Laughter, desire, and time

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C Weeks
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Linguistic Theory ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
Human Desire ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Linguistic Philosophy

AbstractLaughter has achieved special significance within some of the more radical postmodern, and especially poststructuralist, discourses as an icon of liberated desire. Yet there is a sense in which laughter is anything but the expression of libidinal force, in which it can be seen to reflect a momentary subversion of desire. To understand this, poststructuralist linguistic theory itself can be employed (against itself), because in the linguistic philosophy of Jacques Derrida in particular there is a unique acknowledgment of the temporal dimension of communication and thought, and of the relationship of this to human desire. Such a model of communication provides insights into the way in which laughter is produced through the subversion of the human experience of temporality — and of desire, an effect of delayed satisfaction. The present article draws widely on the comic theoretical heritage, seeking to synthesize existing theories into a time-based model of how, and why, laughter is produced.

Joshua Kates, Essential History: Jacques Derrida and the Development of Deconstruction (Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2005), 352pp, $29.95 (USD), ISBN 10: 0810123274, ISBN-13: 978-0810123274

Derrida Today ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-133
Author(s):  
Gary Banham
Keyword(s):  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
The Real ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This book promises a ‘radical reappraisal’ (Kates 2005, xv) of Derrida, concentrating particularly on the relationship of Derrida to philosophy, one of the most vexed questions in the reception of his work. The aim of the book is to provide the grounds for this reappraisal through a reinterpretation in particular of two of the major works Derrida published in 1967: Speech and Phenomena and Of Grammatology. However the study of the development of Derrida's work is the real achievement of the book as Kates discusses major works dating from the 1954 study of genesis in Husserl's phenomenology through to the essays on Levinas and Foucault in the early 1960's as part of his story of how Derrida arrived at the writing of the two major works from 1967.

scholarly journals Socio-legal studies and the humanities – law, interdisciplinarity and integrity

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie L. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Human Experience ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Moral Sensibility ◽  
Hard Data ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Psychological Significance ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper was delivered as a plenary lecture, designed to respond to the one-day special conference focus upon links between socio-legal studies and the humanities.1 The paper focuses in particular upon the relationship between law and the humanities. It may be argued that the role of empirically sourced socio-legal research is well accepted, given its tangible utility in terms of producing hard data which can inform and transform policy perspectives. However, scholarly speculation about the relationship between law and the humanities ranges from the indulgent to the hostile. In particular, legal scholars aligning themselves as ‘black letter’ commentators express strong opinions about such links, suggesting that scholarship purporting to establish links between the two fields is essentially spurious, bearing in mind the purposive role of law as a problem-solving mechanism. The paper sets out to challenge such assertions, indicating the natural connections between the two fields and the philosophical necessity of continued interaction, given the fact that certain aspects of human experience and nature cannot be plumbed by doctrine or empiricism or even by combinations of the two. Law must be understood to stand at the nexus of human experience, in a relationship of integrity, where the word is understood to mean both morally principled and culturally integrated. In particular, the development of human qualities, of character and moral sensibility informing normative values – and, ultimately, engagement with the world of law – is a process of subtle cultural as well as psychological significance, and may benefit from interrogation deriving from the wider fields of human discourse.

Een beetje onsterfelijk

Lampas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-452
Author(s):  
Gerard Boter
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
The Other ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Immortality Of The Soul

Summary The present article discusses three hotly debated interpretational issues in Diotima´s speech in Plato´s Symposium. The first of these is the relationship of Diotima´s speech to other dialogues, such as the Phaedo and the Republic, with regard to the immortality of the soul. It is argued that there is no discrepancy at all, because the immortality of the soul does not play any role in the Symposium. The second issue is the nature of the three classes of posterity: biological, spiritual and philosophical. Whereas the posterity of the first two classes can be relatively easily defined, the character of the philosopher´s posterity, ‘true virtue’, remains rather vague. It may consist in dialectical teaching of the Idea of Beauty by Socrates. Thirdly, it is argued that the philosopher´s immortality differs only gradually from the immortality of the other two classes, that is, the philosopher as a man only survives by means of his posterity.

The Oblique Lateral Jaw Radiograph

1974 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
C. P. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Third Molar ◽  
Third Molars ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Third ◽  
Molar Teeth ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Film Area

The Oblique Lateral Jaw Radiograph has been used as a routine diagnostic x-ray view for many years as an aid to orthodontic diagnosis and for the assessment of the positions of unerupted third molar teeth. Many methods for obtaining clear undistorted views of the teeth have been suggested from a freehand setting up of film, patient and x-ray tube, to the use of simple orientated devices. The present article describes a method of standardizing the relationship of film and x-ray tube to one another so that it is only necessary for the radiographer thereafter to place the patient on the film area in a manner depending on whether a view. is required of the third molars only or of the complete upper and lower buccal segments.

scholarly journals Ordem e Progresso: Augusto Comte e as influências do Positivismo na educação das mulheres na Primeira República brasileira

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Loraine Lopes de Oliveira ◽  
Vera Lúcia Martiniak
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Dialectical Materialism ◽  
Material Reality ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
Education Of Women ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Old Republic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

O presente artigo tem como objetivo apresentar uma reflexão acerca da influência do Positivismo na educação das mulheres no contexto da Primeira República brasileira (1889-1930), também chamada de República Velha. Faz-se uma breve abordagem inicial a respeito de Augusto Comte e o surgimento da filosofia positivista e posteriormente se discorre sobre a influência do Positivismo na educação das mulheres, a qual era vista como um elemento chave para a concretização da nova sociedade que se projetava, para o progresso e a modernização. A pesquisa tem caráter bibliográfico e fundamenta-se nos pressupostos teóricos do materialismo histórico-dialético, que busca compreender os fenômenos sociais e históricos a partir da existência material dos homens. A discussão prioriza a relação da educação com os fatores econômicos, políticos e sociais, já que se compreende que o objeto de pesquisa não pode ser entendido como uma situação isolada de seu contexto histórico.Palavras-chave: Positivismo. Primeira República Brasileira. Educação das mulheres. Order and Progress: Augusto Comte and the influences of Positivism in the education of women in the First Brazilian RepublicABSTRACTThe present article aims to present a reflection on the influence of positivism in the education of women in the context of the First Brazilian Republic (1889-1930), also called the Old Republic. A brief initial approach is given to Augusto Comte and the emergence of the positivist philosophy and later it talks about the influence of positivism in the education of women, a qualitative perspective as a key element for a concretization of the new society which was projected, for progress and modernization. The research has a bibliographic character and is based on the theoretical assumptions of historical-dialectical materialism, which seeks social and historical phenomena from the material reality of men. The discussion prioritizes the relationship of studies with economic, political and social factors, which encompass the object of research can’t be understood as a situation isolated from its historical context.Keywords: Positivism. First Brazilian Republic. Education of women. Orden y Progreso: Augusto Comte y las influencias del Positivismo en la educación de las mujeres en la primera república brasileñaRESUMENEl presente artículo tiene como objetivo exponer una reflexión acerca de la influencia del Positivismo en la educación de las mujeres en el contexto de la Primera República Brasileña (1889-1930), también denominada de República Vieja. Se hace un breve abordaje inicial a respecto de Augusto Comte y el surgimiento de la filosofía positivista y posteriormente se discurre sobre la influencia del Positivismo en la educación de las mujeres, la cual se veía como un elemento clave para la concretización de la nueva sociedad que se proyectaba hacia el progreso y la modernización. La investigación tiene carácter bibliográfico y se fundamenta en los supuestos teóricos del materialismo histórico-dialéctico, que busca comprender los fenómenos sociales e históricos a partir de la existencia material de los hombres. La discusión prioriza la relación de la educación con los factores económicos, políticos y sociales, ya que se comprende que el objeto de la investigación no puede ser entendido como una situación distante de su contexto histórico.Palabras-clave: Positivismo. Primera República Brasileña. Educación de las mujeres

La decrescita come uscita dall'economia

2009 ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
Serge Latouche
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Reflexive Modernity ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

- Fragments of reflexive modernity The conception of development focused more on the quantity than on the quality, more on competition than on cooperation, more on utilitarian exchanges than on reciprocity is showing all its limits. In this context, the concept of the relationship of care highlights what has been slowly and progressively compressed and eliminated, thus creating the condition of instability of our social systems: the essentially and "existentially" relational dimension of human experience and of social life. This dimension, through a logic of comparative counterposition, is used for a critical analysis of the model of the current development.

Mutuality and Mission: A No "Other" Way

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn Nothwehr
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
The Poor ◽  
True Love ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Power Needs ◽  
Traditional Norms ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn mission, it is not only that one practices love and justice, but also how one practices these virtues that makes the difference in the thriving of humankind. True love and justice require impassioned radical empowerment exemplified by the Incarnation; first, a full identification with poverty and abjectness, and then the relinquishment of power by the powerful and a taking up of power by the poor and the marginalized. This exchange of power needs to be based on mutuality. The present article defines and briefly elaborates on mutuality in its four forms. It then shows what mutuality illuminates and delimits and then indicates the relationship of mutuality to the traditional norms of love and justice. Finally, it indicates how consideration of mutuality can make a difference in mission.

The global distribution of tribes of the gramineae in relation to historical and environmental factors

1950 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 355 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Hartley
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Average Percentage ◽  
Extensive Survey ◽  
The World ◽  
Present Distribution ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

An extensive survey of the literature on grass distribution throughout the world has been made to determine the average percentage of species of each of the major grass tribes in the total grass flora. These average percentages for the six largest tribes are as follows: Agrosteae 8.2 per cent. Eragrosteae 8.1 per cent. Andropogoneae 11.9 per cent. Festuceae 16.5 per cent. Aveneae 6.3 per cent. Paniceae 24.7 per cent. The distribution of each of the above tribes is shown on world maps, and the relationship of this distribution to climatic, historical, and taxonomic factors is discussed. It is shown that the present distribution of each of the major tribes can be explained by a few readily recognizable factors. Climatic factors are of primary importance in relation to grass distribution and winter temperature has special significance.

scholarly journals Os Hábitos culturais e hipertensão no quilombo do Cruzeirinho de Cima em Natividade- RJ / Cultural habits and hypertension in the quilombo of Cruzeirinho de Cima in Natividade - RJ

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
Paulo Vitor de Souza Pinto ◽  
Júlio César Medeiros
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTThe present article aims to clarify the relationship between hypertension and the cultural habits of the remaining quilombola community, Cruzeirinho de Cima. To do this, we will first take a brief look at the history of the place, in order to identify the space that will be problematized, then the relationship of cultural habits and their propensity to hypertention, and the process of healing and conception of health.RESUMOO presente artigo tem como objetivo buscar esclarecer a relação entre a hipertensão e os hábitos culturais da comunidade remanescente quilombola, Cruzeirinho de Cima. Para isso, inicialmente faremos um breve apanhado da história do lugar, a fim de identificar o espaço que será problematizado, em seguida, a relação dos hábitos culturais e a sua propensão a hipertensão, e o processo de cura e concepção de saúde.

The Land of Moriah, Mount Moriah, and The Site of Solomon's Temple in Biblical Historiography

1990 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Kalimi
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Precise Location ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
1 Kings ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Temple

The present article is an attempt to clarify the relationship of the place where Isaac was bound with the site of Solomon's Temple, and that of the “land of Moriah” ([Gen 22:2]) with “Mount Moriah” ([2 Chr 3:1]) in Hebrew Bible historiography. It will also suggest an explanation both for the failure of 1 Kings 6 to give the precise location of the Temple and for the fact that such details are to be found in the parallel passage, 2 Chronicles 3.

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