Morgan B. Heasley, Capt. Joe W. Finley, and Major Humphrey. Because of the relatively slow progress exhibited by the infantry advance, Colonel Crombez felt the need to formulate a quicker method for arriving at Chip'yong-ni. Task Force Crombez was being planned and organized, and trucks and ambulances were also sent with the 5th Cavalry Regiment so that the 23d Infantry RCT would be relieved. Also, Major Parziale articulated more on the decision making attributed to the said task force.Less
As the fight persisted on the southern part of the perimeter of the 23d Infantry, the 5th Cavalry's fight initiated so that the road to Chip'yong-ni would be opened. In the first part of the chapter, the actions were described by the following involved officers: Maj. Robert A. Humphrey, Major Gibson, Lt. Col. Morgan B. Heasley, Capt. Joe W. Finley, and Major Humphrey. Because of the relatively slow progress exhibited by the infantry advance, Colonel Crombez felt the need to formulate a quicker method for arriving at Chip'yong-ni. Task Force Crombez was being planned and organized, and trucks and ambulances were also sent with the 5th Cavalry Regiment so that the 23d Infantry RCT would be relieved. Also, Major Parziale articulated more on the decision making attributed to the said task force.
