Moyra Haslett
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198184324
- eISBN:
- 9780191674198
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198184324.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century Literature and Romanticism, Poetry
This chapter examines the extent to which Lord Byron's epic poem Don Juan was seen to be politically subversive and the extent to which the Don Juan legend made it so. The allusive appeal of the poem ...
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This chapter examines the extent to which Lord Byron's epic poem Don Juan was seen to be politically subversive and the extent to which the Don Juan legend made it so. The allusive appeal of the poem to the upper and lower classes was attributed to its invocation of specific class configurations and to its politics, which were not solely sexual. The poem was also placed in the unusual position of having attracted just about the only readers which it ostensibly neglected to address, the working class.Less
This chapter examines the extent to which Lord Byron's epic poem Don Juan was seen to be politically subversive and the extent to which the Don Juan legend made it so. The allusive appeal of the poem to the upper and lower classes was attributed to its invocation of specific class configurations and to its politics, which were not solely sexual. The poem was also placed in the unusual position of having attracted just about the only readers which it ostensibly neglected to address, the working class.
Joseph Raz
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198260691
- eISBN:
- 9780191682148
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198260691.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Philosophy of Law
This new collection opens with a pivotal chapter, not previously published, on the implications of the moral duties which arise out of concern for the well-being of others. The first part of the book ...
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This new collection opens with a pivotal chapter, not previously published, on the implications of the moral duties which arise out of concern for the well-being of others. The first part of the book concentrates on the consequences of two central aspects of well-being: the importance of membership in groups — the role of belonging — and the active character of well-being — that it largely consists in successful activities. Both aspects have far-reaching political implications, explored in chapters on free expression, national self-determination, and multiculturalism, among others. Against the background of the moral and political views developed in the first part, the second part of the book explores various aspects of the dynamic interrelations between law and morality, offering some building blocks towards a theory of law.Less
This new collection opens with a pivotal chapter, not previously published, on the implications of the moral duties which arise out of concern for the well-being of others. The first part of the book concentrates on the consequences of two central aspects of well-being: the importance of membership in groups — the role of belonging — and the active character of well-being — that it largely consists in successful activities. Both aspects have far-reaching political implications, explored in chapters on free expression, national self-determination, and multiculturalism, among others. Against the background of the moral and political views developed in the first part, the second part of the book explores various aspects of the dynamic interrelations between law and morality, offering some building blocks towards a theory of law.
Helmut Lethen
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520201095
- eISBN:
- 9780520916418
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520201095.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter explains that the cool conduct's ritual, actions, and lifestyle inscribe themselves as traces of separation within the world of fusion's imaginary spaces—birth memories, faith in the ...
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This chapter explains that the cool conduct's ritual, actions, and lifestyle inscribe themselves as traces of separation within the world of fusion's imaginary spaces—birth memories, faith in the completeness of the life cycle, longing for spheres of trust, praise for warm zones, and a weakness for the myths of origin. It notes that a look at the political implications of polarization reveals the one-dimensional images of the individual it sets up. At the same time, the split into opposed spheres obscures their reciprocal conditionality; both separation scenario and fusion drama draw energy from mutual negation and find in the other a horizon of uncanniness that keeps the universe intact. It explains that the examination of the theoretical constructions of the cool persona presents numerous variations on the attempt to recall the father out of nothing.Less
This chapter explains that the cool conduct's ritual, actions, and lifestyle inscribe themselves as traces of separation within the world of fusion's imaginary spaces—birth memories, faith in the completeness of the life cycle, longing for spheres of trust, praise for warm zones, and a weakness for the myths of origin. It notes that a look at the political implications of polarization reveals the one-dimensional images of the individual it sets up. At the same time, the split into opposed spheres obscures their reciprocal conditionality; both separation scenario and fusion drama draw energy from mutual negation and find in the other a horizon of uncanniness that keeps the universe intact. It explains that the examination of the theoretical constructions of the cool persona presents numerous variations on the attempt to recall the father out of nothing.
Lisa Yoneyama
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520085862
- eISBN:
- 9780520914896
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520085862.003.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This book explores the cultural meanings and political implications of the practices of remembering, reinscribing, and retelling memories of Hiroshima. In exploring the politics of historical ...
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This book explores the cultural meanings and political implications of the practices of remembering, reinscribing, and retelling memories of Hiroshima. In exploring the politics of historical knowledge about Hiroshima, this ethnography deploys the concept of memory as its central device. It examines some of the spatial strategies that have contributed to taming knowledge about the city's past, analyzes the testimonial practices of Hiroshima's survivors, and considers how acts of remembrance have produced ethnic and gendered subjectivities in the post-war years.Less
This book explores the cultural meanings and political implications of the practices of remembering, reinscribing, and retelling memories of Hiroshima. In exploring the politics of historical knowledge about Hiroshima, this ethnography deploys the concept of memory as its central device. It examines some of the spatial strategies that have contributed to taming knowledge about the city's past, analyzes the testimonial practices of Hiroshima's survivors, and considers how acts of remembrance have produced ethnic and gendered subjectivities in the post-war years.
Stephen Teo
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098398
- eISBN:
- 9789882206823
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098398.003.0006
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter summarizes the contribution to genre, examining Johnnie To's achievements from the critical-theoretical perspective of genre expectations, in particular the convention of the happy ...
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This chapter summarizes the contribution to genre, examining Johnnie To's achievements from the critical-theoretical perspective of genre expectations, in particular the convention of the happy ending. It also updates To's career to the release of Exiled (2006), and deals with his three most recent films: Election, Election 2, and Exiled. The two panels in the Election diptych stand apart from the rest of To's films because they contain new visions of violence and clear political implications in their narratives. All of these three films reveal the director engaging in a dialectical discourse with his own work in the action genre. Violence in To's action cinema has a didactic function inasmuch as one's cognitive senses are provoked through the viscera of violence.Less
This chapter summarizes the contribution to genre, examining Johnnie To's achievements from the critical-theoretical perspective of genre expectations, in particular the convention of the happy ending. It also updates To's career to the release of Exiled (2006), and deals with his three most recent films: Election, Election 2, and Exiled. The two panels in the Election diptych stand apart from the rest of To's films because they contain new visions of violence and clear political implications in their narratives. All of these three films reveal the director engaging in a dialectical discourse with his own work in the action genre. Violence in To's action cinema has a didactic function inasmuch as one's cognitive senses are provoked through the viscera of violence.
Charlotte Williamson
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847427458
- eISBN:
- 9781447304043
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847427458.003.0009
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter examines the radical and conservative doctors who are considered allies and antagonists of the patient movement. It explains that the minority of doctors who are radical tend to support ...
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This chapter examines the radical and conservative doctors who are considered allies and antagonists of the patient movement. It explains that the minority of doctors who are radical tend to support radical patient activists' ideas and definitions of higher standards. The chapter suggests that radical and conservative alignments and positions in doctors are important because doctors and activists working together can articulate new standards successfully. It contends that it is important to consider the cultural and political implications of these alliances and antagonisms in order to help the royal colleges and other institutions or groups set and secure the implementation of the high standards which should characterise healthcare.Less
This chapter examines the radical and conservative doctors who are considered allies and antagonists of the patient movement. It explains that the minority of doctors who are radical tend to support radical patient activists' ideas and definitions of higher standards. The chapter suggests that radical and conservative alignments and positions in doctors are important because doctors and activists working together can articulate new standards successfully. It contends that it is important to consider the cultural and political implications of these alliances and antagonisms in order to help the royal colleges and other institutions or groups set and secure the implementation of the high standards which should characterise healthcare.
C. Dominik Güss, Alexandra Foust, and Dietrich Dörner
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199925926
- eISBN:
- 9780199380664
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199925926.003.0006
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
Suicide terrorism, although not new, increased over the last decade in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Terrorist organizations primarily use suicide attacks as a form of psychological warfare to ...
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Suicide terrorism, although not new, increased over the last decade in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Terrorist organizations primarily use suicide attacks as a form of psychological warfare to create fear and chaos as a means of achieving a political goal. Suicide attacks often cause an intense combination of personal fear for one’s life and shared national fear for the security of the country. The current paper describes a theoretical model based on the PSI-theory (Dörner, 1999)that connects individuals’ fear of suicide attacks to political attitudes. The paper describes how politicians react to these individual psychological processes related to fear of suicide terrorism, using examples from the Hamid Karzai administration in Afghanistan and the Nouri al-Maliki administration in Iraq. Thus the paper attempts to connect psychological motivational, emotional, and cognitive processes on the level of the individual to the politics of the war on terror.Less
Suicide terrorism, although not new, increased over the last decade in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Terrorist organizations primarily use suicide attacks as a form of psychological warfare to create fear and chaos as a means of achieving a political goal. Suicide attacks often cause an intense combination of personal fear for one’s life and shared national fear for the security of the country. The current paper describes a theoretical model based on the PSI-theory (Dörner, 1999)that connects individuals’ fear of suicide attacks to political attitudes. The paper describes how politicians react to these individual psychological processes related to fear of suicide terrorism, using examples from the Hamid Karzai administration in Afghanistan and the Nouri al-Maliki administration in Iraq. Thus the paper attempts to connect psychological motivational, emotional, and cognitive processes on the level of the individual to the politics of the war on terror.
Rudy B. Andeweg and Kees Aarts
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- August 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198793717
- eISBN:
- 9780191835520
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198793717.003.0011
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This final chapter concludes with a reflection on the findings presented in the book, the implications of these findings for politics and political science, and suggestions for a new research agenda ...
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This final chapter concludes with a reflection on the findings presented in the book, the implications of these findings for politics and political science, and suggestions for a new research agenda on legitimacy. The chapter concludes that the analyses in this volume do not provide evidence of legitimacy crisis. This leaves us with a puzzle, as the belief in such a legitimacy crisis is persistent, and it has proven to be quite resistant to evidence provided by political scientists on the basis of data such as analyzed in this book. This discrepancy between current data and public discourse must also prompt us to reflect on political science research: what have we done so far in selecting our concepts, data, research strategies, and empirical domain, and what can and should be improved? The chapter concludes with suggestions for new research on legitimacy.Less
This final chapter concludes with a reflection on the findings presented in the book, the implications of these findings for politics and political science, and suggestions for a new research agenda on legitimacy. The chapter concludes that the analyses in this volume do not provide evidence of legitimacy crisis. This leaves us with a puzzle, as the belief in such a legitimacy crisis is persistent, and it has proven to be quite resistant to evidence provided by political scientists on the basis of data such as analyzed in this book. This discrepancy between current data and public discourse must also prompt us to reflect on political science research: what have we done so far in selecting our concepts, data, research strategies, and empirical domain, and what can and should be improved? The chapter concludes with suggestions for new research on legitimacy.
Lily Chumley
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691164977
- eISBN:
- 9781400881321
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691164977.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Social and Cultural Anthropology
This chapter examines the pedagogical forms through which students who matriculate to art academies after years of highly technical test prep are taught to practice creativity and “find themselves.” ...
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This chapter examines the pedagogical forms through which students who matriculate to art academies after years of highly technical test prep are taught to practice creativity and “find themselves.” It offers an ethnography of the discussion-based, “critique”-style “creativity classes” (chuangzaoke) that are a central part of university-level art and design curriculum. Building on the linguistic anthropology of pedagogy, this chapter describes how art students are taught to “entextualize” a style by narrating a self, performatively anchoring an aesthetic that is always drawn from the work of others in a unique and highly personal subjectivity. The chapter reflects on the political implications of this subjectivity and its forms of practice.Less
This chapter examines the pedagogical forms through which students who matriculate to art academies after years of highly technical test prep are taught to practice creativity and “find themselves.” It offers an ethnography of the discussion-based, “critique”-style “creativity classes” (chuangzaoke) that are a central part of university-level art and design curriculum. Building on the linguistic anthropology of pedagogy, this chapter describes how art students are taught to “entextualize” a style by narrating a self, performatively anchoring an aesthetic that is always drawn from the work of others in a unique and highly personal subjectivity. The chapter reflects on the political implications of this subjectivity and its forms of practice.
Ozawa Shizen
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099142
- eISBN:
- 9789882206632
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099142.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
This chapter examines the political implications of the revisions made to Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella Bird. The idealization of the Ainu people, the culminating northern point of her ...
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This chapter examines the political implications of the revisions made to Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella Bird. The idealization of the Ainu people, the culminating northern point of her journey, consigns them to historical defeat, victims of the racial struggle for existence. In particular, it investigates how editorial changes alter the character of the traveler. It also shows how representations of Japan are accordingly modified. Finally, it reviews the most conspicuous difference between the two editions — the erasing of most of the references to missionary activities in Japan. Perhaps the act of travel writing is itself an effort to redefine identity, which contact with the other destabilizes to some extent. If this is the case, differences between the first and the popular editions of Unbeaten Tracks in Japan cast an interesting light upon the ways in which cultural boundaries are redrawn in the process of recounting travel.Less
This chapter examines the political implications of the revisions made to Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella Bird. The idealization of the Ainu people, the culminating northern point of her journey, consigns them to historical defeat, victims of the racial struggle for existence. In particular, it investigates how editorial changes alter the character of the traveler. It also shows how representations of Japan are accordingly modified. Finally, it reviews the most conspicuous difference between the two editions — the erasing of most of the references to missionary activities in Japan. Perhaps the act of travel writing is itself an effort to redefine identity, which contact with the other destabilizes to some extent. If this is the case, differences between the first and the popular editions of Unbeaten Tracks in Japan cast an interesting light upon the ways in which cultural boundaries are redrawn in the process of recounting travel.
Saverio Tomaiuolo
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748641154
- eISBN:
- 9780748651665
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748641154.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature
This chapter presents an analysis of the vampire story ‘Good Lady Ducayne’. It discusses the socio-political implications of the vampire during the late Victorian age and shows how Braddon’s text ...
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This chapter presents an analysis of the vampire story ‘Good Lady Ducayne’. It discusses the socio-political implications of the vampire during the late Victorian age and shows how Braddon’s text tells a form of vampiric exploitation by a wealthy aristocrat. The Good Lady Ducayne, however, suggests many other parallel readings that are related to decayed female sexuality and productivity. The chapter also looks at an anti-Semitic racial unconscious that was common during the years when this short story was written. It concludes that Braddon’s mutations of the Gothic code show her willingness to survive the challenges of the Victorian literary market.Less
This chapter presents an analysis of the vampire story ‘Good Lady Ducayne’. It discusses the socio-political implications of the vampire during the late Victorian age and shows how Braddon’s text tells a form of vampiric exploitation by a wealthy aristocrat. The Good Lady Ducayne, however, suggests many other parallel readings that are related to decayed female sexuality and productivity. The chapter also looks at an anti-Semitic racial unconscious that was common during the years when this short story was written. It concludes that Braddon’s mutations of the Gothic code show her willingness to survive the challenges of the Victorian literary market.
Sadhana Naithani
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604734553
- eISBN:
- 9781621037699
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604734553.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Folk Literature
This chapter discusses folklore studies and how the history of folklore research, critical studies on folklore collectors and their ideologies, and the socio-political implications of folklore ...
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This chapter discusses folklore studies and how the history of folklore research, critical studies on folklore collectors and their ideologies, and the socio-political implications of folklore studies have all been seen within national boundaries. The history of folklore as a subject and object of research is traced back to the early nineteenth-century romantic-nationalist movement in Germany. The global history of folklore research, on the other hand, is Eurocentric in its approach, to the extent that it is based on nineteenth-century European folklore collectors within Europe, although it is well known that in the same century a large number of Europeans collected folklore of countries on other continents. Much of this work outside the European continent was accomplished in the context of colonial relations and done by non-folklorists.Less
This chapter discusses folklore studies and how the history of folklore research, critical studies on folklore collectors and their ideologies, and the socio-political implications of folklore studies have all been seen within national boundaries. The history of folklore as a subject and object of research is traced back to the early nineteenth-century romantic-nationalist movement in Germany. The global history of folklore research, on the other hand, is Eurocentric in its approach, to the extent that it is based on nineteenth-century European folklore collectors within Europe, although it is well known that in the same century a large number of Europeans collected folklore of countries on other continents. Much of this work outside the European continent was accomplished in the context of colonial relations and done by non-folklorists.
Massimo Montanari
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231157339
- eISBN:
- 9780231527880
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231157339.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Culture
This chapter discusses the notion of food as a fundamental instrument of cultural identity. Many have, after all, asserted their identities via the authenticities of a particular cuisine, yet food ...
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This chapter discusses the notion of food as a fundamental instrument of cultural identity. Many have, after all, asserted their identities via the authenticities of a particular cuisine, yet food and alimentary traditions in general are continually evolving, continually shaped by history and many other factors. The authenticity with a dish respective to its region is not static, as its historical roots likely point to a variety of sources from elsewhere. Culinary traditions are frequently shaped by the dietary needs of their time, as well as the cultural and political implications thereof. Identities associated with these are likewise fluid as they construct themselves over time, leaving even the mere notions of “traditions” and “roots” moot.Less
This chapter discusses the notion of food as a fundamental instrument of cultural identity. Many have, after all, asserted their identities via the authenticities of a particular cuisine, yet food and alimentary traditions in general are continually evolving, continually shaped by history and many other factors. The authenticity with a dish respective to its region is not static, as its historical roots likely point to a variety of sources from elsewhere. Culinary traditions are frequently shaped by the dietary needs of their time, as well as the cultural and political implications thereof. Identities associated with these are likewise fluid as they construct themselves over time, leaving even the mere notions of “traditions” and “roots” moot.
Stefan Griller, Walter Obwexer, and Erich Vranes
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198808893
- eISBN:
- 9780191846625
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198808893.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This chapter examines the extent to which mega-regional agreements constitute new orientations for EU external relations. It focuses on CETA, TTIP, and TiSA, which are the most important instruments ...
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This chapter examines the extent to which mega-regional agreements constitute new orientations for EU external relations. It focuses on CETA, TTIP, and TiSA, which are the most important instruments in the context of mega-regional initiatives from the viewpoint of the EU, placing them, however, in the broader context of other mega-regional initiatives such as TPP and the RCEP. This chapter explains the main motivations underlying the worldwide move to regional agreements in the course of the last ten to fifteen years and expounds the main functions of mega-regional agreements. Furthermore, it sketches out the principal (geo-)political implications of today’s prime mega-regional projects. Finally, this introductory chapter argues that the reorientation attempted with these initiatives calls for a re-evaluation in view of the problematic experiences made during the negotiations on CETA and TTIP, in particular.Less
This chapter examines the extent to which mega-regional agreements constitute new orientations for EU external relations. It focuses on CETA, TTIP, and TiSA, which are the most important instruments in the context of mega-regional initiatives from the viewpoint of the EU, placing them, however, in the broader context of other mega-regional initiatives such as TPP and the RCEP. This chapter explains the main motivations underlying the worldwide move to regional agreements in the course of the last ten to fifteen years and expounds the main functions of mega-regional agreements. Furthermore, it sketches out the principal (geo-)political implications of today’s prime mega-regional projects. Finally, this introductory chapter argues that the reorientation attempted with these initiatives calls for a re-evaluation in view of the problematic experiences made during the negotiations on CETA and TTIP, in particular.