How to Undo the History of Sexuality: Editing Edward Taylor’s Meditations

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan Alexander Stein
Keyword(s):  
Reception History ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Critical Reception ◽  
The Political ◽  
History Of Sexuality ◽  
Genre Classification ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sexual Meaning ◽  
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Abstract This essay establishes how the scholarly labors that brought Edward Taylor’s works to light in the 1930s foreclosed any understanding of them as queer. The absence of a queer critical reception history is this essay’s subject, and to trace that absence, it focuses on the material and intellectual terms of Taylor’s initial critical reception and on the political forces and critical assumptions that bear on those terms. Taylor’s devotional Meditations offer an exemplary case for understanding how many of the ordinary labors associated with recovery and publication—the scholarly acts that stand, ultimately, behind nearly any interpretation of any literary text, including genre classification, editorial presentation, and genealogical authentication—have often been versions of what Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick described in the late 1980s as “the extremely elusive and maddeningly plural ways in which cultures and their various institutions efface and alter sexual meaning.”

A Study of Political Discourses in Egypt Post-Mubarak Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962110491
Author(s):  
Abbas Keshavarz Shokri ◽  
Jabbar Shojaei
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
History Of ◽  
Political Groups ◽  
Made In

The collapse of the Mubarak regime on 25 January 2011 marked the beginning of profound discursive challenges in Egypt. Following the January Revolution, the political forces and discourses long suppressed by Mubarak finally felt free to participate in the political struggles of the time, and attempted to lead the charge in the rebuilding and reorganizing process of Egyptian society. To shed light on the origin and characteristics of these discourses, attempts have been made in this paper to explain through discourse analysis the four major political discourses in today’s Egypt: democratic Islamism, authoritarian Islamism, secular democracy, and secular authoritarianism, and also to identify the political groups representing each discourse, their target groups, the method of their argumentation, and finally their proposed political agenda. To explain these discourses, the a posteriori discourse method is used, i.e. identifying the history of the formation of components and features of discourses. To this end, the discourse analysis of theorists such as Foucault and Van Dyke has been used to examine political discourses in Egypt. The factors used to examine the discourses are: discourse producers, discourse audiences, discourse content, and discourse actions.

scholarly journals Stanowisko PPR/PZPR wobec obchodów święta 11 listopada

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 162-178
Author(s):  
Barbara I. Rogowska
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Human Values ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Main Form ◽  
Political Status ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Eu

Position of the Polish Workersʼ Party on the celebration of Independence Day The history of the anniversary celebrations on 11 November reflects the complicated traditions of the nation and the Polish state. For years the celebrations were accompanied by numerous changes in the ideological, legal, political and ritual layer. Individual political and social formations as well as subsequent generations of Polish citizens celebrated the anniversary of regaining independence by assigning to it different ideological, political and axiological values. Ove the course of a hundred years, it has gained a different legal and political status. From the celebration of local military circles, then political, through national anniversaries, school ceremonies to the establishment of a public holiday.In the 21st century, the holiday is additionally used by various political forces. The main form of the celebration is the Independence March. During the march Polish patriotic and human values are presented. But it also becomes the grounds for publicizing various values and anti-values. International interest in the march is dictated by the propagation of sometimes anti-democratic slogans and the political situation in Poland and the EU. Various political forces sometimes try to use the Independence Day in a spectacular way for political purposes, for media coverage, for election fights with political opponents.

scholarly journals Critical reception of Russell's 'History of western philosophy' and 'Wisdom of the West'

2020 ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
Jasmina Pljakić-Nikšić
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reception ◽  
Bertrand Russell ◽  
Western Philosophy ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
The Political ◽  
The West ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
History Of

In this paper, the author critically considers the reception of one of the greatest thinkers of modern Western civilization, Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), analyzing his epochal works "History of Western Philosophy", "Wisdom of the West" and other writings. In addition to his other works in logic, mathematics and other scientific disciplines, I paid special attention to the political and legal dimension.

scholarly journals The Moor’s Political Colour: Race and Othello in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (37) ◽  
pp. 171-190
Author(s):  
Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Racial Stereotypes ◽  
Skin Colour ◽  
The Political ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stage Adaptations ◽  
The Way

This paper provides a brief outline of the reception history of Othello in Poland, focusing on the way the character of the Moor of Venice is constructed on the page, in the first-published nineteenth-century translation by Józef Paszkowski, and on the stage, in two twentieth-century theatrical adaptations that provide contrasting images of Othello: 1981/1984 televised Othello, dir. Andrzej Chrzanowski and the 2011 production of African Tales Based on Shakespeare, in which Othello’s part is played by Adam Ferency (dir. Krzysztof Warlikowski). The paper details the political and social contexts of each of these stage adaptations, as both of them employ brownface and blackface to visualise Othello’s “political colour.” The function of blackface and brownface is radically different in these two productions: in the 1981/1984 Othello brownface works to underline Othello’s overall sense of alienation, while strengthening the existing stereotypes surrounding black as a skin colour, while the 2011 staging makes the use of blackface as an artificial trick of the actor’s trade, potentially unmasking the constructedness of racial prejudices, while confronting the audience with their own pernicious racial stereotypes.

Is the Senior Executive Service Viable?

1989 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-373
Author(s):  
Frank D. Ferris
Keyword(s):  
Political History ◽  
The Political ◽  
Senior Executive ◽  
Senior Executive Service ◽  
Federal Sector ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of

This article traces the political history of the federal sector Senior Executive Service, evaluates the current SES structure, and offers some observations as to whether it is viable given the political forces with which it must deal. Predictions are made then made as to how the SES will change in the future.

Rape as a Weapon of War in Myanmar/Burma

2019 ◽  
pp. 266-284
Author(s):  
Annalise Oatman ◽  
Kate Majewski
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Legal Culture ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnic Minority Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

This chapter examines the conflict in Myanmar and its historical development as an example of the way that rape is wielded as a weapon of war. It also provides a discussion of advocacy for the ethnic minority women of Myanmar at the grassroots, national, and international levels. It reviews statistics on conflict-related rape and theories regarding the social and political forces driving it. It examines the political history of Myanmar and the status of Myanmarese women. It also discusses the way that current conditions have set the stage for conflict-related rape in Myanmar and data on its prevalence. It discusses the extradition of the rapist of a 7-year-old girl, Myanmarese grassroots efforts to address this issue, and international proposals for reform. In addition, it discusses the way that the “legal culture” of a nation can get in the way of the enactment of international legislation.

scholarly journals Foucault and Sedgwick: The Repressive Hypothesis Revisited

2012 ◽  
pp. 20-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Huffer
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
History Of Sexuality ◽  
Free Indirect Discourse ◽  
Indirect Discourse ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

This essay examines the Foucauldian foundations of queer theory in the work of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. The essay argues that Sedgwick’s increasing disappointment with Foucault’s critique of the repressive hypothesis is in part produced by the slippery rhetoric of The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction. Specifically, Foucault’s use of free indirect discourse in that volume destabilizes both the theory of repression and the critique Foucault mounts against it, thereby rendering ambiguous any political promise his critique might seem to offer. Returning to the fraught relation between Foucault and Sedgwick, the essay concludes by reading Foucault and Sedgwick together through the lens of a reparative ethics in which the felt experience of knowing the world is also an experiment in new ways of living.

scholarly journals Jibal Nuba: traditions of the past and difficulties of the new stage

2020 ◽  
pp. 130-143
Author(s):  
Igor V. Gerasimov ◽  
◽  
Daniil A. Alferov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of the tribal groups inhabiting the Jibal Nuba region in Kordofan, the history of the spread of Islam in the region, the evolution of relations between local and Arab tribes and the current state of relations between the political forces of the Nuba and the authorities of the Republic of Sudan.

The Work and Recommendations of the Polish–Israeli Textbooks Committee

2001 ◽  
pp. 306-314
Author(s):  
Shevach Eden
Keyword(s):  
Jewish History ◽  
The Political ◽  
Jewish Communities ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Intellectual Interest ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Centres ◽  
Pragmatic Consideration

This chapter presents discussions conducted by the national committees in Poland and Israel to examine history and geography textbooks and their treatment of the two nations. They were charged with drawing up recommendations for authors of textbooks in each country, with the aim of rectifying mistakes that could lead to the formation or aggravation of prejudices and distortions of the truth. The motives for this initiative varied. The political forces that began the negotiations were motivated by the pragmatic consideration that such a process would bring respectability in the eyes of some parts of the American and Jewish communities. Without a doubt, however, the influence of a group of Polish intellectuals who felt regret for the fate of the Jews in Poland and who understood the importance of the Jews' economic and cultural contributions to the history of Poland was of paramount importance. This led to intellectual interest in any subject connected to Judaism and its culture. The hundreds of books and articles published in recent years reflect this, as does the establishment of research centres and institutes concerned with Jewish history and culture.

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