Observations on Soviet Government

1919 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 460-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Story
Keyword(s):  
Present Note ◽  
The Political ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
Revolutionary Movement ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Long Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Democracy

Observations on Soviet Government. Over a year and a half has passed since soviet government was declared in Russia. That is not a long period of time in the history of a great revolutionary movement. Developments which loom large during these years and which impress even thoughtful men and women may prove to be of little consequence in the final determination of things, while the still small voices which are often unheard and usually unheeded by contemporaries swell into the chorus of decisive opinion which settles the course of affairs. It is a matter for trepidation, therefore, when one ventures to search mid the political and institutional debris for the foundation stones upon which a new democracy is to rest, or to attempt to appraise the undried, rough-hewn timbers hastily thrown into the erection of a temporary political superstructure. Only the hope that the tentative observations of one who was there may assist others to interpret this titanic movement justifies the present note.

Yiddish as an Expression of Jewish Cultural Identity in Galicia and Vienna

1999 ◽  
pp. 164-176
Author(s):  
Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Habsburg Empire ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Long Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Austrian Capital ◽  
Cultural Movement

This chapter illustrates the backwardness of Yiddish in the easternmost province of the Habsburg Empire. In Galicia, Yiddish language and culture developed quite differently and at a much slower pace than in the other parts of Poland and Russia. At a time when the works of Isaac Leib Peretz, Mendele Mokher Seforim, and Sholem Aleichem were flourishing elsewhere, Yiddish culture in Galicia was still underdeveloped, emerging only fleetingly at the beginning of the twentieth century, inspired by the political and social movements that encouraged Jewish national self-awareness. No doubt one reason for this long period of dormancy was the particular historical situation that resulted from the policies of the Habsburg regime. Thus, a history of the Yiddish-language movement in Galicia and the Austrian capital, Vienna, must also be an account of its failure. The chapter shows that it was precisely in Galicia that a thriving cultural symbiosis emerged among the coexisting national groups, and this symbiosis had a substantial impact on the Yiddish cultural movement. Yet competition from the Polish and German languages ultimately ousted Yiddish almost completely.

Book Reviews: Mediæeval Contributions to Modern Civilisation, The Rural Industries round Oxford, The Roadfaring Guides, The Springfield Survey, The Acquisitive Society, Whitherwards? Hell or Eutopia, a Philosophy of Social Progress, The Non-Partisan League, ABRÉGÉ DE L'HISTOIRE DE L'UKRAINE, The Employment of the Plebiscite in the Determination of Sovereignty, The Manchester Guardian, Prohibition in America, The Economics of Communism, the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, Burrow's Guide to the Shakespeare Country, the History of Human Marriage, Social Decay and Regeneration, the Acquisitive Society, Whitherwards? Hell or Eutopia, a Philosophy of Social Progress, Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, Fieldwork and Social Research, the Essence of the Æsthetic, the State and Government, the Psycho-Analytic Study of the Family, Principles of Political Science, the Psychology of Society, Les Origines De La Société, Taboo and Genetics, Manhood of Humanity, Principles of Freedom, An Introduction to the Science of Sociology, the Political Economy of War, Sociological Determination of Objectives in Education, An Introduction to Mythology, Guilds, Trade and Agriculture, a New Agricultural Policy

1922 ◽  
Vol a14 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
H. M. Chew ◽  
John Ross ◽  
Cecil H. Desch ◽  
Christopher Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Rural Industries

Mexico’s Political Laboratory: The Revolutionary and Postrevolutionary Southeast

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Osten
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Mexican Revolution ◽  
Political History ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mexican History ◽  
Revolutionary Movement ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lazaro Cardenas

The history of the 20th century in the Southeast of Mexico is bookended by two revolutions: the Mexican Revolution as it played out in the region, along with its antecedents and aftermath, and a very different but related revolutionary movement that emerged in the state of Chiapas in the mid-1990s. The former has been little studied at the multistate regional level by historians but is critical for understanding the history of the states of the Southeast in the decades that followed. The latter has been intensively studied by scholars in numerous disciplines, but its long-term historical implications remain to be seen. Equally important but scarcely studied and relatively little known is the political history of the Southeast in between these periods of conflict and revolution. The Southeast is a region that is commonly regarded as distinct, and even marginal, within national histories of Mexico. In the 1980s, President Miguel de la Madrid suggested that the Mexican Revolution had never reached Chiapas. Yet decades earlier, President Lázaro Cárdenas (1934–1940) famously praised neighboring Tabasco as Mexico’s “laboratory of revolution.” Meanwhile, historian Ben Fallaw contends that Yucatán was one of the most important of Mexico’s political laboratories during the 1930s. Taken together, these seemingly conflicting assertions underscore that many of the things that made the Southeast unique within Mexico also made the region important and influential to the course of modern Mexican history. They also raise the question of the Southeast’s experience of the Revolution and the long-term legacies of the revolutionary political projects that unfolded there.

scholarly journals Mythologization of the History of the 1920-30s Festivities

2020 ◽  
pp. 180-193
Author(s):  
Elena V. Barysheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Central Committee ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
Revolutionary Movement ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Current Events ◽  
History Of ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
The Revolution

The article discusses techniques and methods used by the Soviet government to formulate the historical myth of the revolutionary movement in Russia and of the 1917 revolution. Holidays in Soviet Russia and later in the Soviet Union were not just days of relaxation. They served educational function, formed new spiritual values, instilled a sense of engagement with the events of 1917. As one of the ways to influence the mass consciousness, the festive events of the first decades of the Soviet power formed public opinion and influenced perception of historical and current events by the population. Popularization of the emerging official history of the new socialist state, which had begun in 1917, was especially effective during celebrations owing to their inherent emotional component. The use of historical plots in various dramatizations, mass actions, political processions, carnivals, and demonstrations of workers created an appearance of the new government’s legitimacy, contributed to the formation of the collective memory of the revolutionary days within the frameworks of their official interpretation. The article uses archival materials of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the RCP (B.), which testify to the importance that the party authorities attached to the scenarios of the festive events. Memoirs of the direct participants in the events played their role in creating heroic myth of the revolution. An obligatory element of the celebration of the anniversaries was meetings with workers revolutionaries and witnesses of the revolutionary events that were arranged at the enterprises. Participation in these “evenings of remembrance” became a way of “self-identification” of an individual in new, socialist society, for speakers, as well as listeners. During these festive meetings, appearance of belonging, not only to the heroic past, but also to the epic present, was created. Specifics and ideological implications of the 1920s–30s memoirs contributed to the use of the “memorial boom” in the forming official narrative of the revolution.

scholarly journals Devalakshmidevi in the Medieval History of Nepal

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
Basudevlal Das
Keyword(s):  
The Political ◽  
Kathmandu Valley ◽  
Medieval History ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Long Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

Devalakshmidevi was a dauther of king Jayatungamalla of Kathmandu valley. She was married with king Harisinghadeva, the last king of Karnata Dynasty in Mithila. In those days, the capital of Mithila was Simaraungarh, which is at present in Bara district, Narayani Zone of Nepal. In 1326 A.D. Ghiyas-uddin Tughlaq, the Turk emperor of Delhi, invaded his kingdom of Mithila. After the downfall of the capital, king Harisinghadeva departed towards Kathmandu valley with his family but he died in the way. Then his wife and other members of his family entered into valley as an honourable guests. Queen Devalakshmidevi lived in Yuthunima palace where her brother Jayarudramalla was the king. After the death of Jayarudramalla the political situation of the palace became very critical and by her abilities and qualities, Devalakshmidevi became able to establish her control over the rule and administration of the valley during the long period of thirty years from 1336 A.D. to 1366 A.D. Thus, she appears as a very influential personality in the history of medieval Nepal.Academic Voices Vol.5 2015: 5-8 

scholarly journals Clay figurine of an owl of the Lower Pritobolye

2021 ◽  
pp. 133-146
Author(s):  
Natalia Turova
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Culture ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Siberian Region ◽  
Cultural Affiliation ◽  
Long Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Functional Purpose ◽  
Archaeological Excavations

The object of this research is the clay figurine of an owl discovered in the course of archaeological excavations in the Yurtobor 9 hillfort on the right bank of the Tobol River. The goal lies in introduction of in the scientific discourse of the new unique sample of small clay plastic, as well as in preliminary determination of the functional purpose of the item. The following tasks were set: morphological and stylistic description of the item; description of the context of discovery of the figurine; establishment of the chronological framework of existence of the item, its cultural affiliation; familiarization with the history of studying the regional clay figurines in the Russian archaeological science; search for analogies in the archaeological sites of Siberia and other territories; assessment of the semantic connotation of the image of an owl in the traditional culture of Ob Ugrians (Khanty and Mansi). To article employs the traditional methods, such as comparative-historical, typological, comparative-typological, formal-stylistic, semantic methods, as well as method of analogies. As a result of the conducted research, the clay figurine of an owl is attributed to the Yudinskaya archaeological culture and dated within the framework of the XI – XII centuries. It is established that it is the only item in Western Siberian region depicting a bird in the technique of small clay plastic. Based on the analysis of ethnographic literature and medieval archaeological finds, it is established that for a long period of time, the image of an owl had positive semantic connotation due to its high sacred status. The author assumes on the use of figurine of an owl in religious rites associated with hearth and home.

scholarly journals Why is it so Difficult to Implement a GST in Pakistan?

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (Special Edition) ◽  
pp. 139-169
Author(s):  
Ehtisham Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Tax Reform ◽  
Sales Tax ◽  
The Political ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government

This paper discusses the efforts by the Government of Pakistan to implement a General Sales Tax (GST). First, a history of Pakistani tax reform efforts is presented along with the reforms recommended by the National Taxation Reforms Commission. After this, the design and implementation of the GST is discussed followed by an analysis of the political economy and provincial issues that arise in the process of implementing the GST. Finally, the paper discusses various proposals regarding the determination of the base for the GST. The paper concludes that the splitting of the GST by sectors, given the perspective that the 1930’s style sales tax, is not sensible, and the Pakistani formulation is more unstable than the assignment of the GST on goods.

Beyond Partition

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepti Misri
Keyword(s):  
Visual Representations ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Indian State ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Expressions

This book shows how 1947 marked the beginning of a history of politicized animosity associated with the differing ideas of “India” held by communities and in regions on one hand, and by the political–military Indian state on the other. Assembling literary, historiographic, performative, and visual representations of gendered violence against men and women, the book establishes that cultural expressions do not just follow violence but determine its very contours, and interrogates the gendered scripts underwriting the violence originating in the contested visions of what “India” means. Ambitious and ranging across disciplines, the book offers both an overview of and nuanced new perspectives on the ways caste, identity, and class complicate representations of violence, and how such representations shape our understandings of both violence and India.

scholarly journals OBRAS DE ARTE E OS PROCESSOS COMUNICATIVOS EM ESPAÇOS PÚBLICOS: ENTALHANDO IDENTIDADES

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 76-92
Author(s):  
Leila Adriana Baptaglin ◽  
Tafinis Leandro Silva Said
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Theoretical Base ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Political Status ◽  
Social Composition ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
History Of

Este trabalho tem objetivo discutir os processos comunicacionais estabelecidos pelas obras de arte expostas em locais públicos como elementos de formação da memória e da identidade Roraimense. A história da produção e compra dos painéis pela Assembleia Legislativa foi investigada a partir de entrevistas orais com o artista. Seu conteúdo também foi submetido à análise com a finalidade de identificar e interpretar signos e símbolos trabalhados pelo autor. Tomando como base teórica estudiosos como Nora (1992) e Pollack (1993), observou-se que essa manifestação artístico-cultural, produzida por encomenda, embora não tenha seu conteúdo previamente definido pelos agentes detentores do poder político, faz coro ao seu discurso e atua conjuntamente na busca pela determinação dos símbolos e signos que deveriam representar Roraima e seu povo. Para além das lendas que o autor pretendeu retratar, as obras são representativas de um discurso de poder, remetendo à história e à composição social de Roraima num momento de afirmação da identidade local – a transição do status político de Território para Estado.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Arte; Comunicação; Identidade; Roraima.       ABSTRACT This paper aims to discuss the communicational processes established by works of art exhibited in public places as elements of Roraimense memory and identity formation. The history of the production and purchase of the panels by the Legislative Assembly was investigated from oral interviews with the artist. Its content was also submitted to analysis in order to identify and interpret signs and symbols worked by the author. Taking as theoretical base scholars such as Nora (1992) and Pollack (1993), it was observed that this artistic-cultural manifestation, produced by order, although not previously defined by the agents holding the political power, is in line with their discourse and acts jointly in the search for the determination of symbols and signs that should represent Roraima and its people. Beyond the legends the author intended to portray, the works are representative of a discourse of power, referring to the history and social composition of Roraima in a moment of affirmation of local identity - the transition of political status from Territory to State.   KEYWORDS: Art; Communication; Identity; Roraima.   RESUMEN Este artículo tiene como objetivo discutir los procesos comunicacionales establecidos por las obras de arte exhibidas en lugares públicos como elementos de la memoria roraimense y la formación de la identidad. La historia de la producción y compra de paneles por parte de la Asamblea Legislativa fue investigada a partir de entrevistas orales con el artista. Su contenido también se sometió a análisis para identificar e interpretar signos y símbolos trabajados por el autor. Tomando como base teórica a académicos como Nora (1992) y Pollack (1993), se observó que esta manifestación artístico-cultural, producida por orden, aunque no previamente definida por los agentes que detentan el poder político, está en línea con su discurso y actúa conjuntamente en la búsqueda de la determinación de los símbolos y signos que deben representar a Roraima y su gente. Más allá de las leyendas que el autor pretendía retratar, las obras son representativas de un discurso de poder, que se refieren a la historia y la composición social de Roraima en un momento de afirmación de la identidad local: la transición del estatus político del Territorio al Estado.  PALABRAS CLAVE: Arte; Comunicación; Identidad; Roraima. 

scholarly journals Political Activity of Women on the Basis of Ethnocultural Features of Kyrgyz Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
Rahat Mukambetovna Mukasheva
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Traditional Roles

The author outlines that nowadays, the question of the influence of gender stereotypes on the role and participation of Kyrgyz women in politics, from a linguistic point of view, has been little studied in Kyrgyzstan. The article is devoted to the ethnocultural traditions and gender stereotypes of the Kyrgyz society that affect the activity and involvement of women in the political life of the state. The author pays attention to the role of Kyrgyz women in the history of the country, examines Kyrgyz proverbs and folk clichés, which are the folk heritage of the people. The purpose of the article is to identify ethnocultural factors that determine the gender roles of men and women, as well as their impact on society. Research methods. During the study a descriptive method was applied. The following folklore materials were taken as a basis: Kyrgyz proverbs from "Kyrgyz makal, lakap, uchkul sozdoru" by M. Ibragimov, traditional rules of relationships between people of different ages and genders, principles of youth upbringing. As a result of the analysis, the author concludes that the traditions and stereotypes of Kyrgyz society endow men and women with gender traditional roles: a man plays a major role in the family, in society and is engaged in “male affairs”, while a woman is assigned a secondary role, she only deals with home and family. It is emphasized that such attitudes largely limit the political activity of women.

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