scholarly journals A guarantee of safety, a cautionary tale or a celebration? Popularity of true crime narratives through the lens of Mary Douglas’s concepts of pollution and defilement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Antoniak
Keyword(s):  
Western Culture ◽  
Cautionary Tale ◽  
Defence Mechanism ◽  
The Third ◽  
Crime Narratives ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
History Of ◽  
Crime Stories ◽  
True Crime

The fascination with crime, hastily described by some as a symptom of moral degradation of Western culture, seems to be a defence mechanism used by individuals to deal with social transgressions and anomalies represented by serious crimes. The aim of this article is to analyse the growing popularity of true crime through the lens of Mary Douglas’s theory of purity and pollution, with a particular emphasis on the methods of dealing with anomalies appearing within conceptual schemata of a given culture. For this purpose, the text has been divided into four parts: the first part briefly presents the history of true crime; the second part analyses the idea of murder through the lens of Douglas’s theory; the third part discusses the reasons behind the popularity of true crime narratives; and the fourth part showcases how individuals use true crime stories as tools to deal with anomalies.

Ancient Hinduism as a Missionary Religion

Numen ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arvind Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Tenth Century ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
Textual Evidence ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
History Of

AbstractThe paper is conceptually divided into four parts. In the first part the widely held view that ancient Hinduism was not a missionary religion is presented. (The term ancient is employed to characterize the period in the history of Hinduism extending from fifth century B.C.E. to the tenth century. The term 'missionary religion' is used to designate a religion which places its followers under an obligation to missionize.) In the second part the conception of conversion in the context of ancient Hinduism is clarified and it is explained how this conception differs from the notion of conversion as found in Christianity. In the third part the view that ancient Hinduism was not a missionary religion is challenged by presenting textual evidence that ancient Hinduism was in fact a missionary religion, inasmuch as it placed a well-defined segment of its members under an obligation to undertake missionary activity. Such historical material as serves to confirm the textual evidence is then presented in the fourth part.

scholarly journals “Letter of a Sicilian to one of his Friends” in Translation by Antiochus Cantemir (1726): History of the Text and Features of its Language

Slovene ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-253
Author(s):  
Dmitry Rudnev ◽  
Heng Fu
Keyword(s):  
French Text ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Final Version ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
Building Models ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
History Of ◽  
French Original ◽  
The One

The article presents a many-sided analysis of a pamphlet by Giovanni Marana translated by Antiochus Kantemir into Russian in 1726. In the first part of the article, we describe various editions of Marana’s pamphlet and establish the one that became the source for Kantemir’s translation. This source is found out to be the publication of the pamphlet in one of the “Élite des bons mots” collections. Next, the correspondence between the text of the translation and the French text is analyzed, the deviations and errors in the Kantemir’s text are revealed and their explanation is given. It is concluded that the surviving manuscript of the translation was made from an earlier one and was not the final version of the text. The manuscript of the translation was published in 1868 as a part of the collected works by Antiochus Kantemir and was subjected to a considerable revision. The second part of the article is devoted to comparing the text of the manuscript and the published text, describing spelling and punctuation corrections, as well as mistakes made during the publication of the manuscript. The contradictions in introduced spelling corrections are noted. In the third part of the article, the technique of translation, ways of transferring lexical and syntactic units to Russian are analyzed. Kantemir uses a large number of borrowed words to describe the everyday life in Paris and France, however, mainly Slavic word-building models are used for translating the behavioral sphere vocabulary. The fourth part of the article describes the stylistic key of translation. While making the language of translation closer to the language of the French original, the translator left Russian as a basis, which he slavicised in two ways: first, with a small number of “background slavonicisms”, evenly distributed throughout the text; secondly, with “slavonicisms-inclusions”, creating points of stylistic tension. It is concluded that the degree of slavicisation of the text is not great.

scholarly journals YURI BREGEL – RESEARCHER OF KHOREZM TURKIC SOURCES

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-39
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Research Skill ◽  
The Third ◽  
American Scholar ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Historian ◽  
Literary Environment ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The article studies the analysis done by American scholar Y.Bregel (1925-2016) of the poet, historian, translator and statesmen Munis and Ognahiy’s “Firdavs ul-Iqbal”. “Firdavs ul- Iqbal” is a unique encyclopedic work that reflects the history, culture, ethnography, literary environment and social processes of Khorezm in historical and artistic form. A comprehensive study of “Firdavs ul- Iqbal” interests not only local scientists but also foreign scholars, as a result, there is known and unknown studies appeared in scientific sphere. The study of the problem by foreign scholars has not been sufficiently researched. This scientific need served as the basis for covering one of the urgent problems of philology. Yuri Bregel was an American historian, orientalist, and author of several monographs on the history, culture and literature of Central Asia. In particular, the scientist studied the work “Firdavs ul-Iqbal” seriously, and dedicated to the history of the Khiva khans, and created a scientific critical text. He also translated the work into English and played an important role in acquainting foreign readers and scholars with the essence of the work “Firdavs ul-Iqbal” by Oghahiy and Munis. The preface by J. Bregel about the source consists of four parts. The first part is devoted to the works of Munis and Oghahi, the second part covers the properties of “Firdavs ul-Iqbal”, the third to the study of the work and the fourth part reveals the characteristics of handwritten copies of the source.The author of the article revealed the scientist’s research skill as much as possible based on Y.Bregel’s scientifically rich English preface.

Between Metaphysical and Liberal Pluralism: A Reappraisal of Rabbi A. I. Kook's Espousal of Toleration

AJS Review ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamar Ross
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Jewish Tradition ◽  
Liberal Pluralism ◽  
The Third ◽  
Unique Position ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
History Of ◽  
Religious Systems

Much has been said and written about the unique position regarding toleration that was adopted by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Its uniqueness within Jewish tradition is not open to doubt. The question I would like to explore here is the extent to which his version of toleration is compatible with the toleration that has become part of the modern secular outlook. In order to accomplish this task, I begin by setting up a typology of two basic varieties of toleration, relating one to the skepticism of the relativist who espouses liberal pluralism, and the other to religious systems with absolutist claims for truth. In the second part of the article, a sketch of the history of toleration in Judaism, this typology is confirmed. The third part of the article is a review of R. Kook′s notion of toleration, which seems at first to conform to the type of toleration generally associated with liberalism, but, when translated into practical policy, displays some significant aberrations. The fourth part suggests that these aberrations are not evidence of inconsistencies or anomalies, but rather an indication of the fact that no attitude of toleration, even that of the most liberal pluralist, can completely evade the necessity for intolerance at some point; and that different views regarding the point where toleration should be limited reflect different epistemological positions, each of which is associated with a different societal ideal which serves as the criterion for limiting toleration.

scholarly journals Membaca Sejarah, Menimba Hikmah: Upaya Berteologi secara Kontekstual dengan Belajar dari Sejarah Gereja Katolik di Toraja

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-60
Author(s):  
Christanto Sema Rappan Paledung
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Contextual Theology ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
History Of ◽  
Thesis Statement ◽  
The Catholic Church

This paper discusses the history of the Catholic Church in Toraja. This historical research aims to discuss the contextual theology in Toraja by drawing inspiration from the history of the acceptance of the Catholic Church in Toraja. The thesis statement of the paper is a historical study of the process of acceptance of the Catholic Church in Toraja showing a theological process that emphasizes fairness towards oppressed groups in society and generous dialogue towards Toraja culture. This paper consists of four parts. The first part discusses the history of the presence of the Catholic Church, which started from Makassar to Toraja. The second part explains the beginning of his acceptance in a house underneath. The third part is the subsequent acceptance of its relationship with Toraja culture. The fourth part is a conversation about the relations of the Dutch Zending in Toraja and the Catholic missionaries in Toraja. AbstrakMakalah ini membahas sejarah Gereja Katolik di Toraja. Penelurusan sejarah ini bertujuan untuk mendiskusikan teologi kontekstual di Toraja dengan menimba inspirasi dari sejarah keberterimaan Gereja Katolik di Toraja. Dengan demikian, pernyataan tesis saya di dalam makalah ini adalah studi sejarah terhadap proses keberterimaan Gereja Katolik di Toraja menunjukkan proses berteologi yang menegaskan keberpihakan terhadap kelompok masyarakat yang tertindas dan dialog yang murah hati terhadap kearifan lokal Toraja. Makalah ini terdiri dari empat bagian. Bagian pertama membahas sejarah kehadiran Gereja Katolik yang bermula dari Makassar hingga ke Toraja. Bagian kedua membeberkan awal keberterimaannya di sebuah kolong rumah. Bagian ketiga adalah keberterimaan selanjutnya dalam relasinya dengan budaya Toraja. Bagian keempat adalah percakapan tentang relasi kelompok Zending Belanda di Toraja dan para misionari Katolik di Toraja. Kata-kata kunci: keberterimaan, sejarah Gereja Katolik, teologi kontekstual, hikmah historis

The Hermetic Symbolism of Andrei Bely’s History of the Becoming of the Self-Conscious Soul

Aries ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-247
Author(s):  
Angelika Schmitt
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Rudolf Steiner ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Third ◽  
Philosophy Of Culture ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cognitive Principles ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract This article addresses some of the main theses of the dissertation on Andrei Bely’s opus magnum, The History of the Becoming of the Self-Conscious Soul. Bely’s work on philosophy of culture will be discussed in contrast to Rudolf Steiner and on the basis of a drawing illustrating its content. Convergences and differences concerning the crucial concept of the self-conscious soul with regard to Bely and Steiner are pointed out as well as some peculiarities of Bely’s historiosophical approach. The third part demonstrates the cognitive principles of the self-conscious soul, which for Bely are connected to its development during modern times. They also provide the means for the formation of the poetical structure of Bely’s text. A fourth part provides some examples of the metaphorical level of the text and shows the implications of Bely’s interpretation of the ‘spiral of history’. The last part discusses the definition of Bely’s method as “hermetic symbolism”.

scholarly journals Spellingonderzoek in ontwikkeling

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-136
Author(s):  
Chris De Wulf
Keyword(s):  
Current Issue ◽  
Language Variation ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Low Countries ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Part ◽  
History Of

Abstract Developments in orthography research This article, which serves as the editorial to the special T&T issue Spelling in ontwikkeling, consists of four parts. The first part is a brief introduction to spelling as a linguistic field. The second part provides a status quaestionis of this field within Dutch linguistics, especially from a diachronous point of view. The third part is an overview of the research articles in previous T&T issues which, to some extent, deal with spelling. Although the current issue is the first one in which historical spelling research is prominently exhibited, I thought it useful to provide an overview of research articles in the history of T&T that address the topic of spelling, as their titles do not always give this away. The publications listed in the second and third part may serve as a good vantage point for linguists with an interest in historical spelling research as part of language variation in the Low Countries. The fourth part introduces the articles that constitute this issue.

A Universe of Societies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Debaise
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Relations ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

Which kind of relation exists between a stone, a cloud, a dog, and a human? Is nature made of distinct domains and layers or does it form a vast unity from which all beings emerge? Refusing at once a reductionist, physicalist approach as well as a vitalistic one, Whitehead affirms that « everything is a society » This chapter consequently questions the status of different domains which together compose nature by employing the concept of society. The first part traces the history of this notion notably with reference to the two thinkers fundamental to Whitehead: Leibniz and Locke; the second part defines the temporal and spatial relations of societies; and the third explores the differences between physical, biological, and psychical forms of existence as well as their respective ways of relating to environments. The chapter thus tackles the status of nature and its domains.

The Origins of Gritty Realism on British Television: Euston Films and Special Branch

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Sexton
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Discourse ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Television Drama ◽  
The Third ◽  
Fourth Series ◽  
History Of

Euston Films was the first film subsidiary of a British television company that sought to film entirely on location. To understand how the ‘televisual imagination’ changed and developed in relationship to the parent institution's (Thames Television) economic and strategic needs after the transatlantic success of its predecessor, ABC Television, it is necessary to consider how the use of film in television drama was regarded by those working at Euston Films. The sources of realism and development of generic verisimilitude found in the British adventure series of the early 1970s were not confined to television, and these very diverse sources both outside and inside television are well worth exploring. Thames Television, which was formed in 1968, did not adopt the slickly produced adventure series style of ABC's The Avengers, for example. Instead, Thames emphasised its other ABC inheritance – naturalistic drama in the form of the studio-based Armchair Theatre – and was to give the adventure series a strong London lowlife flavour. Its film subsidiary, Euston Films, would produce ‘gritty’ programmes such as the third and fourth series of Special Branch. Amid the continuities and tensions between ABC and Thames, it is possible to discern how economic and technological changes were used as a cultural discourse of value that marks the production of Special Branch as a key transformative moment in the history of British television.

Displace of Documentary Heritage from the Soviet Union to Poland during the Third Decade of the XXth Century

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
Tatsiana Hiarnovich
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Xxth Century ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
History Of ◽  
Selection Of

The paper explores the displace of Polish archives from the Soviet Union that was performed in 1920s according to the Riga Peace Treaty of 1921 and other international agreements. The aim of the research is to reconstruct the process of displace, based on the archival sources and literature. The object of the research is those documents that were preserved in the archives of Belarus and together with archives from other republics were displaced to Poland. The exploration leads to clarification of the selection of document fonds to be displaced, the actual process of movement and the explanation of the role that the archivists of Belarus performed in the history of cultural relationships between Poland and the Soviet Union. The articles of the Treaty of Riga had been formulated without taking into account the indivisibility of archive fonds that is one of the most important principles of restitution, which caused the failure of the treaty by the Soviet part.

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