Sikhism, Traumatic Repetition, and the Question of Aesthetic Sovereignty

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Nijhawan
Keyword(s):  
Vantage Point ◽  
New Work ◽  
Subject Formation ◽  
The West ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
Postcolonial Identity

AbstractThis article provides a detailed discussion of Arvind Mandair’s new work Religion and the Specter of the West. Written from a sociological vantage point, which is informed by a long commitment to Sikh Studies, the argument presented here focuses on three organizing concepts of Mandair’s work: (1) repetition and how it is to be read within the process of subject formation, (2) trauma as a conceptual tool to rethink postcolonial identity, and (3) aesthetic sovereignty as providing a possible exit out of hermeneutic dilemmas of ‘translating religion.’

scholarly journals Postcolonial Identity Crisis in the Mimic Men a Novel by V.S.Naipaul

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saman Abdulqadir Hussein Dizayi
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Western World ◽  
The West ◽  
Pluralistic Society ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Postcolonial Identity ◽  
Inner Self ◽  
Core Issue

This paper investigates the concepts of Identity and estrangement in the postcolonial novel entitled The Mimic Men by V.S. Naipaul. In Naipaul’s The Mimic Men, Ralph Singh has showed different aspects that reflects his nature of a “prototypical colonial character” who is quite commonly estranged with the biased and pluralistic society he has inhaled most of his breaths in it. For Ralph, identity is a core issue that is depicted by his mimicry of European or Western views on different aspects of life. Also, Ralph’s self identification is in strong conflict with that of the Western world. For following the footsteps of colonialists, he has abandoned his home, family and even his self-identity only for the sake of mimicking the West. He has married an Englishwoman and has gone through formal education in the West. The alienation of his identity has resulted in the scattering of his personal being thereby leading towards vulnerability and corruption of his inner self.

scholarly journals Masuknya Syarat Kerja Baru Diluar yang Diperjanjikan oleh Pengusuha di PT. X Padalarang Kabupaten Bandung Barat Ditinjau dari Undang-Undang No.13 Tahun 2003 Tentang Ketenagakerjaan

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Hilman Fauzan M ◽  
Deddy Effendy
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Study Data ◽  
New Work ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The West ◽  
Normative Approach ◽  
Employment Agreement

Abstract. The work agreement stipulated in Article 1601 a Civil Code states the qualifications so that an agreement can be called an employment agreement. Qualifications in this case refer to the existence of work, under orders, a certain time and the existence of wages, while Article 1 number 14 of Law No. 13 of 2003, an employment agreement is an agreement between the worker or laborer with the employer or employer containing work conditions the rights and obligations of both parties. This research method uses the juridical-normative approach, which examines secondary data by conducting a literature study. Data collection techniques used are secondary data using primary, secondary, tertiary legal materials. Conclusions from the study The terms of the new work entered beyond those promised by the West Bandung Regency Company were entered by the Employer without the knowledge of the Company the terms of the new work were directly provided to the Workers without any involvement from the workers. Breaking the provisions in force in Act No. 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower. Abstrak. Perjanjian kerja yang di atur dalam Pasal 1601 a KUH Perdata menyebutkan kualifikasi agar suatu prjanjian dapat disebut perjanjian kerja. Kualifikasi yang di maksud adalah adanya pekerjaan, dibawah perintah, waktu tertentu dan adanya upah, sedangkan Pasal 1 angka 14 Undang –Undang Nomor 13 Tahun 2003, Perjanjian kerja adalah suatu perjanjian antara pekerja atau buruh dengan pengusaha atau pemberi kerja yang memuat syarat–syarat kerja hak dan kewajiban kedua belah pihak. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode pendekatan Yuridis-Normatif, yang meneliti data sekunder dengan melakukan studi kepustakaan. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah data sekunder dengan menggunakan bahan hukum primer, sekunder, tersier. Simpulan dari kajian Syarat kerja baru masuk diluar yang diperjanjikan oleh Perusahaan Kabupaten Bandung Barat dimasukan oleh pihak Pengusaha tanpa sepengetahuan pihak Perusahaan syarat kerja baru itu langsung diberikan kepada para Pekerja tanpa adanya kepakatan dari pihak pekerja, tentu itu melangaggar ketentuan yang berlaku dalam Undang-Undang No.13 Tahun 2003 Tentang Ketenagakerjaan.

scholarly journals La politique israélienne de Sadate ou l’énigme de la stratégie égyptienne

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-670
Author(s):  
Thierry Hentsch
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Power Relation ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Armed Force ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
Vital Importance ◽  
The Subject

It is generally accepted that a power relation is at the base of every negotiation and that, to the extent possible, each State attempts to negotiate when that relation is the most weighted in its favour, especially if the subject matter of negotiation is perceived by it as being of vital importance. Over several years all of Israel's neighbours, Egypt among them, obstinately refused to negotiate (at least openly) with the Zionist State apparently counting on an improvement in the power relation in their favour. An improvement moreover that eventually seemed possible with the relative yet nonetheless important successes of the October 1973 war. The enigma that Sadat's policy constitutes from this vantage point resides precisely in the fact that that policy appears to upset the power relation that made the October War possible and that led to Israel's first setback. The economic difficulties and reorientation of the Egyptian regime (both towards the West and towards private enterprise) do not, by themselves, explain what is referred to as Egypt’s « defeatist » diplomacy. This diplomacy also reflects a strategic coherency that can only be understood within the historical perspective of the Arab-Israeli conflict and by undertaking a rigourous analysis of Zionism and its principal sources of political support. Sadat, by a paradoxical exploitation of a position of weakness, attempts to transform politically that relative weakness into a position of strength in order to wrest from Israel that which the Arabs have not succeeded in obtaining by armed force. He pursues the war, but by the other means. Nevertheless, the success of these means depends to a great extent on the attitudes of the other countries of the battlefield.

Unveiling Christ in the Islamicate World: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s Prophetology as a Model for Christian Apologetics in Gregory Bar ʿEbrōyō’s Treatise on the Incarnation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 187-216
Author(s):  
Bert Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
The West ◽  
Christian Apologetics ◽  
Principal Work ◽  
Previous Scholarship ◽  
Unique Vantage

When looking for original lines of Christian apologetics in response to Islam from later periods, a unique vantage point is offered by the bilingual authors of the ‘Syriac Renaissance’, such as the West Syrian (‘Jacobite’) scholarly bishop of the thirteenth century, Gregory Bar ʿEbrōyō. This contribution builds upon previous scholarship on the latter author’s borrowings from Muslim sources in composing his own writings, and in particular on his use of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī’s theological compendium Muḥaṣṣal afkār al-mutaqaddimīn wa-l-mutaʾakhkhirīn, in his principal work on Christian theology, the Lamp of the Sanctuary (Mnōrat qudšē). It is argued that Bar ʿEbrōyō’s reliance on Rāzī’s proofs of prophecy in the treatise on the Incarnation goes much further than hitherto assumed, as the Muslim theologian’s prophetology served as the model for his Christian apologetic defense of the doctrine of the Incarnation.

Notes on the Nesting of Bombus morio (Swederus) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

1961 ◽  
Vol 93 (11) ◽  
pp. 1017-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Milliron
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Woody Vegetation ◽  
The West ◽  
Specific Data ◽  
Direct Flight ◽  
Nesting Habits ◽  
Bombus Morio

This bumblebee is rather common in southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina, and in parts of western South America. However, no detailed specific data have yet been published on its biology or nesting habits.On November 5, 1955, while searching for bumblebees in Brazil, the writer succeeded in finding a newly established nest of this species about one-fourth mile from rhe coast in Parana, north of Guaratuba near Praia de Leste, some eight miles south of Matinhos. The coastal terrain at that location is somewhat irregular, not exceeding fifty feet in elevation and covered, for the most part, with rather dense, low woody vegetation. Near mid-day, from a vantage point at the side of the only north-south road, I spotted a queen in low direct flight toward a clump of shrubs growing about fifty feet to the west, where she suddenly vanished upon reaching that point. This behaviour instantly meant one of two possibilities–either she had stopped to visit flowers, or she had entered her nest close by.

A Reassessment of the Western Parts of the Romanesque Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

2000 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 502-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christabel Watson
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
New Work ◽  
The West ◽  
Early Date ◽  
Santiago De Compostela ◽  
Roof Level ◽  
Building Program

In the last two decades, it has generally become accepted that the Romanesque Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela was left unfinished after the death of Archbishop Gelmírez in 1140. Not until Master Mateo was given his contract in 1168 was the building finally completed. It is said that the whole of the west end was designed by Mateo as a homogeneous entity. This overturns Kenneth Conant's hypothesis that the cathedral was raised in one building program, from the mid-1070s to 1140. The aim of this paper is to propose a reassessment of the western parts of the cathedral. By a detailed study of the standing fabric, the author has discovered that major portions of the Romanesque church existed at the west end before the advent of Mateo. The enigmatic west crypt has always provoked discussion. Here it can be shown that there is a division between the work of the beginning of the twelfth century and the additions undertaken by Mateo from 1168. That the towers existed from an early date is verified by a study of ground plans revealing a bend in the nave, and confirmed by measurements and the orientation of the cathedral. The west façade belonging to Mateo is contrasted with an earlier one created during the episcopate of Gelmírez. Similarly, by comparing aspects of the interior, it can be appreciated that the original Romanesque building was altered by Mateo. At gallery level two dissimilar archways indicate that the masons of Gelmírez were faced with problems that also troubled Mateo half a century later. Features at roof level demonstrate that the nave was already joined to the west end and did not have to wait for Mateo to complete the cathedral. These peculiarities are explained by an analysis of the architecture and from visible changes in the stone coursing and masonry. It will be shown that Mateo had to develop his new work within the constraints established by a preexisting building.

“Forever Modern”

2020 ◽  
pp. 201-222
Author(s):  
Victoria Phillips
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
State Department ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
New Work ◽  
The West ◽  
First Lady ◽  
Henry Kissinger ◽  
White House ◽  
Box Office ◽  
South Vietnam

Just weeks before Graham was to leave on her tour under Nixon, he resigned. “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over,” the new president, Gerald R. Ford, declared. For Graham, having Ford in the White House and Henry Kissinger at the State Department promised to be a dream come true. The new first lady, Betty Bloomer Ford, had been Graham’s student and performed with the company in her youth; Kissinger supported Graham’s upcoming tour. Graham became a political bond in a moment of triage. “A principal objective of the Graham visit is political,” declared a State Department official. “Or politico-cultural,” he then corrected himself. Graham would begin in South Korea and then travel to Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, and South Vietnam. She would also return to Japan, but since she was popular there, box office receipts would pay her way. The itinerary reflected Nixon and Kissinger’s desire to soothe any mayhem regarding their desire to open China to the West, a policy continued by Ford. With the publicity of Soviet ballet defections, Graham promised the first lady that she would deploy Nureyev for a new work of Americana for a gala in New York upon her return. Americana was back on board with Graham “center stage” as a matriarch of what came to be described as “historic” or even “old-fashioned” modernism.

“The Struggle for Land and Liberty”: Segregation, Violence, and African American Resistance in Baltimore, 1898-1918

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 691-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis P. Halpin
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Top Down ◽  
The West ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
Street Level ◽  
White Neighborhoods

Beginning in the late 1890s, battles erupted along Baltimore’s racial frontiers as African Americans moved into predominately white neighborhoods. This article analyzes the fight to impose residential segregation by focusing on events on the streets. This vantage point reveals a fuller picture of the movement to impose legalized segregation in Baltimore. Attempts to maintain racially exclusive neighborhoods in Baltimore began years before the passage of the West Segregation Ordinances in 1910. A street-level examination emphasizes the violence and racism—often elided in top-down analyses—that were central to the push for legalized segregation. It also demonstrates the significance of grassroots activists in this story. The movement to impose residential segregation was both promulgated and opposed at the grassroots.

scholarly journals Chariots of FireRerun: Locating Film's Cultural Capital on a Contemporary Stage

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-341
Author(s):  
Tom Rice ◽  
Joshua Yumibe
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
The West ◽  
London 2012 ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
British Cinema ◽  
Original Production ◽  
Post Industrial

The title sequence of Chariots of Fire – filmed on the West Sands beach of St Andrews, Scotland – has become one of the most reworked and reinterpreted moments of British cinema, transposed across a variety of places, politics and times. In exploring these moves – from the period of its setting in 1924, through its production in 1980, and to its most recent reworkings in the London 2012 Olympics – the article examines the constantly evolving legacies of the sequence and the cultural capital which it has accrued via these various contexts. By considering the original production and its subsequent multiple receptions, the article positions the sequence at the vanguard of shifts in film production and cultural heritage. Viewed from the vantage point of the 2012 Olympics, the film provides an integral source of cultural capital not just for national but also for local and regional economies as they increasingly target new sources of revenue in a post-industrial age.

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