scholarly journals Revolution after Revolution: The Commune as Line of Flight in Palestinian Anticolonialism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Abourahme
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
Historical Necessity ◽  
State Form ◽  
The Revolution

Abstract What is a revolution that neither overthrows a state order nor institutes a lasting one of its own? What happens if we disassociate revolution—the novel beginning, the break, the upending of order, the social transformation—from the movement of historical necessity that marks it even among the left, and open it instead onto those cases of anticolonial politics that did not play out, at least initially, as a desire for the forward march of progress and its terminus in the state form? In these cases, how do we move past the language, or more precisely, the grammar of failure when talking about revolution? What if the Palestinian Revolution, whose fate follows the rise and waning of tricontinental Third Worldism, might be read not as the defeated end of a revolutionary historical arc, but as the start of a line of flight? This essay makes two points. First, what was revolutionary about the Palestinian anticolonial experience was neither the spectacularity of its armed insurrection nor its call for radical equality, but its capacity to creatively make autonomous territory and declare communes. Second, reading this history poses questions about what a renewed encounter between the revolution concept and the anticolonial imperative might once again do.

Who’s holding up the sky? On Rymba, a novel by A. Bushkovsky

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-158
Author(s):  
A. V. Zhuchkova
Keyword(s):  
Gender Politics ◽  
The State ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Flood Zone ◽  
The Social ◽  
Russian North ◽  
And Gender

The article deals with A. Bushkovsky’s novel Rymba that goes beyond the topics typical of Russian North prose. Rather than limiting himself to admiring nature and Russian character, the author portrays the northern Russian village of Rymba in the larger context of the country’s mentality, history, mythology, and gender politics. In the novel, myth clashes with reality, history with the present day, and an individual with the state. The critic draws a comparison between the novel and the traditions of village prose and Russian North prose. In particular, Bushkovsky’s Rymba is discussed alongside V. Rasputin’s Farewell to Matyora [ Proshchanie s Matyoroy ] and R. Senchin’s The Flood Zone [ Zona zatopleniya ]. The novel’s central question is: what keeps the Russian world afloat? Depicting the Christian faith as such a bulwark, Bushkovsky links atheism with the social and spiritual roles played by contemporary men and women. The critic argues, however, that the reliance on Christianity in the novel verges on an affectation. The book’s main symbol is a drowning hawk: it perishes despite people’s efforts to save it.

Design in Deloney's Jack of Newbury

PMLA ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Dorsinville
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
World View ◽  
The State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Literary Value ◽  
Greco Roman ◽  
Political Conception ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Jack of Newbury's surface realism in characters, setting, and speech has led to an underestimation of its historical and literary value. A close reading reveals the consistent use of the Greco-Roman ethical-political conception of the state, epitomized in the figure of the ruler. Deloney shows his familiarity with this tradition, probably known to him through Erasmus and Sidney, in the three controlling motifs of his novel. First, the middle class of weavers, represented in Jack's household and dramatized in allegories and symbols, is portrayed as a self-sufficient state where peace and harmony reign. Second, this state is shown to be such because of the nature of its ruler, Jack, a benevolent, generous, wise man. Third, the middle-class way of life—hard work, thriftiness, material gains—serves as princely education; accordingly, Jack, from a menial position, goes on to become ruler of the state. Jack of Newbury, as a systematical reordering of an aristocratic tradition, represents the world view of the emergent middle class; and as such, a momentous shift in the social temper of the Renaissance and an important step in the evolution of the novel.

scholarly journals Vidas secas e o ensaio de interpretação social: uma comparação com Os sertões / Vidas secas and the Social Interpretation Essay: A Comparison with Os sertões

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Ricardo Pedrosa Alves
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Background ◽  
The State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Social Perspective ◽  
Institutional Violence ◽  
Indirect Speech ◽  
The Social ◽  
Os Sertoes ◽  
Euclides Da Cunha

Resumo: O artigo analisa de modo comparativo o romance Vidas secas, de Graciliano Ramos, e o ensaio de interpretação social Os sertões, de Euclides da Cunha. Através da comparação das estratégias compositivas e narrativas presentes nos dois livros, como o “narrador sincero” de Os sertões e o uso do indireto livre em Vidas secas, o artigo mostra aproximações e diferenças entre os dois clássicos brasileiros. Também são comparadas as perspectivas intelectuais que orientam o romance e o ensaio, no cientificismo de Euclides da Cunha e na perspectiva sociologicamente crítica adotada por Graciliano Ramos. O artigo ressalta as diferenças também na perspectiva social dos autores, através da análise da representação da violência institucional do Estado nas duas obras. As análises foram realizadas com o apoio de discussões presentes em Willi Bolle, Luís Bueno, Antonio Candido, Miriam Gárate e Luiz Costa Lima, entre outros.Palavras-chave: Vidas secas; Os sertões; ensaio de interpretação social; narrador sincero; indireto livre.Abstract: The article compares Graciliano Ramos’ novel Vidas secas and Euclides da Cunha’s essay on social interpretation Os sertões. By comparing the compositional strategies and the narratives present in both books, such as “the sincere narrator” in Os sertões and the use of free indirect speech in Vidas secas, the article shows approximations and differences between the two Brazilian classic works. The intellectual perspectives that guide the novel and the essay are also compared, analysing Euclides da Cunha’s scientificism and in the sociologically critical perspective adopted by Graciliano Ramos. The article also highlights the differences in the social perspective of the authors, analysing the representation of the institutional violence performed by the State in both works. The present analysis took as theoretical background the works by Willi Bolle, Luis Bueno, Antonio Candido, Miriam Gárate and Luiz Costa Lima.Keywords: Vidas secas; Os sertões; social interpretation essay; sincere narrator; free indirect speech.

scholarly journals Kondisi Sosial Rakyat Suriah Pasca Revolusi 2011 Dalam Novel Ayyām Fī Bābā ‘Amrū Karya Abdullah Maksūr: Analisis Sosiologi Sastra

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Istiqomah
Keyword(s):  
Social Reality ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Syrian Revolution ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Revolution

Ayyām fī Bābā 'Amrū novel by Abdullah Maksūr is one of novels that came out after the Arab Spring that hit Syria. The revolution in Syria occurred because of the people's desire to overthrow al-Assad regime which had been in power for decades. Demonstrations in Syria then ended into a civil war that never ended until now. This novel takes the story of the condition of Syrian society after the Syrian revolution erupted in 2011 and describes the conflict between the military and the Syrian people. This study aims to reveal the social conditions experienced by Syrians of the Syrian revolution based on data in the Ayyām fī Bābā 'Amrū novel, the social reality of Syrian society, and the relationship between the structure of the text and the social reality of Syrian society. The theory used in this study is Alan Swingewood's the sociology of literature theory with the concept that literary work is a mirror of the age. The method used is the literary of sociology method which is a moving method of literary data. The results of this study indicate that there are several causes of the Syrian revolution mentioned in the novel, such as the desire to be free from a regime that has been in power for decades, corruptions, inspired by other Arab countries, and a long-held hatred. The social conditions experienced by the Syrian people during the revolution were experiencing intimidation from the military, the people were arrested without any fault, some Syrians were tortured in military prisons, shootings, bombings and chaos in several cities, some girls experienced sexual harassment, the people were divided between supporting the regime or opposition, and most Syrians flee to neighboring countries. The social condition that occurs in the novel is a representation of the social reality that occurred in Syrian society after the revolution in 2011.

Mapping the State

Kropotkin ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Kinna
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
International System ◽  
The State ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Social ◽  
Explanatory Account ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
West European

This chapter outlines three parallel accounts of the state that Kropotkin developed in the 1870s and 1880s as an anarchist critic of Tsarism. The first was an explanatory account for West European audiences and it described the iniquities of the Tsarist regime, and the social, economic and political problems that Russian revolutionaries were attempting to address. The second was a general anarchist critique that probed ideas of class and slavery and set out the reasons why constitutional solutions being proposed by radicals in Russia and elsewhere would fail to bring about social transformation. The third was an examination of the dynamics of change that drew directly on Kropotkin's understanding of geography. Kropotkin applied this to distinguish between nations and states and to develop ideas of colonisation, monopoly and a politics of anti-statecraft. By looking at the dynamics of the state, Kropotkin also explored the relationship between the state and capitalism and the power relationships of the international system. This analysis led him to identify Germany as the central power in Europe.

scholarly journals KONSEP “BALDATUN THOYIBATUN WA ROBBUN GHOFUR” SEBAGAI TUJUAN AKHIR PROSES TRANFORMASI SOSIAL ISLAM

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
Sabdo Sabdo
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
Material Society ◽  
Final Destination ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Economic

A term often heard, read or discourse is "Baldatun Thoyibatun warobbun Ghofur" in Indonesian terms defined as a good country God forgave, or in Javanese philosophy "gemah ripah loh jinawi". The above phrase is the term that has been built by the Qur'an as hudan (guidance) for those who are devoted. The concept of the State above is very often an interesting discourse but in the level of reality has not been able to answer various problems in this country In the process of social transformation, Baldatun Thoyibatun warobbun Ghofur is as the final destination, the birth of a society full of peace, prosperity and justice, a perfect spiritual or material society. Specifically, the process of Islamic social transformation is the existence of a da'wah movement that continues to strive for change, from the darkness of life (al-Dzulumat) to a radiant life (al Nur), from ignorance   to Islam. A question arises whether this desirable country has been seen? and whether the current da'wah has not been able to give birth to it? of the two questions arise several problems; If the country of desire has been born what it looks like? If the da'wah has not been able to realize the country of desires, what is the problem? The above questions should be examined, for "baldatun Thoyibatun warobbun Ghofur is a necessity. The method used in studying this problem is the library study (library research) which prioritizes the review of the sources, then analyzed the texts to produce conclusions. This study can be concluded that the Baldatun thoyibatun warabbun ghofur state is a prosperous country in every field, because it is based on the basis of monotheism. Both the social, cultural, political, economic, educational and human rights fields. In realizing the form of the State requires a stage which should be noticed by the actors of change, as the Prophet (s) made a change. These changes can be made by making internal and external changes.

scholarly journals “A greisse shishke has arrived”: Jewish Humor as a Key to Understanding Social Change in A. Mryi’s Novel “Samson Samasuy’s Notes”

2021 ◽  
pp. 89-108
Author(s):  
Marharyta Fabrykant ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Social Experiments ◽  
The Social ◽  
Jewish Humor ◽  
The Times

The paper is dedicated to the representations of Jewish humor as a space of developing an understanding of the social experiments of the social change of the 1920s as depicted in a satirical novel “Samson Samasuy’s Notes” written by a Belarusian writer A. Mryi in 1929. The novel’s main character, an ambitious civil servant, simultaneously naïve and unscrupulous, struggles to grasp the ever elusive spirit of the times and discerns its clearest shile also the most painful manifestations in the humor expressed by his Jewish neighbors as a reaction to his endeavors. The novel shows how the Jewish humor is intuitively understood by Jews and Slavs alike, even to those who are being laughed at and who are otherwise immune to any kind of critique directed at them. In this regard, the Jewish humor appears simultaneously a mode of mutual understanding between the Jewish and Slavic parts of the population and shared understanding of the social transformation, because it unmasks the often invalid claims of novelty in the agents of the local implementations of the social experiments of the 1920s. At the same time, this understanding gives limited yet quite reliable ways of checking the consequences of these experiments and recreating, even beyond the façade of the radical social transformations, of the former unity of collective and individual identity.

scholarly journals Personal and Collective Identity Codes and Challenges for Minorities, Bernard Malamud’s The Fixer: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Mohammadreza Ghanbarinajjar
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
The State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Political Condition ◽  
Community Or ◽  
The Social ◽  
Minority People

People naturally live in a community and identity plays an essential role in their life. Codes and elements that construct their identity can be personal or collective, such as gender, name, religion, ethnicity, and language. In order to enjoy more privileges, minority people and those who are discriminated because of their identity, try to change their identity to be similar to the center or in other words, assimilate with it. At the same time, the hegemonic power tries to single out and highlight the identity codes which make one different from the center in order to discriminate them. The major character of the novel, Yakov Bok, changes his identity, name and appearance, as a Jew and enters into the district forbidden to Jews. During the course of the novel, he was arrested and accused of murdering a Christian boy, because he was the only Jew in the neighborhood. The state officials try to change his appearance to make him look like a Jew again and single out. Identity can be changed willingly in order to assimilate and use the advantages of being recognized as a certain person or part of a community, or by force due to the social and political condition of time to be condemned or to face the worst condition.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Role of the Press in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismael Mohammadpour
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
The State ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Research Show ◽  
The Revolution

<p>The Egyptian Revolution of 2011, in fact was the result of crises in the Egyptian society; such as increasing social inequality and corruption and Mubarak’s efforts to inherit the presidency. These crises by the help of the media –from the press to the social networks- provided the grounds for shaping anti-Mubarak social movements and eventually led to fall him. In this regard, one of the most considerable point, was the salient role of the press and the print media in the process of the revolution. Traditionally, there have been three types of journalism system in Egypt: the state-owned, independent and partisan (party-run) press. In this context, the researcher has tried to answer this question: how was the role and position of each type of these press systems in Egypt in the process of the revolution -especially since January 25th until February 11, the day that Mubarak resigned-, and how effective were these roles and positions on the Egyptian Revolution of 2011?<strong></strong></p><p>In this regard, in addition to detailed introduction of the newspapers of each press, the emphasis is to observe their views and positions accurately and portray the main discrepancies between the state-owned press with the independent and partisan papers.</p>As the findings of the research show, it seems in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, the relative freedom of these traditional media in expressing their own views with the growth of the middle class, enabled Egypt to pass the Mubarak's thirty-year dictatorship by mobilizing their demands and forming powerful social movements.

scholarly journals EKSPRESI THUMOS MISHIMA YUKIO DALAM NOVEL KINKAKUJI

IZUMI ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Zaki Ainul Fadli
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Society ◽  
Social Study ◽  
The State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Absolute Position ◽  
Strong Similarity ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mishima Yukio ◽  
Structural Aspects

In the social study, there is a concept about strong desire to be recognized by others named thumos. Mishima as a Japanese ultranasionalist have a value about guarding the traditional Japanese values. Among of these values is the absolute position of Japanese emperor in the state. If Mishima’s thumos which expressed in the novel linked with his ideology, there is strong similarity between the protagonist’s disappointment and Mishima’s critics related with the Japanese society. Those assumptions supported by novel’s structural aspects. 

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