scholarly journals Developing Casanova’s Theory and Methodology: an Assessment of Latin Americanist Critiques in the Academic-Literature-World

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 107-135
Author(s):  
Thomas Nulley-Valdés
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Other World

Pascale Casanova’s La République mondiale des lettres (1999) received many significant critiques from Latin americanists, and yet, there has been little assessment of the soundness and the consequences of these contentions, to conclude whether Casanovian theory and methodology is worth practising, or whether and how it needs to be developed. In favour of this second alternative, I propose a critical assessment of some of the most predominant arguments, bringing them into dialogue with deeper readings of Casanova’s work once more in relation to their Bourdieusian roots, comparatively with other world literature theories, and as well as making my own suggestions on how to proceed. After having considered these critiques, I reflect back on these discussions to sketch how the structures of Casanova’s literature-world are also applicable to what I call (following her lead) the academic-literature-world.

scholarly journals MODERN PRINCIPLES OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-51
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
National Literature ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Dead End ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Methodology Of Science ◽  
Cultural Features

The article deals with the analysis of modern scientific approaches to critical studies. The current importance of the science of literature critical studies has been analyzed from different perspectives. The author tries to justify in which issues of literature the perspective of this field is more important. There are also the peculiarities of the methodology of science, the main scientific directions and ideas about the name of the discipline. Special emphasis was placed on national comparative studies. It is well known that literature critical studies as an independent branch of science emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century. The uniqueness of this field is that it determines the place and contribution of national literatures to world civilization by comparing them with each other. There are relatively little-studied areas of literature critical studies in our country. Some foreign experts are trying to prove that the head of the discipline has stuck in a dead end having no perspectives. Comparison in the broadest sense is the process of perceiving the commonalities and differences of life events. However, the function of this discipline is not limited to finding the properties in X and in Y. In fact, what is the importance of literature critical studies as a science today? The article is devoted to a critical assessment of this issue from different perspectives. The peculiarities of the formation of the discipline are also analyzed. It is claimed that the task of the article is to teach students to use theoretical knowledge, practical skills, modern comparative methods and techniques, to distinguish between national and cultural features of the studied literature, to understand the relationship of national literature with world literature and to draw conclusions based on the analysis.

Contextualising ethnic minority entrepreneurship beyond the west

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 955-973
Author(s):  
Michiel Verver ◽  
David Passenier ◽  
Carel Roessingh
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
The West ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Community Boundaries ◽  
Other World ◽  
Relevant Community

Purpose Literature on immigrant and ethnic minority entrepreneurship almost exclusively focusses on the west, while neglecting other world regions. This neglect is problematic not only because international migration is on the rise outside the west, but also because it reveals an implicit ethnocentrism and creates particular presumptions about the nature of ethnic minority entrepreneurship that may not be as universally valid as is often presumed. The purpose of this paper is to examine ethnic minority entrepreneurship in non-western contexts to critically assess two of these presumptions, namely that it occurs in the economic margins and within clear ethnic community boundaries. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on academic literature (including the authors’ own) to develop two case descriptions of ethnic minority entrepreneurship outside the west: the Mennonites in Belize and the Chinese in Cambodia. For each case, the authors describe the historic entrepreneurial trajectory, i.e. the historical emergence of entrepreneurship in light of relevant community and society contexts. Findings The two cases reveal that, in contrast to characterisations of ethnic minority entrepreneurship in the west, the Mennonites in Belize and the Chinese in Cambodia have come to comprise the economic upper class, and their business activities are not confined to ethnic community boundaries. Originality/value The paper is the first to elaborate the importance of studying ethnic minority entrepreneurship outside the west, both as an aim in itself and as a catalyst to work towards a more neutral framework.

Is sonographic intra-nodular vascularity a reliable predictor of thyroid malignancy? A UK tertiary centre study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
E Omakobia ◽  
S McClean ◽  
J England ◽  
A Walden
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Thyroid Malignancy ◽  
Final Histology ◽  
Tertiary Centre ◽  
Reliable Predictor ◽  
Ultrasound Assessment ◽  
Other World

Abstract Objective British Thyroid Association 2014 guidelines emphasised ultrasound assessment of nodules. One ultrasonographic differentiator of debatable relevance is intra-nodular vascularity. This is the first UK study conducted to address this question. Methods Ultrasound reports for thyroid surgery patients over 10 years were retrospectively reviewed. Reports documenting ‘intra-nodular vascularity or flow’ were analysed. Reports identifying peripheral vascularity only or no intra-nodular flow formed the control group. Concordance with final histology was used to determine the odds ratio for malignancy. Results A total of 306 patients were included, and 119 (38.9 per cent) nodules demonstrated intra-nodular vascularity. Of these, 60 (50.4 per cent) were malignant compared with 42 per cent in the control group. Intra-nodular vascularity was not a statistically significant predictor of malignancy with an odds ratio of 1.39 (p = 0.18, 95 per cent confidence interval, 0.86–2.23). Conclusion Intra-nodular vascularity in isolation was not a reliable predictor of malignancy. This supports other world literature studies. Although intra-nodular flow should not be relied upon in isolation, interpretation in conjunction with other suspicious findings enhances the predictive value.

scholarly journals Conclusions and Outlook

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-160
Author(s):  
Raffaella A. Del Sarto
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
World Regions ◽  
European Policies ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Other World

The concluding chapter synthesizes the empirical and theoretical findings presented in the book. It discusses the study’s findings on the interaction between Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East—Europe’s southern borderlands—by pointing to the plainly adverse impact of European policies on the region. This chapter also considers the book’s findings in relation to the academic literature while briefly reflecting on their comparability with other world regions. The chapter concludes by raising the question of future prospects for Europe’s relations with its southern neighbours, particularly when Europe’s diminished power of attraction, the increasingly influential position of other actors in the Middle East, and the policies and responsibilities of MENA governments themselves are taken into consideration.

THE METAPHYSICAL MOTIVES IN THE POETRY OF BOLESŁAW LEŚMIAN

2019 ◽  
pp. 503-509
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Pospolita
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Polish Literature ◽  
New Words ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Other World ◽  
National Poetry

The research is devoted to the metaphysical motives in the poetry of Bolesław Leśmian. This is an important milestone in the history of Polish literature. The legacy of such poets determines not only the nature of national poetry, but also has a significant impact on the development of world literature. Bolesław Leśmian created his unique metaphysical world. Its structure, organization and other features and innovations are the subject of our study. The aim of the study is to show the metaphysical motives in the poetry of Bolesław Leśmian, based on the critical reception of the representatives of the Polish and Ukrainian literary studies from the past and present century. The main features of the soul topos in Lesmian’s poetry are its transcendent origin, connection to corporalness, death, individuality, permanent motion. In our study, we came to the conclusion that Man can exist only in conjunction with nature. With its help, he can know the otherworldly, God, but when he merges with it, he becomes a different form of being, but does not die. Because man can not know God, he is afraid of the unknown and the unconscious she suffers. Man seeks to know God, but he is not her guardian or ruler. The other world is a redeveloped, separate world, there are travels, the poet is constantly looking for similarities to the earth. It is fictional, therefore, M. Glovinsky calls it “represented”. B. Leśmian’s poetic world is sensational and the perception and understanding of his world is through our senses. The dream in poetry of Bolesław Leśmian is not only a leading motive but also an element of the composition and often acts as the theme of the poem. To represent his metaphysical world, Bolesław Leśmian uses the technique of installation, introduces new words, oxymorons and other artistic techniques characteristic of the epoch of modernism. According to metaphysics, the highest value is earthly existence, and vice versa: the impossibility of being, the inability to become bodily, which feels thinking, is the fundamental source of all suffering. Bolesław Leśmian seems to open the opposite world to us, the unceasing motion of that which does not exist, unmanaged in the side of existence, and realizes the painfulness of the unassembled form of existence, which is as strong as the suffering of the body.

Surgical instrument left inside abdomen

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Andrzej Modrzejewski ◽  
Ewa Zamojska-Kościów ◽  
Edyta Tracz ◽  
Mirosław Parafiniuk
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Abdominal Cavity ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Surgical Instruments ◽  
Surgical Instrument ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Surgical Nurses ◽  
Surgical Teams ◽  
Difficult Situations

Leaving surgical instruments in the patient’s body is one of the most difficult situations in the professional career of an operator and it can also have severe consequences for the patient. Contrary to world literature, there are no reports of such incidents in Polish publications. Lack of such reports creates an illusion that leaving surgical instruments in the patient’s body does not happen in Poland, which is an unsubstantiated thesis. This paper presents two cases of leaving hemostats in the abdominal cavity. According to the authors, similar publications may facilitate critical assessment of the existing rules for inspecting instruments and surgical material by surgical teams. Importantly, confirming the compliance of instruments and material by surgical nurses is not the only criterion of assessment in this matter for the operator.

Handwriting Analysis and Personality Assessment

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Greasley
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Handwriting Analysis ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Personnel Recruitment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Better Than

It has been estimated that graphology is used by over 80% of European companies as part of their personnel recruitment process. And yet, after over three decades of research into the validity of graphology as a means of assessing personality, we are left with a legacy of equivocal results. For every experiment that has provided evidence to show that graphologists are able to identify personality traits from features of handwriting, there are just as many to show that, under rigorously controlled conditions, graphologists perform no better than chance expectations. In light of this confusion, this paper takes a different approach to the subject by focusing on the rationale and modus operandi of graphology. When we take a closer look at the academic literature, we note that there is no discussion of the actual rules by which graphologists make their assessments of personality from handwriting samples. Examination of these rules reveals a practice founded upon analogy, symbolism, and metaphor in the absence of empirical studies that have established the associations between particular features of handwriting and personality traits proposed by graphologists. These rules guide both popular graphology and that practiced by professional graphologists in personnel selection.

Juvenile Killers: Case Examples and Academic Literature

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 748-749
Author(s):  
William L. Wilbanks
Keyword(s):  
Case Examples ◽  
Academic Literature
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