The “Enormous Freedom of the Breaking Wave”: The Experience of Tradition in Benjamin between the Talmud and Kant

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-216
Author(s):  
Ori Rotlevy
Keyword(s):  
Breaking Wave ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
Modern Experience ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Early Discussion

Abstract How is freedom tied to tradition? What is the relation between the individual and the collective experience of tradition? To what extent is the experience of tradition part of a modern experience rather than only of an ancient one? This essay argues that these questions lie at the heart of Walter Benjamin’s early discussion of tradition. His peculiar reference to “Talmudic wit” and to Kant as a tradendum in letters to Scholem, alongside related Jewish sources, and his engagement with Kant in “On the Program of the Coming Philosophy” are used to address these questions. Thus the essay offers a concept of tradition as a transformative medium that prefigures Benjamin’s late and familiar inkling for tradition’s revolutionary potential. Additionally, it suggests that in this context an alternative to Kant’s concept of freedom is prefigured.

scholarly journals Planning peer assisted learning (PAL) activities in clinical schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Burgess ◽  
Christie van Diggele ◽  
Chris Roberts ◽  
Craig Mellis
Keyword(s):  
Health Professional ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Peer Assisted Learning ◽  
Educational Method ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
The Individual

AbstractPeer Assisted Learning (PAL) is well accepted as an educational method within health professional education, involving a process of socialisation among students. PAL activities provide a framework whereby students are permitted to practice and develop their healthcare and teaching skills. However, the success of PAL activities is dependent upon two key factors: the “agency” of the individual students, that is, their willingness to participate; and importantly, the “affordance” of the activity, that is, the invitational quality provided by the clinical school. The purpose of this paper is to assist healthcare educators and administrators responsible for curriculum design, course co-ordination, and educational research, in developing their own PAL activities. Health professional students and junior health professionals leading or participating in PAL activities may also find the paper useful. Based on the authors’ collective experience, and relevant literature, we provide practical tips for the design, implementation and evaluation of PAL activities.

Suspending Events, Loving the Margin: Solitude According to Barthes

Paragraph ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71
Author(s):  
SABINE HILLEN
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
The Other ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Collective Enterprise ◽  
The Way

In our contemporary society one would be tempted to see solitude as the result of individualism. The most striking idea Barthes developed in Comment vivre ensemble was the way in which solitude could be lived as a collective experience. This collective enterprise was not the result of a selfish retreat devoted to personal preoccupations. It fulfilled itself rather as an action dedicated to the other. In front of this singular way of seeing, the question arises how Barthes conceived this culture of distance as a ‘social’ action. Is it correct to present this ideological pathway as a form of courtesy, implying that others do not need to be confronted with the inner life of the individual? Taking these preliminary thoughts as a keystone, my article explores the content Barthes gives to his so-called socialisme des distances and how texts of early mystical societies develop this notion of distance.

scholarly journals Llevar “a la Cámara la mente del Ejecutivo”. Notas sobre las interpelaciones parlamentarias en la ‘Confederación Argentina’, 1854-1861 | Bring “the mind of the Executive to the Chamber”. Notes on the parliamentary interpellations in the “Argentine Confederation”, 1854-1861

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (13) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Giuliana Nicolini ◽  
Ana Laura Lanteri
Keyword(s):  
Federal State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Institutional Experience ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
The Creation ◽  
National Constitution ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Mind

Nos centramos en la experiencia político-institucional de la “Confederación Argentina” en la década de 1850, tras la creación de un Estado republicano, representativo y federal por la constitución nacional de 1853. Analizamos uno de los instrumentos constitucionales de control: las interpelaciones. Desde su práctica, proponemos acercarnos a los espacios de participación y preponderancia entre ambos poderes públicos, así como vislumbrar la labor de los ministros. El contenido de los llamados, los debates y su resolución nos permiten entonces advertir la relación legisladores-ministros y aspectos de la experiencia individual y colectiva de estos últimos, que han sido poco atendidos por los estudios del período_________________________________________We focus on the political-institutional experience of the "Argentine Confederation" in the 1850s, after the creation of a republican, representative and federal State by the national constitution of 1853. We analyze one of the constitutional instruments of control: interpellations. From its practice, we propose an approach to the spaces of participation and preponderance between both public powers, as well as to the labour of the ministers. From the content of the calls, the debates and their resolution we study the legislator-ministers relationships and aspects of the individual and collective experience of the ministers, which have been unconsidered by the studies of the period.

After Action: Oral History and War

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Hutching
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Collective Narratives ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
Narrow Concept ◽  
War Experience ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Oral History Interviews ◽  
Second World

This article focuses on the importance of oral history in recording wars. The article draws on personal experiences of interviewing veterans of the Second World War. Oral history interviews illuminate the often-ignored experiences of ordinary people caught up in war and the range of reactions that different aspects of war evoked from them, while reminding us that combat—”the quintessential war experience”—is not the sole defining experience of war. Interviews that concentrate on combat experiences reflect a very narrow concept of war. Most of the time in uniform is actually spent out of action. Most servicemen and women are not in front-line units. This article also reminds us that one of the joys of oral history is that you always get so much more than you ask for. This article emphasizes that commemorating war is often a collective experience. By contextualizing the individual experience in the narrative of war, oral history adds texture to those collective narratives.

Creating a Quilt: An Aesthetic Expression of Caring for Nursing Students

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Charlotte D. Barry,
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
Caring Relationship ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Aesthetic Expression

An assignment for beginning nursing students provides the milieu for reflection on a nursing situation, appreciation of a caring relationship between the nurse and nursed, and expression of the caring through an aesthetic project. Each student represented a unique situation on a square, and the squares were sewn together to form a quilt. The quilt is apprehended as a whole but closer scrutiny reveals squares of many colors that have been sewn together. The distinct squares represent the work of students and teachers on a journey of understanding. Each of the squares reveals a unique story of caring from nursing practice. The aesthetic project provides the opportunity for the individual and collective experience of caring as the students share their stories of caring with each other and the larger community of nurses.

Performing agency: Body learning, Forum theatre and interactivity as democratic strategy

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Yarrow
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
The Body ◽  
Embodied Learning ◽  
Forum Theatre ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
The Individual

This article looks at how applications of Forum theatre process and related approaches in India may operate in terms of activation of particular modes of learning centred in the body. It discusses the body: as context (individual and collective, embedded in social, political, physical and emotional practices); with reference to process (activation, multiplication of kinds of knowing through theatre work); as extended beyond everyday operation and beyond the individual/egoic towards collective experience and action, including co-creativity and ‘rational collective action’. The article explores the operation of forms of embodied learning in Forum practice, with particular reference to the work of Jana Sanskriti, in India.

scholarly journals Cultural Contacts Between Russia And China: Contemprory History

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-169
Author(s):  
Anna Bagdueva ◽  
Nina Rogoznaya
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
Real People ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Settlement Of Disputes

The Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China perceive each other as strategic, independent and equal partners with joint projects in bilateral trade, national security, tourism, education, etc. Countries are committed to long-term and mature cooperation and to peaceful and balanced settlement of disputes. Successful intercultural communication, based on an understanding of the values and norms of another nation, is a guarantee not only of peaceful relations but also of mutually beneficial partnership. We should understand that communication does not take place between States and organizations, but between real people and representatives of their countries. The communicator is the bearer of the collective experience of his people. Its national and cultural identity is shaped by the society in which he was brought up. In intercultural communication «their» norms are treated as reference norms, and «others» as incomprehensible, non-motivated and inadequate. The article discusses the cultural codes of Russia and China, examines the influence of national way of thinking on the vision of different reality and mentality, analyzes patterns of behaviour and judgment, which have a negative impact on the effectiveness of communication in various areas of joint activity. The article also describes recent intercultural contacts and highlights the most significant differences between the two countries. The article may be of interest to specialists and teachers in the field of intercultural communication, since it gives an idea of the manifestations of national and cultural identity in the individual, in his behaviour and in his speech. The article explores the reasons for negative impact on intercultural contacts in the recent period.

scholarly journals SCENIC REPRESENTATIONS OF A CONCERT IN THE INDEPENDENT RUSSIAN POETRY

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-352
Author(s):  
A.V. Markov
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Complex Image ◽  
Experience Of Time ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Russian Poetry ◽  
Collective Experience ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Complex Movement

The article examines the influence of pictorial models on the complex image of a concert in uncensored Russian poetry. It is proved that this image has always had an existential meaning associated with the characteristics of the individual and collective experience of death and immortality, and was not associated with the everyday environment of the concert. The concert turned into a universal symbol of the intense experience of time, its complex movement, allowing to revive dead musical material, and therefore revive the memory of individual people. Such a unique combination of collective experience and individual experience of immortality became possible thanks to the experience of painting: by the example of the image of the concerts of an owl in Dutch painting following the parable of Dion Chrysostom and the concept of restoration by Adolf Ovchinnikov, it is shown that such an experience of individuality as wisdom capable of combining the ideas of death and immortality was supported by the very technologies of painting and the metaphorical meanings in the fable and parable. A detailed analysis of several poems (Alexander Mironov, Ivan Zhdanov, Viktor Krivulin) proves that the same model of the intermedial experience of a concert, with all the differences in the poetics of these authors, expressed the same metaphysical meaning.

Psychological anthropology and medical anthropology: a brief history of ideas and concepts

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Cormac Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Medical Anthropology ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
History Of Ideas ◽  
Psychological Anthropology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Theoretical Evolution ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Modern Experience ◽  
The Individual

This paper sets out to briefly explore the definitions of two interrelated subfields of cultural anthropology; psychological anthropology and medical anthropology. This exploration will argue that culture and the individual are intimately intertwined. The theoretical evolution within psychological anthropology will be presented, from the bio-moral classifications of the ‘primitive’ to modern ‘experience near’ ethnographies, and fluid understanding of personhood. Theoretical and methodological approaches to mental health will be discussed briefly. Finally, the conclusion will ask the question: what is the future for medical and psychological anthropology?

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