Film and Cultural Dissent in Tunisia

2018 ◽  
pp. 165-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nouri Gana
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Politics ◽  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Cultural Resistance ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Artistic Vision ◽  
The Common

The purpose of this chapter is to address the value of cultural politics in the gradual emergence of a dissident social imaginary. Perhaps because of the rigidity of censorship and the severity of self-censorship during the successive dictatorships of Bourguiba and Ben Ali, one of the remarkable constants of Tunisian cultural products is that much of what would count for political dissidence has been couched as forms of social or cognitive dissonance, in which the norms of social intelligibility collapse and with them all sorts of taboos, evident in postcolonial Tunisian films. This chapter seeks to disentangle the common genealogies of cultural resistance and dissidence that have characterized the artistic ventures of a number of filmmakers in postcolonial Tunisia. This chapter outlines the trajectory of Tunisian thanks to innovative and committed filmmakers whose neo-realist artistic vision shaped today’s cinematic landscape in Tunisia. The major part of this chapter is devoted to a discussion of select postcolonial dissident films, examining the critical latencies of each film along with the ways that each helped capture and articulate, at least retrospectively, Tunisians’ mass discontent with the authoritarian regimes of both Bourguiba and Ben Ali.

scholarly journals The Conceptualization of Constitutional Supremacy: Global Discourse and Legal Tradition

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 904-923
Author(s):  
Graziella Romeo
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Legal Culture ◽  
Legal Tradition ◽  
Cultural Resistance ◽  
Legal Context ◽  
Global Discourse ◽  
The Common ◽  
Operational Logic

AbstractThis Article argues that a) constitutional supremacy is affected by the legal tradition, which implies that it is a concept largely shaped by the legal context in which it is elaborated, and b) the common law version of constitutional supremacy determines a sort of cultural resistance to constitutional imperialism. In making its argument, this Article begins with the doctrine of sources of law with a view to unpack its operational logic within the common law and, therefore, to understand how the supremacy of constitutions is conceptualized. It then examines the embryonic conceptualization of constitutional supremacy in the British legal culture by addressing the “constitutional statutes.” It goes on to analyse how constitutional supremacy is safeguarded in jurisdictions that are affected by the British tradition and equipped with written constitutions, to show how constitutions concretely established themselves as supreme laws without neglecting the relevance of traditions pre-dating the constitutional texts. It then shows how the common law finds its way to be applied alongside or even instead of the constitution. Eventually, this Article offers some conclusions as to the implications of such a conceptualization of constitutional supremacy for comparative and global constitutional studies.

Melancholy, Hanuš Jelínek and Miloš Marten

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Jana Kantoříková
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Politics ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
French Literature ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Paul Claudel ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common

The aim of this article is to present the roles of Miloš Marten (1883–1917) in the Czech–French cultural events of the first decade of the 20th century in the background of his contacts with Hanuš Jelínek (1878–1944). The first part of the article deals with Marten’s artistic and life experience during his stays in Paris (1907–1908). The consequences of those two stays to the artist’s life and work will be accentuated. The second part takes a close look at Miloš Marten’s critique of Hanuš Jelínek’s doctoral thesis Melancholics. Studies from the History of Sensibility in French Literature. To interpretate Marten’s reasons for such a negative criticism is our main pursued objective. Such criticism results not only from the rivality between Czech critics oriented to France, but also from different conceptions of the role of critical method and the role of the critic and the artist in the international cultural politics. The third part concludes with the critics’ „reconciliation‟ around 1913 by means of the common interest in the work and personality of Paul Claudel.

Effect of Composition on Shrinkage of Mold Cured Elastomeric Compounds

1978 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 1044-1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Beatty
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
Thermal Coefficient ◽  
Thermal Contraction ◽  
Volume Percent ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Degree Of Orientation ◽  
Minor Part ◽  
The Common ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Soft Rubber

Abstract The mold shrinkage of elastomer compositions depends upon the elastomer employed, the volume percent of elastomer plus all other organic materials, and the kind and amount of pigment present. The specific effects of pigments in inhibiting the shrinkage are shown. A procedure is given by which the shrinkage of most soft rubber compositions of the common elastomers may be calculated from the recipe. The major part of the shrinkage of elastomer compositions is due to the much greater thermal contraction of the composition than that of the mold. This portion of the shrinkage depends upon the thermal coefficient of expansion of the composition and mold and the temperature difference between the curing and room temperatures. A minor part of the shrinkage is due to a contraction in volume resulting from vulcanization. For normal soft rubber stocks with sulfur concentrations of three phr or less and for normal neoprene stocks, this factor may be neglected. For stocks having higher sulfur ratios an allowance needs to be made for this factor. Shrinkage of fiber loaded stocks should be determined carefully depending on the quantity, and particularly on the degree of orientation of the processed stock.

“Makoki”: A view of electroconvulsive therapy in a Spanish comic of the early 80s

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S155-S156
Author(s):  
F. Pavez ◽  
A. Alcántara ◽  
E. Saura ◽  
P. Marset
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Population ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Imaginary ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Spanish Transition ◽  
Current Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
Competing Interest

IntroductionAnalysis from cultural products has been previously reported in psychiatry field. This approach provides an understanding of the social imaginary about psychiatry and its work over a determined period of time.ObjectivesTo describe the representations of ECT and insanity in an Spanish underground comic of the early 80s.MethodsWe performed an analysis of complete production (1979–1994) of “Makoki”, comic by Gallardo and Mediavilla, looking for the aspects related with our interest scope (Fig. 1).ResultsThe comic analyzed is inscribed in the field of provocation and insolence. This is comprehensible in the historical context of Spanish transition, if we attend to almost forty years of cultural confinement as a result of a dictatorial regime. This cultural product could be seen as “politically incorrect” from the current perspective, given that reproduces some stigmatizing topics regarding mental illness, glorifying its alleged associations with violence and drug use, in addition to a negative view of ECT, represented as a sadistic instrument of punishment, control and subjugation (see Fig. 1).ConclusionsThe material analyzed reproduces the prevailing social stigma in its epoch about psychiatry and mental illness. The analysis of cultural products that reflect and built the speeches about the psychiatry and its action field, can be a useful strategy to understand the views of the general population in a given era.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Behavior of Dinitroaniline Herbicides in Plants

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold P. Appleby ◽  
Bernal E. Valverde
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Cell Division ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Normal Complement ◽  
Mitotic Apparatus ◽  
Abnormal Cells ◽  
The Common ◽  
Spherical Cells ◽  
Dinitroaniline Herbicides ◽  
Spindle Fibers

Dinitroaniline herbicides are absorbed readily by roots and emerging shoots, but shoot exposure is more phytotoxic. Translocation within the plant varies by specific herbicide but commonly is minor. Dinitroaniline herbicides injure plants by binding to tubulin, a dimer protein in the ceil that polymerizes to form microtubules (MTs). MTs form the major part of the mitotic apparatus, including spindle fibers, which enable chromosomes to separate during cell division. Dinitroaniline herbicides prevent tubulin from polymerizing into MTs, thus arresting mitosis. This leads to abnormal cells with more than the normal complement of chromosomes and, frequently, lobed nuclei. MTs also are responsible for orienting cell wall microfibrils in such a way that they prevent lateral enlargement of cells. Treatment with dinitroaniline herbicides leads to disorientation of the microfibrils, leading to one of the common symptoms—spherical cells instead of rectangular ones. Studies on the metabolism of trifluralin in plants have shown that amination, dealkylation, and cyclization all can occur. However, metabolites often amount to a small percentage of the original herbicide. In general, trifluralin seems quite stable within the plant.

scholarly journals The Role of ICT in Addressing Corruption Across Political Regimes

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Mergen Dyussenov
Keyword(s):  
Mass Scale ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Regimes ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Key Resources

The paper reviews existing literature on the role of the internet in addressing corruption by breaking it down into instrumental, important, and critical roles, across two types of political regimes – (semi-)authoritarian and democracies. It analyzes the key resources and strategies utilized by governments and activists across these regimes, and looks into the common themes that emerge as a result of analyzing literature sources, i.e. the notion of crisis, lack of a single accepted definition of corruption across nations, factors found to positively correlate with reduced corruption, and the evolving nature of the internet. The paper finds that neither regime can be perfectly immune against mass-scale protests caused by dissatisfaction with worsening corruption. However, the regimes differ in the nature of protests, with semi-authoritarian regimes witnessing more violent and aggressive uprisings fueled by long-accumulated social disappointment with previous repressive regimes than across much of democracies.

scholarly journals Wartości w języku biznesu: nowe znaczenia. Analiza wybranych przykładów

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 47-67
Author(s):  
Marek Kochan
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Potential Influence ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Common ◽  
And Control ◽  
Utility Approach ◽  
Operational Dimension

Values in the business language: New meanings. The analysis based on selected examplesThe topic of this article is the usage in business language of seven particular words describing values or positively evaluated in this language morality, sensitivity, excellence, loyalty, sentiment, execution, aggressive. The major part of the paper is dedicated to adetailed comparative analysis of these new meanings, based on the variety of examples taken from the Polish business language. The meanings of these words, as observed in business language, vary greatly as noted based on five Polish language dictionaries published in the 21st century, used for comparison. In most cases those new meanings of the examined words are not mentioned in the analysed dictionaries. In the final section of the text the author comments on the values discourse in business language operational dimension, utility approach, ambition to measure and control the values, potential influence of value-words as used in business language on the common Polish language as well as the question whether these new meanings should be included in Polish language dictionaries.

FROM THE BARCELONA PROCESS TO THE ARAB DEPRESSION: THE EUROPEAN UNION'S CONCERNS AND HESITATIONS IN MEDITERRANEAN POLICY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (15) ◽  
pp. 351-371
Author(s):  
Ersin UĞURKAN
Keyword(s):  
Arab Spring ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Common ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Eu

The Barcelona Process has been reorganized by undergoing some changes especially after the September 11 events in the USA. By conducting its relations with the countries in the region through authoritarian regimes of secular origin, security, terrorism and immigration have come to the fore in relations. The aim of the study is to show these relationships and their causes and results. The scope of the research has been mainly analyzed for the period called "Arab Spring" from the Barcelona Process, which is the turning point. The failure of this process to a great extent, on the contrary, the instability of the region and its transformation into depression and its effects on the EU have been the main theme of the study. The reasons for the policies of the EU on its anxious and hesitant approach in regional relations from this period until today have been emphasized.Terrorism, immigration and energy, which are seen as originating from the region, have been the most determinant in the EU's policies, only the order of these elements has changed from time to time. By determining its relations with the region on these points, it has made the countries of the region implement its own priorities as policy makers to a large extent. It has produced policies that conflict with EU values, especially on migration. Moreover, in these policies of the EU, although the member states in the Union followed very fragmented policies at the beginning of the process, these elements have become the common policy of the Union over time.

Authorized Versions: Measure for Measure and the Politics of Biblical Translation

1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1225-1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Barnaby ◽  
Joan Wry
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Politics ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Political Authority ◽  
Religious Rhetoric ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cautionary Tale ◽  
Measure For Measure ◽  
Biblical Allusion ◽  
The Common ◽  
Biblical Translation

AbstractDespite the common practice of reading Shakespeare's Measure for Measure in relation to the cultural politics of the first year of the Stuart monarchy, politically-oriented criticism has largely neglected the play's connection to the politics of one of King James's most ambitious undertakings: the new biblical translation first announced in January of 1604 at the Hampton Court Conference. While maintaining that the play cannot be reduced to a simple allegory of James's effort to link his new political authority to the "authorizing" power of scripture, this essay examines how the "topicality" of that effort might be registered in the play's complex pattern of biblical allusion. We argue, finally, that with its staged conflict between ethical ideal and social practice, Measure for Measure offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of deploying religious rhetoric in secular political contexts.

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