Ann Jefferson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691160658
- eISBN:
- 9781400852598
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691160658.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter traces the emergence of a new poetry that presents its credentials as lying not with any preexisting literary or national tradition, but with the genius of the individual poet. Despite ...
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This chapter traces the emergence of a new poetry that presents its credentials as lying not with any preexisting literary or national tradition, but with the genius of the individual poet. Despite the real success of the volumes published in this spirit, the poet is portrayed, like Moses abandoned by his people, as having no public. The collective “other” that might afford him recognition is absent, and in the words of Victor Hugo, his was a voice crying in the wilderness, and singing to the deaf. The new poets thus enter the literary field announcing in advance that they will go unheard by a world that is fundamentally hostile.Less
This chapter traces the emergence of a new poetry that presents its credentials as lying not with any preexisting literary or national tradition, but with the genius of the individual poet. Despite the real success of the volumes published in this spirit, the poet is portrayed, like Moses abandoned by his people, as having no public. The collective “other” that might afford him recognition is absent, and in the words of Victor Hugo, his was a voice crying in the wilderness, and singing to the deaf. The new poets thus enter the literary field announcing in advance that they will go unheard by a world that is fundamentally hostile.
Ann Jefferson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691160658
- eISBN:
- 9781400852598
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691160658.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter considers how a link was established between genius and genius in a manner that sidelines the public. It explores arguments which claims that the public—now deemed “vulgar”—lacks the ...
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This chapter considers how a link was established between genius and genius in a manner that sidelines the public. It explores arguments which claims that the public—now deemed “vulgar”—lacks the requisite sensibility to respond to genius, and is bracketed out of a relation that now goes exclusively from genius to genius. Genius remains self-evident, but only to the man who is already endowed with it: he alone is equipped to recognize it, whether in himself or another. As the burden of recognition is shifted from reader-spectator to genius itself, the continuity between reader-spectator and genius is broken, and the self-evidence of genius begins to wane.Less
This chapter considers how a link was established between genius and genius in a manner that sidelines the public. It explores arguments which claims that the public—now deemed “vulgar”—lacks the requisite sensibility to respond to genius, and is bracketed out of a relation that now goes exclusively from genius to genius. Genius remains self-evident, but only to the man who is already endowed with it: he alone is equipped to recognize it, whether in himself or another. As the burden of recognition is shifted from reader-spectator to genius itself, the continuity between reader-spectator and genius is broken, and the self-evidence of genius begins to wane.
Christina Fiig
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847424655
- eISBN:
- 9781447302407
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847424655.003.0012
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
This chapter investigates the new feminist debate. It works as a reservoir of insights into Scandinavian discourses on feminism and gender equality. The new feminist debate voiced new discourses ...
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This chapter investigates the new feminist debate. It works as a reservoir of insights into Scandinavian discourses on feminism and gender equality. The new feminist debate voiced new discourses across Scandinavia. The chapter briefly describes the ‘key actors’ in the debate, that is, the young women who took part in the debate and whose experiences, narratives, and life stories form its basis. In addition, the discourses of rehabilitation, of public recognition, and of consciousness are explained. These discourses show how participants in the general public employ narratives and storytelling in order to identify with each other, as a means of politicising their situation, and as a consciousness-raising process. The study suggests that gender inequality is still a key issue in women's lives in Scandinavia among educated young women and feminists.Less
This chapter investigates the new feminist debate. It works as a reservoir of insights into Scandinavian discourses on feminism and gender equality. The new feminist debate voiced new discourses across Scandinavia. The chapter briefly describes the ‘key actors’ in the debate, that is, the young women who took part in the debate and whose experiences, narratives, and life stories form its basis. In addition, the discourses of rehabilitation, of public recognition, and of consciousness are explained. These discourses show how participants in the general public employ narratives and storytelling in order to identify with each other, as a means of politicising their situation, and as a consciousness-raising process. The study suggests that gender inequality is still a key issue in women's lives in Scandinavia among educated young women and feminists.
Luis Roniger
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813036632
- eISBN:
- 9780813038834
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813036632.003.0008
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Complementing the analysis, this chapter looks at the parameters of inclusion and exclusion predicated by the states in the region toward internal groups, both localized and particularly those with ...
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Complementing the analysis, this chapter looks at the parameters of inclusion and exclusion predicated by the states in the region toward internal groups, both localized and particularly those with transnational links such as the Miskitu or the Garinagu. The crux of citizenship is the interaction of membership, public recognition, and politics. The character of such interaction varies according to the contextual and varied forms in which individuals and groups have connected to states and nations. The cultural program embedded in citizenship has had political implications, reflected in the official recognition or denial of recognition of political, civil, socioeconomic, and cultural rights to different groups. In other words, citizenship was channeled through the construction of a national identity, subordinating or even neglecting some of the subnational identities (today we would call them subaltern), especially those that could potentially acquire transnational projection.Less
Complementing the analysis, this chapter looks at the parameters of inclusion and exclusion predicated by the states in the region toward internal groups, both localized and particularly those with transnational links such as the Miskitu or the Garinagu. The crux of citizenship is the interaction of membership, public recognition, and politics. The character of such interaction varies according to the contextual and varied forms in which individuals and groups have connected to states and nations. The cultural program embedded in citizenship has had political implications, reflected in the official recognition or denial of recognition of political, civil, socioeconomic, and cultural rights to different groups. In other words, citizenship was channeled through the construction of a national identity, subordinating or even neglecting some of the subnational identities (today we would call them subaltern), especially those that could potentially acquire transnational projection.
Craig Calhoun
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226090849
- eISBN:
- 9780226090870
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226090870.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
The story of the rise of radicalism in the early nineteenth century has often been simplified into a fable about progressive social change. The diverse social movements of the era—religious, ...
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The story of the rise of radicalism in the early nineteenth century has often been simplified into a fable about progressive social change. The diverse social movements of the era—religious, political, regional, national, antislavery, and protemperance—are presented as mere strands in a unified tapestry of labor and democratic mobilization. Taking aim at this flawed view of radicalism as simply the extreme end of a single dimension of progress, this book emphasizes the coexistence of different kinds of radicalism, their tensions, and their implications. It reveals the importance of radicalism's links to preindustrial culture and attachments to place and local communities, as well the ways in which journalists who had been pushed out of “respectable” politics connected to artisans and other workers. The book shows how much public recognition mattered to radical movements, and how religious, cultural, and directly political—as well as economic—concerns motivated people to join up. Reflecting two decades of research into social movement theory and the history of protest, it offers insights into the past that can tell us much about the present, from American right-wing populism to democratic upheavals in North Africa.Less
The story of the rise of radicalism in the early nineteenth century has often been simplified into a fable about progressive social change. The diverse social movements of the era—religious, political, regional, national, antislavery, and protemperance—are presented as mere strands in a unified tapestry of labor and democratic mobilization. Taking aim at this flawed view of radicalism as simply the extreme end of a single dimension of progress, this book emphasizes the coexistence of different kinds of radicalism, their tensions, and their implications. It reveals the importance of radicalism's links to preindustrial culture and attachments to place and local communities, as well the ways in which journalists who had been pushed out of “respectable” politics connected to artisans and other workers. The book shows how much public recognition mattered to radical movements, and how religious, cultural, and directly political—as well as economic—concerns motivated people to join up. Reflecting two decades of research into social movement theory and the history of protest, it offers insights into the past that can tell us much about the present, from American right-wing populism to democratic upheavals in North Africa.
Jason McGraw
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781469617862
- eISBN:
- 9781469617886
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469617862.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
This chapter reconsiders the Thousand Days' War (1899–1902) as a partisan conflict fought through regional, class, gender, and cultural distinctions. Disenfranchised citizens attempted to formulate ...
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This chapter reconsiders the Thousand Days' War (1899–1902) as a partisan conflict fought through regional, class, gender, and cultural distinctions. Disenfranchised citizens attempted to formulate new possibilities for public recognition even as deteriorating social conditions, violence, and the government's mass denial of their legitimate standing threatened livelihoods and basic existence.Less
This chapter reconsiders the Thousand Days' War (1899–1902) as a partisan conflict fought through regional, class, gender, and cultural distinctions. Disenfranchised citizens attempted to formulate new possibilities for public recognition even as deteriorating social conditions, violence, and the government's mass denial of their legitimate standing threatened livelihoods and basic existence.
Abdulrazak Gurna
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748620111
- eISBN:
- 9780748651863
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748620111.003.0022
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter focuses on the awarding of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature to Toni Morrison, bringing to light the struggle of black writers to be included in the norm for literature. The discussion ...
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This chapter focuses on the awarding of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature to Toni Morrison, bringing to light the struggle of black writers to be included in the norm for literature. The discussion considers the issues of ‘race’ and argues that public recognition for writing can also be a distraction. The chapter also discusses the specificity of African American writing culture and the different course of non-European British writing.Less
This chapter focuses on the awarding of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature to Toni Morrison, bringing to light the struggle of black writers to be included in the norm for literature. The discussion considers the issues of ‘race’ and argues that public recognition for writing can also be a distraction. The chapter also discusses the specificity of African American writing culture and the different course of non-European British writing.
Lisa Yarger
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469630052
- eISBN:
- 9781469630076
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469630052.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, Family History
Lovie is approached in public by a number of former clients (“my mamas”) as well as by some of the grown-up children (“my babies”) whose births she attended. Lovie revels in this public recognition, ...
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Lovie is approached in public by a number of former clients (“my mamas”) as well as by some of the grown-up children (“my babies”) whose births she attended. Lovie revels in this public recognition, enjoying the news that one of her “babies” has grown up to make something of herself and grieving when she learns that others have fallen on hard times.Less
Lovie is approached in public by a number of former clients (“my mamas”) as well as by some of the grown-up children (“my babies”) whose births she attended. Lovie revels in this public recognition, enjoying the news that one of her “babies” has grown up to make something of herself and grieving when she learns that others have fallen on hard times.
Luis Roniger
- Published in print:
- 2022
- Published Online:
- November 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780197605318
- eISBN:
- 9780197605349
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780197605318.003.0010
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics, International Relations and Politics
This chapter explores situations affecting citizens whose ethnic or religious diaspora identities and transnational contacts have either gained them recognition or delegitimized their standing in the ...
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This chapter explores situations affecting citizens whose ethnic or religious diaspora identities and transnational contacts have either gained them recognition or delegitimized their standing in the eyes of state authorities and sectors of public opinion. The analysis reviews the Jewish presence in the Americas before diving deeper into the case of Jewish Venezuelans, followed by presenting comparative observations on Jewish Cubans and on Muslims and Arabs living in the Triborder area where the jurisdictions of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay meet. As Latin America has been primarily a continent of Christians, these case studies explore the meeting ground between the states’ geopolitics and cultural premises and their implications for those whose intersectional identities may open grounds for sectors challenging their legitimate standing as citizens.Less
This chapter explores situations affecting citizens whose ethnic or religious diaspora identities and transnational contacts have either gained them recognition or delegitimized their standing in the eyes of state authorities and sectors of public opinion. The analysis reviews the Jewish presence in the Americas before diving deeper into the case of Jewish Venezuelans, followed by presenting comparative observations on Jewish Cubans and on Muslims and Arabs living in the Triborder area where the jurisdictions of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay meet. As Latin America has been primarily a continent of Christians, these case studies explore the meeting ground between the states’ geopolitics and cultural premises and their implications for those whose intersectional identities may open grounds for sectors challenging their legitimate standing as citizens.
Paul Woodruff
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199768615
- eISBN:
- 9780190267582
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199768615.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million pound bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to ...
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We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million pound bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world where rewards are often unfairly meted out. This book examines one of today's most pressing moral issues: how to distribute rewards and public recognition without damaging the social fabric. How should we honor those whose behavior and achievement is essential to our overall success? Is it fair or right to lavish rewards on the superstar at the expense of the hardworking rank-and-file? How do we distinguish an impartial fairness from what is truly just? The author builds his answer to these questions around the ancient conflict between Ajax and Odysseus over the armor of the slain warrior Achilles. King Agamemnon arranges a speech contest to decide the issue. Ajax, the loyal workhorse, loses the contest, and the priceless armor, to Odysseus, the brilliantly deceptive strategist who will lead the Greeks to victory. Deeply insulted, Ajax goes on a rampage and commits suicide, and in his rage we see the resentment of every loyal worker who has been passed over in favor of those who are more gifted, or whose skills are more highly valued. How should we deal with the “Ajax dilemma?” The author argues that while we can never create a perfect system for distributing just rewards, we can recognize the essential role that wisdom, compassion, moderation, and respect must play if we are to restore the basic sense of justice on which all communities depend.Less
We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million pound bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world where rewards are often unfairly meted out. This book examines one of today's most pressing moral issues: how to distribute rewards and public recognition without damaging the social fabric. How should we honor those whose behavior and achievement is essential to our overall success? Is it fair or right to lavish rewards on the superstar at the expense of the hardworking rank-and-file? How do we distinguish an impartial fairness from what is truly just? The author builds his answer to these questions around the ancient conflict between Ajax and Odysseus over the armor of the slain warrior Achilles. King Agamemnon arranges a speech contest to decide the issue. Ajax, the loyal workhorse, loses the contest, and the priceless armor, to Odysseus, the brilliantly deceptive strategist who will lead the Greeks to victory. Deeply insulted, Ajax goes on a rampage and commits suicide, and in his rage we see the resentment of every loyal worker who has been passed over in favor of those who are more gifted, or whose skills are more highly valued. How should we deal with the “Ajax dilemma?” The author argues that while we can never create a perfect system for distributing just rewards, we can recognize the essential role that wisdom, compassion, moderation, and respect must play if we are to restore the basic sense of justice on which all communities depend.
