Playful Falls in a Milieu of Contagion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy C. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Limit Case ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Form Of Life ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Inside Out

Roberto Rossellini’s Germany Year Zero is the subject of this chapter, in which the relation of the generous form of life to play is analysed in a milieu of ingratitude and mythic violence. The central figure of the film, the boy Edmund, is read as a limit case of the generous form of life in a context of massive envy. Here parricide and suicide become the only possibilities when gratitude has been reduced to year zero. The chapter includes a reading of Melanie Klein’s Gratitude and Envy and ends with a reflection on how the film turns gratitude inside out; in lieu of good and bad objects, there is law and guilt.

The Nahḍa, Iraqi Style: The Original Contribution of Father Anastās Mārī al-Kirmilī

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 374-401
Author(s):  
Hilary Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Arabic Language ◽  
Cultural Consciousness ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
The Subject

Abstract The subject of this article, Father Anastās Mārī al-Kirmilī (1866–1947), is a central figure in the Iraqi nahḍa. Although a Carmelite monk, he devoted his life in a non- confessional spirit to the study and reform of the Arabic language and the development of a specifically Iraqi historical and cultural consciousness. He wrote on linguistics, history, and folklore, he edited texts, published a journal and corresponded with Arab and European scholars. He is still a figure of reference for Iraqi intellectuals. By presenting his work in some detail, this article seeks to integrate him into the society of the nahḍawīs while demonstrating his particular contribution.

The ICEROSS concept: A discussion of a philosophy

1993 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ö. Kristinsson
Keyword(s):  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Weight Bearing ◽  
Skin Care ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Distal Direction ◽  
Inside Out

Prefabricated ICEROSS (Icelandic Roll On Silicone Socket) sockets have been in use in Iceland since early 1986. Use of custom-made silicone sockets began several years earlier, and a paper devoted to the subject was presented at the 1984 AOPA Assembly by the author of this article. The ICEROSS system is primarily used for suspension. At the same time the author believes it considerably improves the weight-bearing capability of the prosthesis and the interface between prosthesis and user. After being turned inside out and rolled over the stump, the silicone sleeve forces skin in a distal direction, stabilising soft tissue and minimising pistoning. Both prosthetist and user may experience some problems initially, although most can be overcome by careful socket design and skin care.

scholarly journals Psychological aspects of the relationship of consciousness mechanisms and individualization of learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 172-185
Author(s):  
A. Guslyakova ◽  
N. Guslyakova ◽  
M. Vetkhova ◽  
V. Kirsanov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Historical Aspects ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Form Of Life ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Social Uncertainty ◽  
The Relationship

The article covers the problem of the relationship of teacher’s consciousness and the individualization of learning. Special attention is paid to the historical aspects of the problem of individualization of education and its various interpretations in the works of researchers. It is shown that today the situation of social uncertainty, which requires a person to constantly choose a social position, action, way of achieving their goals, stands behind the problem of educational individualization. The professional consciousness of the teacher is considered as a form of life of the subject, providing a solution to professional problems in the process of teaching. Taking into account the relationship between consciousness and the individualization of learning, the authors show how this problem is resolved when the reflection and goal-setting mechanisms are included in the paradigm of joint activities between a teacher and a student, ensuring the development of professional and pedagogical consciousness at the stage of higher education. Thus, educational and professional activities and mechanisms for the development of consciousness of subjects of activity, conditioning each other, find their place in the context of solving problems of implementing the individualization of learning of the subject (child).

Millennial Dark Ladies

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Katherine Scheil
Keyword(s):  
Women Writers ◽  
George Bernard Shaw ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Anthony Burgess ◽  
Victorian Period ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Bernard Shaw

The Dark Lady evoked in Shakespeare’s Sonnets has been the subject of numerous speculations since the Victorian period. Several male writers and critics – George Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris, A. L. Rowse and Anthony Burgess, for example – have undertaken extended imaginative explorations of this alternative woman. More recently, the Dark Lady has become a central figure in millennial novels by women writers, designed primarily for a female reading audience. This article considers what’s at stake by placing this imaginary woman at the heart of Shakespeare’s artistic inspiration, and what this tells us about the meaning(s) of ‘Shakespeare’ for contemporary women writers and readers.

A Wide Concept of Economy

2017 ◽  
pp. 160-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahel Jaeggi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Internal State ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Form Of Life ◽  
External Relations ◽  
Economic Practices ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Economic Formation

Prominent strands of contemporary critical theory treat the economic formation of capitalist societies as a black box. From this perspective it is not only impossible but also unnecessary to subject capitalism itself to critique. Instead, only its external relations to other social formations—such as democratic political institutions—become the subject of critique. In this chapter, Jaeggi develops a conception of capitalism as a form of life that allows us to open the black box. By bring into view the internal state and constitution of economic practices and institutions that shape our lives, this conception allows us to subject the economy itself to critique.

scholarly journals The World as a Quantum Information Processor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Maldonado
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Quantum Information Processing ◽  
Limit Case ◽  
Computational Approaches ◽  
Classical World ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Quantum Science ◽  
The Universe

It is impossible to fully grasp reality and the universe without a sound understanding of quantum science, i.e. theory. The aim of this paper is twofold, namely first presenting what quantum information processing consists of, and then consequently discussing the implications of quantum science to the understanding of reality. I shall claim that the world is fully quantum, and the classical world is but a limit case of the quantum world. The crux of the argument is that quantum information can be taken as a living phenomenon. Quantum information processing (QIP) has been mainly the subject of computational approaches (Cooper and Hodges, 2016). Here we take it as the way in which information allows for a non-dualistic explanation of the world. In this sense, quantum information processing consists in understanding how entanglement stands as the ground for a coherent reality yet highly dynamical, vibrant and vivid. Information, I argue, is a living phenomenon that creates itself out of nothing. Quantum information is a relational view of entities, systems, phenomena, and events (Auletta, 2005).

Lulu

Berg ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 317-366
Author(s):  
Simms Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Twelve Tone ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
The Subject ◽  
A Performance ◽  
Musical Forms

Berg had several early ideas for a text for his second opera, and his choice finally fell on Frank Wedekind’s plays Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box. Berg adapted the plays into a single three-act structure and made other changes in the names of characters and their attributes, and he titled his opera Lulu, after the central figure. The subject matter of the opera was highly controversial, with a perverse eroticism and sordid violence. Given the political climate of the early 1930s, prospects for a performance of the work were dim. The chronology by which Berg created the libretto for Lulu and its music reveals many delays that suggest a struggle on the composer’s part in grappling with the subject and with his relatively new twelve-tone method of composing. Berg completed the basic compositional work for the opera in spring 1934, and he then created a concert suite from the work, much as he had done with Wozzeck, which he titled Symphonic Pieces from the Opera “Lulu.” The necessary revisions to the opera that Berg foresaw and most of the orchestration of Act 3 remained incomplete at the time of his death in December 1935, and the opera was performed in its entirety only in 1979. In Lulu Berg fully developed his own distinctive twelve-tone method of composing but continued to invoke traditional musical forms.

An Ottoman Portrait

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-373
Author(s):  
Nancy Micklewright
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
High Ranking ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Late Ottoman Empire ◽  
Late Ottoman

This carefully composed portrait of a high-ranking Ottoman bureaucrat is striking for several reasons. First, at nearly 16 by 13 inches, it is at least four times larger than most portraits of this period and lacks the ornamental cardboard frame into which portraits were commonly placed, instead being pasted directly onto a cardboard support. Second, although there is a long tradition of documenting men at work or places of business in the photography of the late Ottoman Empire, these images tend to privilege traditional occupations (e.g., itinerant merchants or craftsmen) and sites of commerce, such as outdoor markets, the covered bazaar, or shops along the Grande Rue de Pera in Istanbul. Third and finally, in its setting, the objects chosen to be included on the desk, and the pose of the central figure, the portrait insists upon the modernity of the subject as its primary message, raising questions about its intended audience.

Improving leadership from the inside out

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 24-26
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Large Organization ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Google Search ◽  
Inside Out ◽  
Difficult Part ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The playbook for leadership development not only has many pages but also has almost just as many authors. A Google search of the terms provides over 20 million responses, with seemingly almost as many books on the subject. For any large organization, the easy part is deciding on where leadership needs improvements and investment; the difficult part is identifying what the best approach would be and where to find it. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

WORKING-CLASS MASCULINITIES IN MARY BARTON

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Surridge
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Gender Role ◽  
Elizabeth Gaskell ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Male Gender ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Original Title ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Male Gender Role

IN CONSIDERING THE SUBJECT of masculinity in Mary Barton (1848), it is perhaps well to remember that Elizabeth Gaskell conceived the novel as being about a man. “‘John Barton’ was the original title of the book,” she wrote to Mrs. W. R. Greg early in 1849. “Round the character of John Barton all the others formed themselves; he was my hero, the person with whom all my sympathies went . . .” (Letters 42: 74). Gaskell’s letter of 5 January 1849 to Miss Lamont reaffirms this: “‘John Barton’ was the original name, as being the central figure to my mind . . . in writing he was [?] my ‘hero’; and it was a London thought coming through the publisher that it must be called Mary B” (Letters 39: 70). While the “London” title of Mary Barton focuses on the romance elements of the plot (and, by extension, on the female gender role), Gaskell’s original title of John Barton focused on working-class protest (and, by extension, on the male gender role). Indeed, there is much to suggest that the novel is as much concerned with masculinity as it is with industrialization and class strife.

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