“hope even on this side of the grave”?: Liquid Modernity and the Ethics of Personal Relations in E.M. Forster’s Howards End

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 19-48
Author(s):  
Youngjoo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Modernity ◽  
Howards End ◽  
Personal Relations

Mendelian Inheritance, ‘Eternal Differences’ and Entropy in Howards End

2019 ◽  
pp. 80-107
Author(s):  
Daniel Aureliano Newman
Keyword(s):  
Mendelian Inheritance ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
New Science ◽  
Howards End ◽  
Personal Relations ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Elective Affinities

This chapter reads Howards End as a Bildungsroman whose developmental trajectory straddles two generations (those of parents and offspring) instead of being limited to the growth and acculturation of a single protagonist. This unusual take on the genre follows from Forster’s underappreciated interest in Mendel’s genetic theories, which enable him to re-imagine atavistic throwbacks as necessary deviations from the entropic path of linear progress. The chapter rehabilitates Forster’s interest in contemporary biology by harmonizing his recurrent use of procreation and genealogy with his queer poetics. Building on the significant revisionist interpretations of Forster by queer theorists such as Robert Martin, Scott Nelson, and James Miracky, the chapter redresses the intuitive conclusion that Forster’s fiction favors culture and elective affinities over biology and filiation; instead it suggests that it exploits new science in order to re-imagine how genealogy might participate in a queer, modernist vision of personal relations.

Fairbairnian approaches to King Roger , the opera by Karol Szymanowski

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-86
Author(s):  
Graham S. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Object Relations ◽  
Object Relations Theory ◽  
Personal Relations ◽  
Karol Szymanowski

In what follows I will develop an account of Fairbairn's object relations theory as I have understood and developed it, and, apply that theory to an understanding of the threeact opera King Roger, Op. 26 (1926) by Karol Szymanowski. My Fairbairnian approaches to the opera come from my previous work on Fairbairn's object relations theory. In order to fully understand the first of the approaches I employ you may need to read my book Personal Relations Theory (Clarke, 2006), in particular chapters one, five, and six. In order to fully understand the second of the approaches I am using you need to read Thinking Through Fairbairn (Clarke, 2018a), in particular chapters two, three, and four, as well as my paper in the journal Attachment (Clarke, 2018b) on MPD/DID and Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms.

Why Scottish ‘Personal Relations Theory’ Matters Politically

2008 ◽  
Vol 62 (First Serie (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin Miller
Keyword(s):  
Personal Relations

How the Better Reason Wins

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 540-563
Author(s):  
Anne Pollok
Keyword(s):  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Personal Relations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Individual Self

AbstractThis paper considers Mendelssohn’s attempt at a definition of Enlightenment in terms of Bildung, comprising the theoretical element of the enlightenment of reason with the practical requirements of culture. To avoid a possible dialectics of enlightenment, where the very methods one uses to enlighten harbour the seeds of new blindness, Mendelssohn advocates considering the lively connections between people, the role of traditions and personal relations in the formation of an individual self, and the connections we should have to our past, present, and future. Thus, his essay from 1784 can be read as an apt defence of a dialogical notion of freedom within the Enlightenment era.

Germany and Russia Since Reunification: Continuity, Change, and the Role of Leaders

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Image Analysis ◽  
International Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
German Reunification ◽  
The Past ◽  
Personal Relations ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
Economic Ties

How can we understand German-Russian relations since German reunification? Both the geopolitical positions of the two states and the political and economic ties between them have been transformed over the past twentyfive years. This paper will argue, however, that the role of the two countries’ leaders in shaping these relations has been surprisingly important. Building on the tradition of “first image” analysis in international relations, this paper shows that, along with larger political and economic trends, personal relations between these leaders have helped to set the tenor of bilateral ties. When the leaders were able to build trust and personal friendships, relations improved. Yet more recently, since 2012, relations have soured sharply. While there are obviously larger reasons for this, more negative personal ties between leaders have also played an important role. In short, just as issues of trust and friendship matter in personal ties, they also matter in International Relations.

Can Ritual Be Modern? Liquid Modernity, Social Acceleration and Li-Inspired Ritual

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-89
Author(s):  
Geir Sigurdsson
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Sector ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Late Modernity ◽  
Zygmunt Bauman ◽  
Liquid Modernity ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Ordinary Citizens

Our late modernity has been characterized by Zygmunt Bauman and Hartmut Rosa as, respectively, “liquid” and “accelerated”. These are demanding aspects of reality that have elicited both adaptive and resisting responses. While the drive to adapt has generally been favoured, especially by the corporate sector, a certain resistance to the tendency is also notable among ordinary citizens. It will be argued in this paper, first, that while adaptation evokes Daoist insights, such an association is misleading and an unqualified kind of adaptation is not a viable option; secondly, while many ritualistic and ceremonial practices are being revived as a part of the resistance, many of these are undesirable; thirdly, that an introduction of ritual inspired by the ancient Confucian understanding of li 禮 is a beneficial way to alleviate the harmful effects of late modernity; and fourthly, that this understanding of li can be strengthened and clarified through Neo-Daoist interpretations.

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