Classicism and the Making of Commemorative Monuments in Newly Independent Ireland

2020 ◽  
pp. 349-373
Author(s):  
Judith Hill
Keyword(s):  
Political Disputes ◽  
Commemorative Monuments

This chapter discusses the influence of classicism in the construction of commemorative monuments after Irish independence, with particular focus on the National War Memorial, which was eventually erected at Islandbridge, and on the temporary and then permanent Cenotaph honouring Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, and Kevin O’Higgins. The partisan contexts and political disputes behind the decisions on commemorative monuments are traced, highlighting various delays in the execution of these projects. However, it is shown that, despite a tradition of Celtic revivalism and nationalist antipathy to classicism as an imperial aesthetic, in the case of the monuments discussed, classicism transcended divisions and lent itself to timeless commemoration and reconciliation in a manner aesthetically aligned with the existing fabric of urban Dublin.

Formacja prawnika wyzwaniem czasów

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-286
Author(s):  
Stanisław Leszek Stadniczeńko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Young People ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Political Disputes

The author considers the questions relating to the formation of lawyers’ professional traits from the point of view of the significance which human capital and investment in this capital hold in contemporary times. It follows from the analyses, which were carried out, that the dire need for taking up actions with the aim to shape lawyers appears one of the most vital tasks. This requires taking into account visible trends in the changing job market. Another aspect results from the need for multilevel qualifications and conditions behind lawyers’ actions and their decisions. Thus, colleges of higher education which educate prospective lawyers, as well as lawyers’ corporations, are confronted by challenges of forming, in young people, features that are indispensable for them to be valuable lawyers and not only executors of simple activities. The author points to the fact that lawyers need shaping because, among others, during their whole social lives and realization of professional tasks their personality traits and potential related to communication will constantly manifest through accepting and following or rejecting and opposing values, principles, reflexions, empathy, sensitivity, the farthest-fetched imagination, objectivism, cooperation, dialogue, distancing themselves from political disputes, etc. Students of the art of law should be characterized by a changed mentality, new vision of law – service to man, and realization of standards of law, as well as perception of the importance of knowledge, skills, attitudes and competences.

The People's Rôle in Allocating Provincial Commands in the Middle Roman Republic

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Simon Day
Keyword(s):  
Roman Republic ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Political Disputes

ABSTRACTMommsen — followed more recently by Brennan and Ferrary — proposed that laws were passed in around 228 and in 198 that constitutionally ‘fixed’ Sicily and Sardinia, and later Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior, as praetorianprouinciae. This paper challenges that theory. It first examines the ancient evidence, comprising two ambiguous passages from Livy'sAb Vrbe Condita. It then offers a counter-hypothesis that elucidates the people's rôle in forestalling and/or resolving political disputes over the allocation of provincial commands. It will show that this rôle was crucial for mitigating the harmful effects of élite competition and, in turn, maintaining political stability in Rome.

Does International Trade Reduce Political Disputes?

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailay Gebretinsae Beyene
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Political Disputes

scholarly journals Cyber-Attacks and Freedom of Expression: Coercion, Intimidation and Virtual Occupation

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-133
Author(s):  
Joe Burton
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Electoral Process ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Information Domain ◽  
Political Disputes

AbstractThis article explores how cyber-attacks affect freedom of expression. It begins by outlining the literature on cyber coercion and exploring other conceptions of how offensive cyber operations have been used to shape adversary behaviour, including efforts to intimidate through cyberspace, and the concept of ‘cyber swaggering’. The article moves on to explore how cyber-attacks have been used to undermine electoral process, to erode free and fair media reporting, and how manipulation of social media can constitute a ‘virtual infiltration’ and ‘virtual occupation’ of the information domain. The article then explores how cyber-attacks conducted during the conflict in Ukraine have limited or otherwise affected freedom of expression. I argue that the wider effects of cyber operations on political, civil and human rights have been underexplored in the cyber security literature; that cyber-attacks have adversely affected freedom of expression in the conflict in Ukraine and in other political disputes; and that the coercion concept is ill-suited to accounting for the socio-psychological impact of modern cyber operations.

MATERIAL TIME

Daphnis ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 181-215
Author(s):  
Margit Thøfner
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Religious Context ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Standardized Practice ◽  
Birth Death ◽  
Commemorative Monuments

In early modern Europe the making of commemorative monuments for the deceased is a common and standardized practice with specific samples. Prevalently it is the wives task to — in agreement with the dying — attend to the memorials and thus prepare for death. The commemorative monuments are not only due to yoke the time present and hope for an era of grace in afterlife. Often the figures of chubby child-angels point to the cycle of birth, death an rebirth. Moreover the monument-makers not only try to visualize the artistic embodiment in religious context, but also the deceased as an individual.

Monument to Marshal Konev as a victim of Czech contradictions on Russia

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-210
Author(s):  
Vadim V. Trukhachev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Local Level ◽  
State Level ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Red Army ◽  
Army Soldiers ◽  
Political Disputes

The authorities of the Prague 6 district took down the monument to Marshal Konev, who liberated the Czech capital in May 1945. Russia could not prevent this, because the monument was not subject to an intergovernmental agreement. The laws of the Czech Republic allow municipal authorities to decide the fate of monuments standing on their territory. The actions of Czech politicians on a regional level appeared to demonstrate profound ingratitude in the eyes of many people - some condemned the politicians in the sharpest possible terms, but others supported and praised the decision. Representatives of the majority of political parties represented in the Czech Parliament, as well as the country's President Miloš Zeman, spoke on the topic. The “bronze Marshal” became a victim of Czech internal political disputes over relations with Russia. There is no state-level “war” against monuments to Red Army soldiers in the Czech Republic. However, decisions to remove them have been taken several times at local level.

Commemoration

2018 ◽  
pp. 361-382
Author(s):  
S. C. Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Public And Private ◽  
Commemorative Monuments

This chapter examines the assumptions surrounding kinship, burial, and commemoration in classical Athens, focusing on the implications of commemorative monuments, sumptuary laws, war graves, public and private spheres, ‘family tombs’, periboloi, death of adolescents, ‘genealogical’ stelai, and addition to and alteration of tomb monuments.

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