A Short History of the Subject

1984 ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
W. H. King
Keyword(s):  
Short History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

What’s Wrong with Institutions? A Short History of the Clash between IRAs and Turkish Populists

Populism ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-171
Author(s):  
Emre Balıkçı
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Short History ◽  
Political Will ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Neoliberal Policies

AbstractThe aim of this article is to reveal the institutional dimensions of populism, which tend to be ignored because of the hegemony of economic analysis of the subject. Whereas many researchers assume that populism is a result of the negative economic effects of neoliberal policies on the middle class, I argue that populism is also a corollary of neoliberal institutions’ effect on the political power of so-called ordinary people. To illustrate this, I focus on the rhetoric of Turkish populists concerning two important economic institutions in Turkey: the Public Procurement Authority and the Central Bank. This examination shows that Turkish populists view the independent institutions of neoliberalism as a barrier against the people’s political will and define themselves as fighters for democracy.

Practices of Satisfaction, 1215–1700

2004 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 106-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bossy
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
General Public ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Oxford English Dictionary ◽  
Short History ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Professional Fields

The title, and subject, of this piece is ‘satisfaction’, though its main locus in time is the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. I chose the subject because it fitted in with our president’s preoccupations, and because it interested me; it turns out, to my surprise, to jog our elbow about some contemporary matters, as I guess he wished.We had better start with the word, where there are two distinctions to be considered. The obvious one is between making up for, paying for, making amends, making reparation; and contentment, gratified desire, giving satisfaction, what you can’t get none of. I shall say that the first is the strong meaning, the second the weak one. The first is always other-directed, and entails an offence previously committed; the second is principally self-directed. ‘To content’ is a classical meaning of satisfacere, but it means to content someone else: to do something (facere), as against receiving something. A short history of the word in Latin and English records that the strong meaning emerged into late Latin as a description of church penance, and so passed into English in the fourteenth century. Its heyday was from then until the eighteenth. It referred to ecclesiastical penance (interrupted by the Reformation), the theology of the Redemption (encouraged by the Reformation), and in general public usage to the meeting of any kind of obligation, payment, atonement or compensation. From the eighteenth century it passed from public use, superseded by the weak meaning except in technical or professional fields. One professional usage, to which The Oxford English Dictionary gives a good deal of attention, is ‘to satisfy the examiners’: they think it is a case of ‘content’; may it be a case of ‘avert wrath’?

Theatre and Post-Truth: KGB Experiences Reflected in the Production “History Research Commission” Directed by Alvis Hermanis

2021 ◽  
pp. 310-318
Author(s):  
Lauma Mellēna-Bartkeviča
Keyword(s):  
Performing Arts ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Short History ◽  
Production History ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Modern Thinking

“History Research Commission” staged by Alvis Hermanis in New Riga Theatre (2019) is an example of post-truth coming onto the theatre stage in terms of a rather sensitive subject – historical traumas and unsolved issues that still influence today’s society in Latvia. Hermanis’s production accepts the post-truth as an inevitable and obvious present framework of modern thinking; meanwhile, the subject itself (“cheka bags”) implies the impossibility to find out any “truth” due to its distorted nature from the very beginning. “History Research Commission” paradoxically leads to conclude that the post-truth approach in theatre might be the most honest in terms of today’s world, where the truth has lost its previous status of value. The article covers the short history of “post-truth” analysed by Ralph Keyes, Lee McIntyre, and Yael Brahms. It aims to apply the notion to performing arts through the example of KGB’s experiences in Hermanis’s production (co-created with the actors of the New Riga Theatre) that seems to accept the post-truth and the tragedy of Western rationalism facing the impossibility to find out the provable truth regarding certain subjects. The message of absurdity to chase the truth in “cheka bags” confirms post-truth as the status quo of our time.

scholarly journals “The equal internal bisectors theorem, 1840-1940. … Many solutions or none?” A centenary account

1943 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. M'Bride
Keyword(s):  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Short History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Selection Of

This paper contains (i) a short history of the geometrical theorem proposed in 1840 by Prof. Lehmus of Berlin to Jacob Steiner—“If BJY, CJZ are equal bisectors of the base angles of a triangle ABC, then AB equals AC,” (ii) a selection of some half-dozen solutions from the 50 or 60 that have been given, (iii) some discussion of the logical points raised, and (iv) a list of references to the extensive literature of the subject.

A Short History of Designing for Communication on the Web

2011 ◽  
pp. 118-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon B. Heilesen
Keyword(s):  
Interface Design ◽  
Web Design ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Short History ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Web

Web design is important for how we communicate on the Internet, and it also has an in?uence on computer interface design in general. Taking a very literal view of the theme of “designing for communication”, this chapter examines the development of Web design as a prerequisite for understanding what it has become today, and it concludes by offering some re?ections on the future of Web design. In the ?rst part of the chapter, the history of Web design is outlined in terms of the complex interplay of various social, cultural, economic, technological, and communicative factors. This section concludes with the presentation of a framework for Web design that allows for—if not actually reconciles—the many existing approaches to the subject. In the second part of the chapter, it is suggested that Web design, as it has developed so far, may be facing major changes as the requirements of users and the technologies employed to meet them are changing.

scholarly journals A discussion on Units and Standards

1946 ◽  
Vol 186 (1005) ◽  
pp. 149-217 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Short Review ◽  
National Physical Laboratory ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Short History ◽  
Physical Laboratory ◽  
International Authority ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Executive Body

The sequence of papers following, contributed by members of the staff of the National Physical Laboratory, gives an account of most of the units and standards which are studied at the Laboratory. Each paper explains briefly the principal technical points involved, together with a short history. Of necessity a standard is to some extent a convention, and it may therefore be well to introduce the subject by a short review of the legal and conventional authorities on which they depend. For the metric system the main international authority is the Conference Generale des oids et Mesures, at which duly accredited delegates of each of the thirty-two nations subscribing to the 1875 Treaty, the Convention du Metre, are present, and which, in normal circumstances, meets every six years. The Comite International des Poids et Mesures is the Executive body appointed by the Conference Generale to manage the affairs of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures between meetings of the Conference Generale. It consists of eighteen members, elected by the Conference, each of whom must belong to a different State, but who, as members of the Committee, are no longer representatives only of their individual countries, but of all subscribing countries. The International Committee meets every two years, makes recommendations to the General Conference, or acts on authority delegated to it by the Conference.

scholarly journals Od prorokini do marszałkini, czyli o derywacji w miarę potrzeb

2020 ◽  
pp. 247-254
Author(s):  
Aldona Skudrzyk
Keyword(s):  
Short History ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Asymmetry ◽  
Natural Way

The subject of the article is the asymmetry of gender in the Polish language, especially as far as the names of the prestigious professions and functions are concerned (i.e. feminatives). It also considers the function of the feminatives in both language and culture, as well as their modern use especially in ideological disputes. Short history of feminatives in Polish shows, that their presence is a natural way of filling in the lexical gaps related to development of society and changes of civilisation.

Do mates hate? A framing of the theoretical position of mate crime and an assessment of its practical impact

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 296-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ged Doherty
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
Short History ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Position ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the phenomenon of mate crime and attempts to assess its practical as well as its theoretical implications. Design/methodology/approach – It begins with an account of the short history of the concept and then positions mate crime within academic theorising around general hate crime and disability. Findings – Particular reference is made to the significance of the issue of vulnerability and how its interpretation might affect understanding of this phenomenon. Research limitations/implications – This is followed by some observations on how agencies of social policy and the legislature are responding to the issue of mate crime. Practical implications – Particular reference is paid to the impact of safeguarding adults procedures. Originality/value – It concludes that, although “mates” can (and do) “hate”, further research is required on the subject in order to gain better knowledge of the issue from both a theoretical and a practice position.

Restricted Access and Blocking Websites, Internet Regulations and Turkey Practices

2011 ◽  
pp. 316-326
Author(s):  
Murat Erdal ◽  
Gulsah Ekiz ◽  
Selim Aksin ◽  
Necmi Murat Güngör
Keyword(s):  
Child Pornography ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Short History ◽  
Restricted Access ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law

In Turkey, access blocking to websites by judicial orders has especially come into spotlight with the blocking of globally renowned websites such as <A href="http://www.youtube.com">www.youtube.com</A> and <A href="http://www.wordpress.com">www.wordpress.com</A>. After the police operations in 2006 concentrating on internet child pornography, the need for legal provisions to regulate internet has started to be widely discussed and Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications was enacted on 25 May, 2007. This law has generally defined the actors related to internet and has regulated the access blocking in the scheme of suppression of the crimes listed below. Telecommunications Communication Presidency is entitled to the enforcement of the law that has come into effect as of 23 October 2007.&nbsp; Chapter 19 aims to trace the short history of access blocking and try to assess the subject in the light of cases from the applications in Turkey.

scholarly journals The ecology of herd immunity

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85
Author(s):  
Fernando Dias de Avila-Pires
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Case History ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Sleeping Sickness ◽  
Short History ◽  
Herd Effect ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Recurrent Theme

The COVID-19 pandemic that began in early 2020 is currently the subject of thousands of articles on the various aspects of its epidemiology. One recurrent theme is the phenomenon of herd immunity or herd effect. In this article, I present a short history of the concept, the arguments around its nomenclature, and the ecologist’s view of the herd effect, using the case history of the sleeping sickness control in Africa. KEY WORDS: Herd immunity; convergence; ecology; sleeping sickness.

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