Robert Wuthnow
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691157207
- eISBN:
- 9781400846498
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691157207.003.0009
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter examines how a new populism took root in small towns. In particular, it considers the ways that residents of small towns show antipathy toward big government, such as concerns about the ...
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This chapter examines how a new populism took root in small towns. In particular, it considers the ways that residents of small towns show antipathy toward big government, such as concerns about the scale of big bureaucracy, its inability to adapt to the norms and practices of small towns in which people know one another, and government's unresponsiveness to the needs of small communities in comparison with its attentiveness to problems in cities. The chapter first provides an overview of small-town politics before explaining how antipathy toward government is further reinforced by negative opinions about people on welfare. It also discusses the reasons for the popularity of Republicans in small towns and concludes by assessing the possibilities present in small towns for grassroots activism.Less
This chapter examines how a new populism took root in small towns. In particular, it considers the ways that residents of small towns show antipathy toward big government, such as concerns about the scale of big bureaucracy, its inability to adapt to the norms and practices of small towns in which people know one another, and government's unresponsiveness to the needs of small communities in comparison with its attentiveness to problems in cities. The chapter first provides an overview of small-town politics before explaining how antipathy toward government is further reinforced by negative opinions about people on welfare. It also discusses the reasons for the popularity of Republicans in small towns and concludes by assessing the possibilities present in small towns for grassroots activism.
Colin M. Coates
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199563746
- eISBN:
- 9780191701900
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199563746.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the historical ambivalence of French Canadians to the British Empire. French Canadians had many reasons to feel ambivalent about the British Empire. This is because throughout ...
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This chapter examines the historical ambivalence of French Canadians to the British Empire. French Canadians had many reasons to feel ambivalent about the British Empire. This is because throughout the time of French colonial rule, the French settlements in North America faced almost continual threat from the British. The Anglo-American colonists continued their attacks on Quebec. Their antipathy to the French colony was firmly established among the Protestant colonists in the south.Less
This chapter examines the historical ambivalence of French Canadians to the British Empire. French Canadians had many reasons to feel ambivalent about the British Empire. This is because throughout the time of French colonial rule, the French settlements in North America faced almost continual threat from the British. The Anglo-American colonists continued their attacks on Quebec. Their antipathy to the French colony was firmly established among the Protestant colonists in the south.
Jeffrey Merrick
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195093032
- eISBN:
- 9780199854493
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195093032.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter examines the history of homosexuality, natalism, and the controversy surrounding André Gide's book Corydon in France during the early 1900s. It mentions studies indicating that a vast ...
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This chapter examines the history of homosexuality, natalism, and the controversy surrounding André Gide's book Corydon in France during the early 1900s. It mentions studies indicating that a vast homosexual culture thrived in Paris during the sexual revolution of the interwar years and suggests that this period constituted something of a golden age for French homosexuality. However, Gide's book has shown that tolerance of homosexuality was almost nonexistent outside of the capital and uncommon even within Paris. Many of the men and women who “came out” during this time experienced provincial intolerance, parental dismay, and public antipathy.Less
This chapter examines the history of homosexuality, natalism, and the controversy surrounding André Gide's book Corydon in France during the early 1900s. It mentions studies indicating that a vast homosexual culture thrived in Paris during the sexual revolution of the interwar years and suggests that this period constituted something of a golden age for French homosexuality. However, Gide's book has shown that tolerance of homosexuality was almost nonexistent outside of the capital and uncommon even within Paris. Many of the men and women who “came out” during this time experienced provincial intolerance, parental dismay, and public antipathy.
Robert Desjarlais
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520267398
- eISBN:
- 9780520948204
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520267398.003.0006
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Global
A determined, intrepid approach to the game helps a player to grab precious points. Seasoned players speak of such determination as an integral piece of a chess player's success. One motivation that ...
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A determined, intrepid approach to the game helps a player to grab precious points. Seasoned players speak of such determination as an integral piece of a chess player's success. One motivation that some players employ is to drum up an antipathy toward their opponents. They make themselves despise their opponents, generating “hatred” for them. That way, they want nothing more than to demolish them and exert their superiority. The competitive spirit is pervasive, even in casual settings. Chess players are constantly sizing up who the other players are. A hierarchy of dominance exists, not unlike that which can be found at a posh country club or among a troop of baboons. Competitiveness and camaraderie form a double-helix structure of social relations in chess.Less
A determined, intrepid approach to the game helps a player to grab precious points. Seasoned players speak of such determination as an integral piece of a chess player's success. One motivation that some players employ is to drum up an antipathy toward their opponents. They make themselves despise their opponents, generating “hatred” for them. That way, they want nothing more than to demolish them and exert their superiority. The competitive spirit is pervasive, even in casual settings. Chess players are constantly sizing up who the other players are. A hierarchy of dominance exists, not unlike that which can be found at a posh country club or among a troop of baboons. Competitiveness and camaraderie form a double-helix structure of social relations in chess.
Donald M. MacRaild
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853236528
- eISBN:
- 9781846312892
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846312892
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This is a study of Catholic and Protestant Irish in a neglected centre of historic Irish settlement where communal violence and Irish-related antipathy bore the hallmarks of the Liverpool and Glasgow ...
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This is a study of Catholic and Protestant Irish in a neglected centre of historic Irish settlement where communal violence and Irish-related antipathy bore the hallmarks of the Liverpool and Glasgow experiences.Less
This is a study of Catholic and Protestant Irish in a neglected centre of historic Irish settlement where communal violence and Irish-related antipathy bore the hallmarks of the Liverpool and Glasgow experiences.
Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199695614
- eISBN:
- 9780191731952
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199695614.003.0004
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
Vector addition will be too simple a model for the composition of all causes because there will be many cases where causes do not add. There are overdose and escalatory cases as well as antipathetic ...
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Vector addition will be too simple a model for the composition of all causes because there will be many cases where causes do not add. There are overdose and escalatory cases as well as antipathetic cases where two causes individually would dispose towards F but when combined together dispose away from F. All these suggest that the composition of causes is often non-linear. There are some cases that can be explained additively but we should nevertheless accept a position of compositional pluralism: addition is just one among many different functions according to which causes compose. This shows that there are cases of causation that should be considered holistically because powers will behave differently in different overall contexts. It also raises the possibility of some powers being emergent. If we combine the powers of sodium with the powers of chlorine we get something that is not merely their addition. How to classify this kind of emergence is a matter left open.Less
Vector addition will be too simple a model for the composition of all causes because there will be many cases where causes do not add. There are overdose and escalatory cases as well as antipathetic cases where two causes individually would dispose towards F but when combined together dispose away from F. All these suggest that the composition of causes is often non-linear. There are some cases that can be explained additively but we should nevertheless accept a position of compositional pluralism: addition is just one among many different functions according to which causes compose. This shows that there are cases of causation that should be considered holistically because powers will behave differently in different overall contexts. It also raises the possibility of some powers being emergent. If we combine the powers of sodium with the powers of chlorine we get something that is not merely their addition. How to classify this kind of emergence is a matter left open.
Noël Carroll
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199539956
- eISBN:
- 9780191730931
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199539956.003.0012
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Aesthetics
This essay explores a range of affective relations between popular audiences and the characters in mass fiction including including identification, empathy, sympathy, antipathy,sollidarity, ...
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This essay explores a range of affective relations between popular audiences and the characters in mass fiction including including identification, empathy, sympathy, antipathy,sollidarity, vectorially-convergent and connected emotional states, coincident emotional states, and mirror reflexes.Less
This essay explores a range of affective relations between popular audiences and the characters in mass fiction including including identification, empathy, sympathy, antipathy,sollidarity, vectorially-convergent and connected emotional states, coincident emotional states, and mirror reflexes.
C. Michael Henry
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300095418
- eISBN:
- 9780300129847
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300095418.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This introductory chapter focuses on the period of 1865 and 1970 to examine the historical factors that explain race and poverty amongst African Americans. These factors include economic stagnation ...
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This introductory chapter focuses on the period of 1865 and 1970 to examine the historical factors that explain race and poverty amongst African Americans. These factors include economic stagnation and retrogression, educational failure, employment discrimination, labor market discrimination, union barriers to employment, housing segregation, and black poverty. It also discusses anti-poverty policy and addresses the pecuniary costs of segregation and discrimination and human costs of the antiblack violence and white antipathy between 1866 and 1943.Less
This introductory chapter focuses on the period of 1865 and 1970 to examine the historical factors that explain race and poverty amongst African Americans. These factors include economic stagnation and retrogression, educational failure, employment discrimination, labor market discrimination, union barriers to employment, housing segregation, and black poverty. It also discusses anti-poverty policy and addresses the pecuniary costs of segregation and discrimination and human costs of the antiblack violence and white antipathy between 1866 and 1943.
Gil G. Rosenthal
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691150673
- eISBN:
- 9781400885466
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691150673.003.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to present a conceptually unified approach to thinking about what Darwin termed the “taste for the beautiful.” It begins by describing a basic ...
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This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to present a conceptually unified approach to thinking about what Darwin termed the “taste for the beautiful.” It begins by describing a basic framework for thinking about mate choice and mate preferences. It then provides an outline for how the book attempts to address key questions about how they work, how they evolve, and how they act simultaneously as targets and agents of selection. Topics discussed include the meaning of mate choice; mate choice as distinct from sexual selection; preference and antipathy underlie realized mate choices; preference functions; stages of mate choice; and mate choice as a problem in animal communication.Less
This chapter first sets out the book's purpose, which is to present a conceptually unified approach to thinking about what Darwin termed the “taste for the beautiful.” It begins by describing a basic framework for thinking about mate choice and mate preferences. It then provides an outline for how the book attempts to address key questions about how they work, how they evolve, and how they act simultaneously as targets and agents of selection. Topics discussed include the meaning of mate choice; mate choice as distinct from sexual selection; preference and antipathy underlie realized mate choices; preference functions; stages of mate choice; and mate choice as a problem in animal communication.
Husband Charles and Alam Yunis
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847428011
- eISBN:
- 9781447303381
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847428011.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter describes the emergence of the term Islamophobia in the British context, and deconstructs this term in order to better understand the elements that may be interacting in shaping people's ...
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This chapter describes the emergence of the term Islamophobia in the British context, and deconstructs this term in order to better understand the elements that may be interacting in shaping people's perception of contemporary events, and possibly driving feelings of antipathy and even hatred. Next, it explores the internal dynamics of Islamophobia. The populist anti-Muslimism can clearly draw on social imaginaries that have their roots in centuries of stereotype formation and in concrete relations of dominance and subjugation. Anti-Muslimism serves contemporary personal and political needs, and its power lies not in the internal coherence of its discourses, but rather in the eclectic possibilities for co-option to different agendas that this semi-ideology provides contemporary British society with. The fusion of the sociopolitical and the social-psychological dynamics provides a qualitatively different understanding of the resilience and potential political potency of anti-Muslimism.Less
This chapter describes the emergence of the term Islamophobia in the British context, and deconstructs this term in order to better understand the elements that may be interacting in shaping people's perception of contemporary events, and possibly driving feelings of antipathy and even hatred. Next, it explores the internal dynamics of Islamophobia. The populist anti-Muslimism can clearly draw on social imaginaries that have their roots in centuries of stereotype formation and in concrete relations of dominance and subjugation. Anti-Muslimism serves contemporary personal and political needs, and its power lies not in the internal coherence of its discourses, but rather in the eclectic possibilities for co-option to different agendas that this semi-ideology provides contemporary British society with. The fusion of the sociopolitical and the social-psychological dynamics provides a qualitatively different understanding of the resilience and potential political potency of anti-Muslimism.
Husband Charles and Alam Yunis
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847428011
- eISBN:
- 9781447303381
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847428011.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
This chapter starts by discussing the organisational context and response at the local level to the introduction by central government of the two policies. It then examines the political impact of ...
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This chapter starts by discussing the organisational context and response at the local level to the introduction by central government of the two policies. It then examines the political impact of Prevent. The implications of the management of Funding for the understanding of how resistance to Prevent had implications for the ways in which it was implemented, while the issue of The ‘Usual Suspects’ indicates how concerns with security and community resistance interact in shaping the local authorities' engagement with local communities. Next, the chapter shifts from a focus on the personal to a concern with Community perceptions of the implementation of these policies. It is impossible to isolate one policy from the implications of other government actions. The data gives substantive support for the concerns that have been expressed elsewhere regarding the damaging impact of Prevent on Community Cohesion initiatives.Less
This chapter starts by discussing the organisational context and response at the local level to the introduction by central government of the two policies. It then examines the political impact of Prevent. The implications of the management of Funding for the understanding of how resistance to Prevent had implications for the ways in which it was implemented, while the issue of The ‘Usual Suspects’ indicates how concerns with security and community resistance interact in shaping the local authorities' engagement with local communities. Next, the chapter shifts from a focus on the personal to a concern with Community perceptions of the implementation of these policies. It is impossible to isolate one policy from the implications of other government actions. The data gives substantive support for the concerns that have been expressed elsewhere regarding the damaging impact of Prevent on Community Cohesion initiatives.
Linda Stratmann
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300173802
- eISBN:
- 9780300194838
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300173802.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter describes the antipathy of similars faced by Queensberry. The publication of The Picture of Dorian Gray precipitated fresh rumors about Wilde, and very unpleasant stories, which ...
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This chapter describes the antipathy of similars faced by Queensberry. The publication of The Picture of Dorian Gray precipitated fresh rumors about Wilde, and very unpleasant stories, which ultimately led to his arrest and downfall, began to be freely circulated in the West End of London. Queensberry's acquaintance John Boon had personally warned two young men, the sons of friends who had become part of Wilde's circle of admirers, of their dangerous situation. Queensberry cannot have been unaware that in a closed, all-male environment, some sexual experimentation may occur between otherwise heterosexual young men. He may have hoped that Bosie's indiscretions were a passing phase which would not recur once his son entered society and met young women, but there must have been fears at the back of his mind that his son was by preference homosexual.Less
This chapter describes the antipathy of similars faced by Queensberry. The publication of The Picture of Dorian Gray precipitated fresh rumors about Wilde, and very unpleasant stories, which ultimately led to his arrest and downfall, began to be freely circulated in the West End of London. Queensberry's acquaintance John Boon had personally warned two young men, the sons of friends who had become part of Wilde's circle of admirers, of their dangerous situation. Queensberry cannot have been unaware that in a closed, all-male environment, some sexual experimentation may occur between otherwise heterosexual young men. He may have hoped that Bosie's indiscretions were a passing phase which would not recur once his son entered society and met young women, but there must have been fears at the back of his mind that his son was by preference homosexual.
David Morgan
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520272224
- eISBN:
- 9780520952140
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520272224.003.0006
- Subject:
- Art, Visual Culture
This chapter explores how seeing and feeling participates in the larger enterprise of affectively organizing social life. Philosopher Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments states that moral ...
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This chapter explores how seeing and feeling participates in the larger enterprise of affectively organizing social life. Philosopher Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments states that moral behavior is produced from feelings of approbation and censure that children encountered in the gaze of others, rather than innate principles. Children then learn to internalize this gaze and use it to scrutinize their own intentions and behavior. In addition, the chapter examines how images were used to generate sympathy in order to demontrate how the sense of community depends on both feeling for one’s fellows (sympathy) and feeling against certain others or aliens (antipathy).Less
This chapter explores how seeing and feeling participates in the larger enterprise of affectively organizing social life. Philosopher Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments states that moral behavior is produced from feelings of approbation and censure that children encountered in the gaze of others, rather than innate principles. Children then learn to internalize this gaze and use it to scrutinize their own intentions and behavior. In addition, the chapter examines how images were used to generate sympathy in order to demontrate how the sense of community depends on both feeling for one’s fellows (sympathy) and feeling against certain others or aliens (antipathy).
Louis A. Pérez
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813040233
- eISBN:
- 9780813043852
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813040233.003.0008
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
In this chapter, Louis A. Pérez Jr. proposes a unique answer to the question of why the U.S. sanctions against Cuba, which have outlived their historical time and outlasted their political purpose, ...
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In this chapter, Louis A. Pérez Jr. proposes a unique answer to the question of why the U.S. sanctions against Cuba, which have outlived their historical time and outlasted their political purpose, remain. Pérez locates the sources of sanctions within the larger context of the narratives by which Americans fashioned the terms of self-representation. This chapter examines the realms of policy where the premise of the propriety of the U.S. purpose assumed the appearance of normal and universal, where the prerogative of power often passed for the pursuit of beneficence. It argues that the U.S. response to Cuba was very much conditioned by its deepening antipathy toward Fidel Castro, and that policies that Washington perceived as inimical to U.S. interests and contrary to its professed values came to be associated entirely with the person of the Cuban leader.Less
In this chapter, Louis A. Pérez Jr. proposes a unique answer to the question of why the U.S. sanctions against Cuba, which have outlived their historical time and outlasted their political purpose, remain. Pérez locates the sources of sanctions within the larger context of the narratives by which Americans fashioned the terms of self-representation. This chapter examines the realms of policy where the premise of the propriety of the U.S. purpose assumed the appearance of normal and universal, where the prerogative of power often passed for the pursuit of beneficence. It argues that the U.S. response to Cuba was very much conditioned by its deepening antipathy toward Fidel Castro, and that policies that Washington perceived as inimical to U.S. interests and contrary to its professed values came to be associated entirely with the person of the Cuban leader.
William A. Galston
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231150071
- eISBN:
- 9780231526623
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231150071.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter considers the notion that religion often serves as an independent source of conflict. It suggests that religion does not serve as a rhetorical screen for violent antipathies spawned by ...
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This chapter considers the notion that religion often serves as an independent source of conflict. It suggests that religion does not serve as a rhetorical screen for violent antipathies spawned by oppression, deprivation, the memory of colonialism, or a deep sense of humiliation—not to mention very specific complaints. The coexistence of religion and politics forms a mode of pluralism that implies horizontal rather than hierarchical relations, not only between political and religious authority claims but also among faith communities. Pluralism is bound to leave both theocrats and civic totalists dissatisfied, but nevertheless, it holds out the hope of reducing coercion to manageable minimum. The problem of religiously related violence can be addressed best not through secularism but rather through institutionalized pluralism. The chapter looks into three case studies in order to demonstrate the relationship of pluralism and religious violence: the transformation of Catholicism, claims of politics and claims of faith in Judaism, and pluralism and violence in traditionalist Islam.Less
This chapter considers the notion that religion often serves as an independent source of conflict. It suggests that religion does not serve as a rhetorical screen for violent antipathies spawned by oppression, deprivation, the memory of colonialism, or a deep sense of humiliation—not to mention very specific complaints. The coexistence of religion and politics forms a mode of pluralism that implies horizontal rather than hierarchical relations, not only between political and religious authority claims but also among faith communities. Pluralism is bound to leave both theocrats and civic totalists dissatisfied, but nevertheless, it holds out the hope of reducing coercion to manageable minimum. The problem of religiously related violence can be addressed best not through secularism but rather through institutionalized pluralism. The chapter looks into three case studies in order to demonstrate the relationship of pluralism and religious violence: the transformation of Catholicism, claims of politics and claims of faith in Judaism, and pluralism and violence in traditionalist Islam.
Laura Heins
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252037740
- eISBN:
- 9780252095023
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252037740.003.0004
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter examines the domestic melodrama and argues that it was used by the Nazis in a genre-contradictory manner to effect a departure from the nuclear family, in accordance with the ...
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This chapter examines the domestic melodrama and argues that it was used by the Nazis in a genre-contradictory manner to effect a departure from the nuclear family, in accordance with the antibourgeois antipathies of the regime's leadership. It contends that Nazi films, far from universally reinforcing traditional family structures, actually profit from an undermining of sexual taboos—the ultimate goal being an increased level of efficiency of production and reproduction. Seemingly prohibited desires actually formed the core of Nazi film melodramas; just as fascist Germany's “leading man” found the family largely unattractive, so did the imaginary of its cinema. Filmmakers in the Third Reich preferred to offer images of the dissolution of the family rather than images of harmonious familial units, and the domestic melodrama in particular reveals the highly conflicted attitude of Nazi ideology and policy regarding bourgeois morality, marriage, and motherhood.Less
This chapter examines the domestic melodrama and argues that it was used by the Nazis in a genre-contradictory manner to effect a departure from the nuclear family, in accordance with the antibourgeois antipathies of the regime's leadership. It contends that Nazi films, far from universally reinforcing traditional family structures, actually profit from an undermining of sexual taboos—the ultimate goal being an increased level of efficiency of production and reproduction. Seemingly prohibited desires actually formed the core of Nazi film melodramas; just as fascist Germany's “leading man” found the family largely unattractive, so did the imaginary of its cinema. Filmmakers in the Third Reich preferred to offer images of the dissolution of the family rather than images of harmonious familial units, and the domestic melodrama in particular reveals the highly conflicted attitude of Nazi ideology and policy regarding bourgeois morality, marriage, and motherhood.
Tom Rockmore
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300104509
- eISBN:
- 9780300129588
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300104509.003.0002
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy
This chapter posits that any assessment of the long-standing analytic antipathy to Hegel presupposes an understanding of terms such as “British idealism,” “German idealism,” and “idealism.” Analytic ...
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This chapter posits that any assessment of the long-standing analytic antipathy to Hegel presupposes an understanding of terms such as “British idealism,” “German idealism,” and “idealism.” Analytic thinkers in revolt against idealism, or British idealism, were often never very clear about that against which they were revolting. None of the early analytic thinkers had more than a very general, imprecise conception of British idealism, German idealism, or idealism in general. The types of idealism are very different. German idealists arguably share common goals, such as developing systematic, scientific philosophy through perfecting Kant's Copernican revolution. Other than opposition to standard British empiricism, British idealism apparently lacks a common philosophical project.Less
This chapter posits that any assessment of the long-standing analytic antipathy to Hegel presupposes an understanding of terms such as “British idealism,” “German idealism,” and “idealism.” Analytic thinkers in revolt against idealism, or British idealism, were often never very clear about that against which they were revolting. None of the early analytic thinkers had more than a very general, imprecise conception of British idealism, German idealism, or idealism in general. The types of idealism are very different. German idealists arguably share common goals, such as developing systematic, scientific philosophy through perfecting Kant's Copernican revolution. Other than opposition to standard British empiricism, British idealism apparently lacks a common philosophical project.
Joseph Luzzi
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300123555
- eISBN:
- 9780300151787
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300123555.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature
This chapter describes Wordsworth's lashing out against Dante through an untimely opinion on the Commedia, which has become symbolic of his characteristic antipathy for any literary trend. In ...
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This chapter describes Wordsworth's lashing out against Dante through an untimely opinion on the Commedia, which has become symbolic of his characteristic antipathy for any literary trend. In reality, however, Wordsworth's motivations were political; his opinion was not actually a response to the Commedia but to a politically charged, autobiographical version of Dante circulating in early nineteenth-century England. Most writers of this era, especially the so-called second-generation Romantics, viewed Dante as the literary-historical embodiment of the radical and extroverted poet-hero. Those who favored such a reading often combined their praise for the heroic, republican image of Dante with attacks on what they took to be the introspective, divided, and conservative Wordsworthian self. In reaction to these polemics, Wordsworth pronounced harshly on the Commedia because of its associations with radical politics, German metaphysics, and the literary extravaganzas of his younger contemporaries.Less
This chapter describes Wordsworth's lashing out against Dante through an untimely opinion on the Commedia, which has become symbolic of his characteristic antipathy for any literary trend. In reality, however, Wordsworth's motivations were political; his opinion was not actually a response to the Commedia but to a politically charged, autobiographical version of Dante circulating in early nineteenth-century England. Most writers of this era, especially the so-called second-generation Romantics, viewed Dante as the literary-historical embodiment of the radical and extroverted poet-hero. Those who favored such a reading often combined their praise for the heroic, republican image of Dante with attacks on what they took to be the introspective, divided, and conservative Wordsworthian self. In reaction to these polemics, Wordsworth pronounced harshly on the Commedia because of its associations with radical politics, German metaphysics, and the literary extravaganzas of his younger contemporaries.
Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780823255283
- eISBN:
- 9780823261130
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823255283.003.0010
- Subject:
- Philosophy, American Philosophy
Royce's 1908 essay, “Race Questions and Prejudices” has been the subject of various interpretations and some controversy. This piece addresses some of the criticisms, focusing on the following ...
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Royce's 1908 essay, “Race Questions and Prejudices” has been the subject of various interpretations and some controversy. This piece addresses some of the criticisms, focusing on the following questions: (1) Is he really attacking the scientific racism in his time? (2) Is his discussion of Japan in his article a reflection of racial views in his time? (3) Does his use of the case studies of Jamaica and Trinidad in his “Race Questions” and his relationship to Sir Sydney Olivier demonstrate that he is a “white imperialist? (4) Does his discussion of “assimilation” in the “Race Questions” essay and other works indicate that he is a white supremacist? and (5) what is his understanding of the phrase “antipathies?” I also offer some reflections on the complexities of dealing philosophically with “race questions.”Less
Royce's 1908 essay, “Race Questions and Prejudices” has been the subject of various interpretations and some controversy. This piece addresses some of the criticisms, focusing on the following questions: (1) Is he really attacking the scientific racism in his time? (2) Is his discussion of Japan in his article a reflection of racial views in his time? (3) Does his use of the case studies of Jamaica and Trinidad in his “Race Questions” and his relationship to Sir Sydney Olivier demonstrate that he is a “white imperialist? (4) Does his discussion of “assimilation” in the “Race Questions” essay and other works indicate that he is a white supremacist? and (5) what is his understanding of the phrase “antipathies?” I also offer some reflections on the complexities of dealing philosophically with “race questions.”
Wendy Gonaver
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469648446
- eISBN:
- 9781469648460
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469648446.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
The conclusion opens with discussion of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Feather,” a satire of moral treatment. Poe was a distant cousin of Superintendent John M. Galt, and he ...
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The conclusion opens with discussion of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Feather,” a satire of moral treatment. Poe was a distant cousin of Superintendent John M. Galt, and he might have based his fictional institution on the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, particularly his depiction of the attendants as African apes. This story provides an opportunity to review the ideals and shortcomings of moral therapy, and to connect the history of psychiatry to analysis of race. It is asserted that racial antipathy undermined humane asylum care and stalled implementation of successful outpatient care models. Instead, moral medicine gave way to moral hygiene and eugenics as asylum and prison moved closer together. The conclusion ends with a brief discussion of psychiatrist Franz Fanon, who drew upon his professional experiences to outline a different asylum nightmare than that envisioned by Poe.Less
The conclusion opens with discussion of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Feather,” a satire of moral treatment. Poe was a distant cousin of Superintendent John M. Galt, and he might have based his fictional institution on the Eastern Lunatic Asylum, particularly his depiction of the attendants as African apes. This story provides an opportunity to review the ideals and shortcomings of moral therapy, and to connect the history of psychiatry to analysis of race. It is asserted that racial antipathy undermined humane asylum care and stalled implementation of successful outpatient care models. Instead, moral medicine gave way to moral hygiene and eugenics as asylum and prison moved closer together. The conclusion ends with a brief discussion of psychiatrist Franz Fanon, who drew upon his professional experiences to outline a different asylum nightmare than that envisioned by Poe.