Anglo-American migration to Mexico, 19th to early 20th century

This article traces the roots of the Authoritarian Personality (AP) project in the neo-Freudian/phenomenological tradition of the Frankfurt School (FS). It focuses on three of its major proponents (Erich Fromm, Theodor Adorno and Herbert Marcuse) and examines the construction of the F-scale. It outlines how, according to FS-influenced scholars, the AP arose from the disciplinary measures inflicted on late 19th and early 20th century German middle-class youth, and details the sado-masochistic political style of the prototypical AP. It covers the critical reception of this characterization and explanation of authoritarianism by Bob Altemeyer and Anglo-American positivism. It concludes by arguing that in overlooking the inner life of the AP, positivism blinds us to compelling truths, about authoritarianism, and also about ourselves.

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On the ‘Topographical Turn’: Concepts of Space in Cultural Studies and Kulturwissenschaften. A Cartographic Feud

European Review ◽

10.1017/s1062798709000659 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 187-201 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Sigrid Weigel

Keyword(s):

Cultural Studies ◽

20Th Century ◽

Whole Language ◽

Cultural Theory ◽

Historical Narratives ◽

Early 20Th Century ◽

Culture Studies ◽

European Culture ◽

Historical Origin ◽

Anglo American

Addressing the ‘topographical turn’ in cultural theory which emphasizes spatial constellations and sites, the article discusses concepts of space both in Anglo-American Cultural Theory and in European Culture Studies in order to develop their differences. Within Cultural Studies the program to ‘spatialize’ historical narratives has created a whole language of symbolic topographical figures which function as a counter-discourse for minorities. To argue against the tendency of translating theories in order to transform them into ‘neutral tools’, independent of their historical origin, the article discusses various space-discourses in European cultural theories; it refers to studies from the current cultural reorientation of the humanities but also to those from the early 20th century to illuminate different relationships between philosophy, historiography and cultural techniques.

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Manufacturing Shintō as a “World Religion”

Journal of Religion in Japan ◽

10.1163/22118349-00603005 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 171-207

Author(s):

Mark MacWilliams

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Early 20Th Century ◽

World Religion ◽

World Religions ◽

Anglo American ◽

Survey Courses

Abstract How is Shintō presented in Anglo-American world religions textbooks? While not included in the earliest of such survey courses, it regularly appears in such texts from the early 20th century to the present. Why is Shintō included as one of “great” or “world” religions given how greatly it differs from the likes of Christianity and Islam? Textbook authors include Shintō by constructing an image of it that reflects their own model of world religions, an image that is also based on the “Shintō” that Meiji Japanese officials and scholars invented for their own political-ideological purposes. The standard portrayal of Shintō in Western textbooks has remained more or less the same for a century: It is described as (1) an archaic religion; (2) centered on Japanese imperial mythology; (3) nature worship; (4) apolitical, emphasizing personal piety at shrines. While the most recent editions have tried to incorporate new scholarship in their portrayal, they still rely a world religions model of Shintō that is seriously misleading, failing to adequately present Shintō’s complexities as a tradition.

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Anna and Ahmad

Social Sciences and Missions ◽

10.1163/18748945-02801015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (1-2) ◽

pp. 116-149

Author(s):

Omar Foda

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Early 20Th Century ◽

Historical Society ◽

Temperance Movement ◽

Archival Material ◽

Missionary Movement ◽

National Archives ◽

Muslim Majority ◽

Anglo American ◽

American Evangelicalism

This study looks to explain, using archival material from the Presbyterian Historical Society and the Egyptian National Archives, the fascinating presence of a temperance movement in late 19th and early 20th century Egypt, a Muslim-majority country. It looks at how the Egyptian temperance movement grew out of two separate traditions, Anglo-American and Islamic temperance. These traditions were divided by demographics and ideology, but came to be united in their goals, structures, and efficaciousness. Although both failed to enact meaningful legislation, they are excellent examples of the interaction between Anglo-American evangelicalism and the modern Muslim missionary movement.

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