scholarly journals The statue of Glauco. Reflections on human nature during the pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Marchetti
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Democracy ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Political Project

The statue of Glauco that the sea and the storms have disfigured so as to make its appearance more like a ferocious beast than a god, is the famous image with which Jean Jacques Rousseau, in the Discourse on the origin of inequality, questions himself on Human Nature, in a reflection that will have its purpose both in the political project of the Contract and in the pedagogical project of the Emilio. The image serves in fact to reiterate that that deterioration, that ugliness, is only external and that the statue (the man) has remained in its depths beautiful and good, since in him the feeling of piety, of his own and of his remains unchanged. dignity and the vocation to freedom of others. If this were not the case, there would be no possibility for political democracy and democratic education. The growing social inequalities, the artificialization of feelings and relationships due to technology, as well as the spread, after the pandemic, of a sort of mass "claustrophilia", a love for the closed, for one's own, with the consequent rejection of everything that comes from "outside", which is different, foreign or new, seems instead to give credit to Hobbes's thesis, namely that Human Nature is violent and aggressive and that man is always a wolf for the other man. However, it will be the task of the arts, sciences and, above all, of education, to demonstrate that, under the debris left by the salt, Glauco has remained good and that he can rediscover his true essence, the beauty of his original substance.

scholarly journals The Subalternization of a Progressive Legal Project: The Rights of Nature in Ecuador

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (20) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Laura Nieto Sanabria
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Specific Interactions ◽  
Antonio Gramsci ◽  
Rights Of Nature ◽  
Political Project ◽  
Ecological Thinking

In this note, the author uses the categories of subalternity and hegemony, proposed by Antonio Gramsci, in order to analyze the political process that emerged with the proclamation of the Rights of Nature in the Constitution of Montecristi, the new Constitution of Ecuador that came into existence in 2008. Out of the understanding that every legislative process arises from a political project within a historical bloc with specific interactions between forces, the Alianza País political project has searched for new ways of approaching the human-nature relationship through the “Revolución Ciudadana” in order to avoid the exploitation and commercialization of nature. Nonetheless, the Rights of Nature initiative has received much criticism from many fields: 1) the false distinction between nature and humanity; 2) the change from an obligation to take care of nature to rights of nature as a neoliberal danger; 3) the supposed liberation of nature within liberal market thinking. For that matter, the Rights of Nature can be understood as a political project that has been subalternized by the hegemonic political project within ecological thinking that goes hand-inhand with neoliberal politics, the so-called Green Economy. This hegemonic project in the ecological field is working towards the continuance of the exploitation and commercialization of nature and has become more powerful than the Rights of Nature initiative by using it to give entrance to green neoliberal projects in Ecuador.

scholarly journals Henry Savile and the Elizabethan Court

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 32-60
Author(s):  
Alexandra Gajda
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Connections ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Public ◽  
Problematic Relationship ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Court Politics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Earl Of Essex

Abstract This essay examines Henry Savile’s relationship with the Elizabethan and Jacobean court and the political culture of the period in which he lived. Particular attention is paid to the controversies surrounding Savile’s alleged connection to Robert Devereux, 2nd earl of Essex and the court politics of the 1590s, and variant interpretations scholars have made of the political significance of his historical scholarship. Savile’s Elizabethan literary remains demonstrate his persistent interest in the association between militarism and the arts of civil government, and the frequently problematic relationship of virtuous soldiers and statesmen to princely rulers. These concerns were shared by leading Elizabethan soldiers and statesmen, from the earl of Leicester, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, to the earl of Essex, and may have influenced the latter’s growing alienation from queen and court in the late 1590s. A broader comparison of Savile’s career with those of contemporary Merton scholars, however, confirms that he rejected the public careers pursued by other friends and colleagues. Savile’s political connections seem to have served his scholarly ambitions rather than the other way around, and after the rebellion of the earl of Essex he seems to have retreated from life at court.

The Grounds of Institutional Moral Theory: On the Political Philosophy of Allen Buchanan

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Rainer Forst
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political

In this paper, I discuss the conception of “institutional moral theory” that Allen Buchanan lays out in his work. I argue that it moves within a trilemma of grounding. The trilemma arises because the three routes to grounding we find in Buchanan’s works – the anthropological route appealing to human nature, the liberal route appealing to liberal values and the institutionalist route appealing to practice-immanent values – are mutually exclusive. But more than that, each horn of the trilemma encounters counterarguments from within Buchanan’s own thought, not only from the perspective of the other horns. Finally, I suggest a fourth alternative that refers to a notion of “justificatory responsibility” that Buchanan also suggests.

Gniew, współczucie, solidarność – w stronę politycznie i krytycznie zorientowanej pedagogiki emocji

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolina Starego
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
The Other ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Political Emotions ◽  
Emotional Identification

This paper will address an issue that is not often discussed in the context of civic and democratic education – the shaping of political emotions. My main purpose is to outline pedagogical currents that are oriented towards cultivating the ability to identify with the suffering of the Other. This emotional identification is based on an ability to perceive structural processes that generate marginalisation and injustice and can serve as a basis for an affirmative, collective action. The thesis presented in this paper is that educational institutions should work towards fostering democratic and collective forms of subjectivity. Drawing on ideas from the existing literature I will discuss the political dimension of anger and the notion of critical pedagogy of compassion that are placed in a broader perspective of radically conceived solidarity.

On a Certain Tension in Plato's Republic

Dialogue ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-508
Author(s):  
Avrum Stroll
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political

In this paper, I wish to explore a certain tension I find in Plato's Republic between two competing conceptions of human nature. One of these is set forth explicitly; the emphasis Plato gives it strongly indicates that he conceives of it as his “official” theory. The other is merely hinted at, or presupposed, by certain things he says about pre-social man. Since this is so, it may be more prudent for me to speak at this stage about two different accounts of human nature which occur in the Republic, leaving it open and thus as subject to proof whether the accounts do embody disparate conceptions. Accordingly, I will set myself two tasks here: first, to establish that Plato does espouse two such conceptions of human nature, and then to show how they differ from one another; and second, to explore some of the implications of this analysis for the political theory he constructs in the Republic. I will attempt to show in the light of these efforts that the plausibility of his political theory depends upon a subtle vacillation between these conceptions.

scholarly journals SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS IN MALWA MINIATURE PAINTINGS STYLE

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-47
Author(s):  
Kanchan Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Folk Art ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Folk Traditions ◽  
Line Form ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The People ◽  
Expression Of Emotion ◽  
Miniature Painting

 English - All the arts are result of human nature & Beauty. one of the ancient primitive art and the cultured art and on the other hand, the development of folk art takes place. Folk art often consists of religious narratives, religious traditions, religious symbols and a part from fictional mythological events, social festivals and social beliefs are based on the background.  Art is incomplete without each other in terms of folk art and classical art. These two forces are complementary to each other. This most of the paintings of our Indian miniature painting style are based on poems and literature. The miniature paintings of Malwa are for spiritual enjoyment, it is a reflection of its civilization and culture, in which The people there are not able to see the spirit of life.  important various elements of Malwa miniature painting style of folk art For many subjects (literature) such as Kalpasutra, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Devi Mahatmaya, Bustan of Saadi are based on. that are spiritual and historical respectively. Pictures based on poems are made on enchantment/affairs (Radha Krishna) and Nayika  Bhed  respectively. In The subjects of the pictures are like- Rasik Priya, Barhamasa, Ragamala, Rasaveli. In which we get the elements of art, human figures, nature Illustrations are visible through colour, line, form, tone, texture, space  in architectural marking. Bhakti and yoga in Indian Art  along with this, special emphasis was placed on the expression of emotion, due to which the art of Malwa remained intact. Folk art traditions contained in Malwa Miniatures are still prevalent in villages and cities and in many museums. It is safe and people have unwavering faith in these folk traditions.          Hindi - सम्पूर्ण कलाऐं मनुष्य की सौन्दर्यवृत्ति का परिणाम है। प्राचीन आदिम कला में से एक ओर सुसंस्कृत कला का और दूसरी ओर लोककला का विकास होता है। लोककला प्रायः धार्मिक आख्यानों, धार्मिक परम्पराओं, धार्मिक प्रतीकों एवं काल्पनिक पौराणिक प्रसंगों के अतिरिक्त सामाजिक त्यौहारों तथा सामाजिक मान्यताओं की पृष्ठभूमि पर आधारित होती है। लोककला और शास्त्रीय कला दोनों ही कला एक दूसरे के बिना अधूरी है। ये दोनों ही एक दूसरे के पूरक है। इसी सन्दर्भ में हमारी भारतीय लघु चित्रशैली के अधिकांश चित्रों के विषय काव्यों तथा साहित्य (ग्रन्थों) पर आधारित है। मालवा की लघु  चित्रकला आध्यात्मिक आनन्द को लिए हुए है, उसकी सभ्यता और संस्कृति का वह प्रतिबिम्ब है, जिसमें वहाँ के जन जीवन की आत्मा के दर्शन होते हैं। मालवा लघुचित्र शैली के चित्र लोककला के विभिन्न महत्वपूर्ण तत्व लिए कई विषय (साहित्य) जैसे- कल्पसूत्र, रामायण, महाभारत, देवी महात्मय, बुस्तान आफ सादी पर आधारित है। जो क्रमशः आध्यात्मिक और ऐतिहासिक है। काव्यों पर आधारित चित्र क्रमशः प्रेमकथाओं तथा नायिका भेद पर बने है। इन चित्रों के विषय जैसे- रसिक प्रिया, बारहमासा, रागमाला, रसवेली है। जिसमें हमें लोककला के तत्व मनुष्याकृतियों, प्रकृति चित्रण, स्थापत्य अंकन में रंग, रेखा, रूप, तान, पोत, अन्तराल के द्वारा दृष्टिगोचर होते है। भारतीय कला में भक्ति एवं योग के साथ-साथ भाव की अभिव्यक्ति की ओर विशेष जोर दिया गया, जिसके कारण मालवा की कला भी अक्षुण बनी रही। मालवा लघुचित्रों में समाहित लोककला परम्परायें आज भी गाँव व शहरों में प्रचलित हैं और कई संग्रहालयों में सुरक्षित है तथा इन लोक परम्पराओं पर लोक मानस की अटूट श्रृद्धा है।

Philippus Arabs and Egypt

1967 ◽  
Vol 57 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 134-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
Coherent Picture

Philippus Arabs ruled the Roman world for five years, A.D. 244 to 249. It is an obscure reign, even for the period: the Augustan History offers no life of Philip, the other literary sources are scanty and dubious. The political historian might turn, like Gibbon, to general criteria—‘the knowledge of human nature, and of the sure operation of its fierce and unrestrained passions’. For economics and administration nothing will serve but more evidence. It seems worthwhile, therefore, to assemble the papyrus documents which reflect Philip's régime in Egypt; and to ask whether any coherent picture emerges from them.This enterprise has its own dangers. The documents from Egypt represent chance finds, on a few sites, in the remoter half of the country. They are oppressively numerous, yet negligible in comparison with the bulk now lost. They allow vivid glimpses of administration at work, but for the most part at the lower levels and in individual cases. Chance survival, local particularism and official incompetence play a large part.

scholarly journals O CORPO FEMININO NA TELA: DESAFIOS POLITICO-AFETIVOS E OS SENTIDOS POÉTICOS NA REALIZAÇÃO DE UM CURTA-METRAGEM / The female body on-screen: political-affective challenges and poetic meanings in the making of a short film

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (40) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
Júlia Machado
Keyword(s):  
Female Body ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Short Film ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Arts ◽  
De Se ◽  
The Senses ◽  
The One ◽  
Affective Meanings

O artigo apresenta uma reflexão sobre a vitalidade político-afetiva do corpo feminino na tela a partir da realização de um curta-metragem, Femme (2016). Minha aspiração artística com o filme foi de transmutar os significados afetivos usualmente associados ao corpo feminino e trabalhar com sua visualidade extrema no limiar estético entre o belo e o abjeto. Ao lidar com a exibição de certos conteúdos do corpo visceral, a artista pode enfrentar um desafio duplo: se há o risco de se ser meramente apelativo aos sentidos, há também o risco de se repetir uma certa poética da abjeção que se tornou padrão no artes. Em seu processo, o filme-experimento levou-me a combinar elementos singulares a partir do retrato de uma personagem e a gerar, de modo inesperado e contundente, indícios acerca das forças poéticas do corpo e da imagem no contexto contemporâneo.Palavras-chave: Imagem; Corpo; Poética; Afetos; Cinema.AbstractThe article provides a reflection on the political-affective vitality of the body on-screen based on the making of a short film, Femme (2016). My artistic aspiration with the film was to question the usual affective meanings of the female body and work with extreme visuality at the thresholds of the beautiful and the abject. In dealing with the display of visceral body contents, an artist might face a double challenge: on the one hand, there is a risk of being too appealing to the senses; on the other, one risks repeating a poetics of abjection that has become standard in the arts. This film-experiment led me to gather unique elements in the making of it as a portrait of a character and generate unexpected evidence on the poetic force of the body and image in the contemporary context.Keywords: Image; Body; Poetics; Affect; Film.

Teaching About and Educating for Citizenship

1984 ◽  
Vol 17 (02) ◽  
pp. 216-219
Author(s):  
Mary Cornelia Porter ◽  
Corey Vanning
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Education ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
The Other ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
The Political ◽  
Academic Experience ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of liberal education is, surely, to help students develop the skills, capacities, perceptions, and imagination to enable them to enrich and enhance not only their own lives, but the life of the community as well. Educating for citizenship, thus broadly defined, is an endeavor shared by political scientists with colleagues in related fields, in the arts, the sciences, and the humanities. Citizenship assubject matter, however, has fallen within our purview. Put differently, as educators all of us consider, in a diffuse sort of way, the relationship between our teaching on the one hand and the polity on the other. Those of us who are political scientists must consciously concern ourselves with matters that fall under the rubric of citizenship. Notwithstanding the high purposes of the Academy as a whole, citizenship has for all practical purposes been defined in terms of the political, and political science has been charged with providing an academic experience that should inform and inspire the citizen experience. A tension, therefore, may be said to exist between political science's competency to teachaboutand its more general responsibility to educateforcitizenship. The writers here address the question of how we can best teach about citizenship, ply our trade as it were, in ways that educate for citizenship.First, it would be useful to remind ourselves how we typically teach about citizenship. That some subfields of the discipline lend themselves more readily than others to the enterprise is not at issue. Whatever the emphasis in a wide variety of courses, our students should leave our tutelages with an understanding of citizenship as a status, a cluster of activities, a concept, and a value. More tellingly, most of us would like to think that we expose our students to frames of reference and modes of analysis that encourage them to make and act upon informed, critical, and sophisticated judgments about political phenomena and public affairs.

Hobbes and the Culture of Despotism

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon S. Wolin
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Inquiry ◽  
Physical Nature ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Structure ◽  
The One

This chapter argues that Hobbes's was the first modern philosopher in whom a despotic mentality was at work. He perpetuated Bacon's political reading of science, and he fully appreciated the political structure implicit in Bacon's conception of scientific knowledge. Bacon's credo “knowledge is power” was transcribed to read “knowledge is for the sake of power” (scientia propter potentiam). Hobbes's despotic mentality is revealed in the several departments of his theory, not just in his political writings: in his thinking about human nature, physical nature, knowledge, scientific inquiry, and thinking itself. He fashioned images of man and mind as subjects fit for despotic rule: the one for the rule or rules of a sovereign lawgiver, the other for the rules of method decreed by a sovereign science.

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