scholarly journals Rhetoric and Performing Anger: Proserpina's Gift and Chaucer's Merchant's Tale

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-454
Author(s):  
Joseph Turner
Keyword(s):  
Rhetorical Theory ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Rhetorical Traditions ◽  
Medieval Poetics ◽  
The Relationship

Although scholars have historically minimized the relationship between medieval grammatical and rhetorical traditions and Chaucer's poetics, Proserpina's angry speech in the Merchant's Tale represents the intersection of medieval classroom grammar exercises, Geoffrey of Vinsauf's theory of delivery, and poetics. Proserpina's angry speech reveals that her rhetoric is calculated to subvert the masculine power structures that surround her. Such a focus on Chaucer's depiction of women's persuasive tactics helps to highlight Chaucer's deep engagement with rhetoric beginning in the 1380's. Moreover, this investigation asks for increased attention to the overlap between classroom grammatical traditions, rhetorical theory, and medieval poetics.

Exploring Peace Perspectives Through the Lens of Gender Inequality

2019 ◽  
pp. 405-426
Author(s):  
Dana Julia Loew
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Peace Processes ◽  
The Media ◽  
Human Rights Based Approach ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the relationship between peace processes, gender equality, and communication by introducing feminist and intersectional approaches as tools to assess and deconstruct underlying power structures. The author argues for a human rights-based approach to gender equality and a deconstruction of essentialist understandings of “women,” calling for a perspective on peace that is responsive to the experiences of minorities and the marginalized. The chapter seeks to outline ways for individuals and groups to engage around the topics of power, oppression, and marginalization, and to create space for a more inclusive dialogue as the basis for a peace culture. Coeducation, the media, and a change in discussion culture are established as essential in creating a peace culture that allows all individuals to live empowered and fulfilling lives in a peaceful society void of structural violence, regardless of their gender, race, class, or sexual orientation.

Exploring Peace Perspectives Through the Lens of Gender Inequality

2021 ◽  
pp. 510-531
Author(s):  
Dana Julia Loew
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Peace Processes ◽  
The Media ◽  
Human Rights Based Approach ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the relationship between peace processes, gender equality, and communication by introducing feminist and intersectional approaches as tools to assess and deconstruct underlying power structures. The author argues for a human rights-based approach to gender equality and a deconstruction of essentialist understandings of “women,” calling for a perspective on peace that is responsive to the experiences of minorities and the marginalized. The chapter seeks to outline ways for individuals and groups to engage around the topics of power, oppression, and marginalization, and to create space for a more inclusive dialogue as the basis for a peace culture. Coeducation, the media, and a change in discussion culture are established as essential in creating a peace culture that allows all individuals to live empowered and fulfilling lives in a peaceful society void of structural violence, regardless of their gender, race, class, or sexual orientation.

scholarly journals Life Stories and Interculturality

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Éva Toldi
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
True Story ◽  
Construction Of Identity ◽  
Traumatic Life Events ◽  
Identity Shifts ◽  
Background Events ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Abstract This article examines two short stories: Teréz Müller’s Igaz történet [A True Story] and József Bálint senior’s Imádkozzál és dolgozzál [Pray and Work]. The argument explores the way the texts reflect on shifts in power in the Hungarian region of Vojvodina, and the way power structures define the relationship between majority and minority in a society that undergoes constant and radical changes. Contemporary historical events of the twentieth century, changes, faultlines, traumatic life events and identity shifts emerge as the contexts for these narratives of the daily experiences of a Jewish merchant family and a farmer family respectively. Thus, the two texts analysed are representative works rooted in two fundamentally different social backgrounds. The discourse about the I is always also about the other; the construction of identity is already in itself a dialogic, intercultural act, which makes it an ideal topic for the exploration of the changes and shifts in one’s own and the other’s cultural identity. Translational processes of transmission are also required for the narration of traumatic experiences. Teréz Müller was the grandmother of the Serbian writer Aleksandar Tišma. Her book is not primarily a document of their relationship; however, it does throw light on diverse background events of the writer’s life and oeuvre. Comparing the experiences of identity in the autobiographical novel of Aleksandar Tišma and the recollections of his grandmother reveals geocultural characteristics of their intercultural life experiences.

ARCHITECTURE AND POWER: CHURCHES IN NORTHERN ITALY FROM THE 4TH TO THE 6TH C.

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 285-309
Author(s):  
Gisella Cantino Wataghin
Keyword(s):  
Northern Italy ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Monumental Architecture ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Hierarchical Complexity ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

This paper considers the relationship between the development of monumental churches and the rise of Christian communities and episcopal power. Using a number of examples attested by archaeological and documentary evidence it examines how the increasing complexity of Christian architecture, decoration and liturgical arrangement reflects the growing power of the bishop and the developing hierarchical complexity of Christian communities. In conclusion it examines the changing role of Christian monumental architecture as a vehicle for articulating the changing power structures of the Church between the 4th and 6th c.

scholarly journals Language In Pakistani Crime Reporting: Use Of Gender Specific Adjectives

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-84
Author(s):  
Sarwet Rasul ◽  
Sidra Irshad
Keyword(s):  
Crime Reporting ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
News Reporting ◽  
Language Choices ◽  
Gender And It ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Crime Reports ◽  
Gender Specific

Newspapers use language as a tool to create power structures based on gender; and it is through specific vocabulary that they present men and women as different stereotypes in the society. Through language choices not only men and women are presented as different but also as unequal: the former is powerful while the later is powerless, the former is independent while the later is dependant. The present paper attempts to analyze news reporting in the Pakistani print media with special focus on the relationship between gender and language used in crime report headings. It is examined how gender specific adjectives are used to create the reality of women as weak, subdued, and submissive; while men are projected as empowered, dominant and authoritative. Out of the selected four newspapers two are English (Dawn and The News) while two are Urdu (Jang and Khabrain). From these newspapers the headings of crime reports that project the relationship between gender and choice of adjectives, have been sorted out and analyzed under two categories: category ‘A’ deals with adjectives used for men while category ‘B’ deals with adjectives used for women.

scholarly journals Twitter and Institutional Change

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Adriana Farias
Keyword(s):  
Political Elites ◽  
Direct Connection ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Institutional Legitimacy ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The People ◽  
Zero Sum ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Institutional Order

Should we take tweets from politicians seriously? This paper argues that tweets sent out from the accounts of the top political actors are important because they are framed within a worldview that looks to support or challenge the legitimacy of an institutional order. As Twitter provides a direct connection between the speaker and mass audiences, it offers political leaders a platform to articulate a worldview, justify democratic or undemocratic strategies for competition, and mobilize support across frontiers to influence the perception of power structures. The relationship between discourse and institutional legitimacy is especially important in systems like Venezuela’s where authoritarian and democratic practices coexist, meaning that the legitimacy of institutions largely depends on the agency of key actors in influencing the perception of what is considered to be democratic. Therefore, this study carries out a content analysis of the tweets of the opposition and incumbent Venezuelan leaders. The results show that the incumbent’s discourse was predominantly framed within a populist worldview, which perceives politics as a zero-sum struggle between the people and a conspiring global elite, such that the incumbent’s infringements on democratic procedures were justified as an effort for emancipation from global oppressors. The opposition articulated a pluralist discourse that defended electoral competition, understood as the way to resolve the various interests and goals of a heterogeneous society, and therefore resorted to democratic strategies to challenge the incumbent’s power. Given the unprecedented reach of social media, this study highlights the extent to which Twitter contributes to materialize an interpretation of power structures, and how political elites use it to influence the legitimacy of an institutional order.

scholarly journals La Práctica Artística Contemporánea como Crítica a la Noción de Trabajo en Arte

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 244
Author(s):  
Arturo Cancio Ferruz ◽  
Concepción Elorza Ibáñez de Gauna
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Artistic Activity ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Common Practices ◽  
The Relationship

Throughout history, a large number of artists have frequently approached the labor environment and work as subjects for art. However, to a lesser extent, the artistic activity itself has been problematized as labor and/or employment. Nevertheless, in recent times we have attended an in-depth debate about the easements and limitations of artistic activity and its dependence on some established power structures. The text that we develop below raises the repercussions and contradictions of some art projects, which take as a starting point or base on the relationship art/work. Through them, it is possible to notice an awareness of the artists concerning their position in the art system, revealing common practices that highlight its precarity and the lack of a regulatory framework to protect their professional activity. Each one of these ways of proceeding projects reflections and questions we think necessary to review critically since they present sharp comments about the problems we raise in our research.

scholarly journals Взаимодействие науки и власти: наука на службе у власти?

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 130-140
Author(s):  
Ю.В. Черновицкая
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
The Political ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Individual Scientist ◽  
Intellectual Resource ◽  
Moral Assessment ◽  
The Relationship

Взаимоотношения науки как важнейшего интеллектуального ресурса и власти являются необходимым звеном политического развития и модернизации общества. На современном этапе выделяются такие формы власти, как биовласть, власть стандартов и инфраструктур, нетократия и др. В статье рассматривается вопрос о том, как наука соотносится с новыми формами власти и как ее достижения могут использоваться властными структурами для контроля над жизнью человека и общества. Автор доказывает необходимость моральной оценки деятельности как властных структур, так и отдельного ученого для преодоления кризиса доверия к современной науке и выстраивания деятельностных отношений на благо человечества. Ключевые слова: наука, власть, биовласть, стандарты, нетократия, кризис ответственности, дегуманизация The relationship between science as the most important intellectual resource and power structures is a necessary link in the political development and modernization of society. At the present stage, we can identify such forms of power as biopower, the power of standards and infrastructures, netocracy, etc. The article seeks to answer the question of how science relates to these new forms of power and how its achievements can be used by power structures to control the life of a person and society. The author proves the need for a moral assessment of the activities of both power structures and individual scientist in order to overcome the credibility crisis of modern science and build activity relationships for the benefit of humanity. Keywords: science, government, biopower, standards, netocracy, crisis of responsibility, dehumanization

Visualizing Pain

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-248
Author(s):  
Catharine Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Rhetorical Theory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Moral Progress ◽  
Bodily Experience ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Technique ◽  
Pain And Suffering ◽  
The Relationship

Although Seneca often expresses a disdain for the body, vividly detailed evocations of bodily experience feature frequently in his writing. In particular, he presents the repeated imagining of anticipated pain and suffering (praemeditatio futurorum malorum) as an important psychotherapeutic technique. This strategy should be seen in the context of Stoic theories of perception and the embodied nature of emotion (theories that resonate in significant respects with findings in cognitive neuroscience). Yet Seneca’s approach is also profoundly colored by a perception of the relationship between imagination and emotion which lies at the heart of ancient rhetorical theory. While anticipating future misfortunes is sometimes presented as a means to dull anxiety, a method of cultivating stereotypically Stoic impassivity by rooting out negative emotions, Seneca also highlights the power of the vividly imagined scene of suffering to stimulate an ardent love of virtue, a positive emotion which plays a crucial role in the moral progress of the Stoic student.

Classical History between Epic and Rhetoric

Why History? ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 16-44
Author(s):  
Donald Bloxham
Keyword(s):  
Historical Change ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Classical Scholarship ◽  
Elementary Type ◽  
Classical Models ◽  
Historical Truth ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Classical History

This chapter establishes the foundations on which the rest of the book is built since post-classical scholarship largely develops from classical models or is shaped by its reaction against those models. The chapter addresses a series of conceptual issues that have recurring relevance, including: differing conceptions of the nature of historical truth; the relationship between History and ethnography; the relationship between rhetoric and historianship; the relationship between philosophy, poetry, and History; and the relationship between ‘useful’ and ‘pleasurable’ Histories. In a more empirical vein the chapter discusses the relationship between Greek and Roman historianship and accounts for different tendencies in the development of historiography in each culture—tendencies like a greater or lesser interest in the outside world, and a greater or lesser interest in individuals as opposed to power structures or the study of society and culture. The question of the consciousness of qualitative historical change is also discussed in the case of a number of historians. In the 900 or so years of historianship covered in this chapter no rationale for History that is present at or near the outset was ruled out by the end, though of course many avenues of possibility were more fully explored. It is more than coincidence that the survey opens and closes with species of History as Identity, beginning with the most elementary type of that genre: genealogy.

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