Emerson’s Operative Mood

Xenocitizens ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 33-57
Author(s):  
Jason Berger
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Original Version ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Function ◽  
Universal Reason

This chapter reexamines Ralph Waldo Emerson’s early thinking about the relation of the individual to universal Reason, revealing that Emerson’s writing is philosophically consistent in its insistence that the human self is “operative” in form and function. Shifting our conceptual perspective from a traditional Matthiessenian notion of an “optative mood” to something of a Badiouian “operative mood” opens up new ways to consider how, across the early works, the Emersonian self is shaped by interactions with an impersonal Other as well as the ways these interactions influence the self’s relation to historical landscapes. Intervening in scholarship on Emersonian personhood by scholars such as Sharon Cameron, Branka Arsić, and Donald Pease, this chapter offers an original version of Emerson’s political vision, one that finds in his theory of “religious sentiment” a model for the self that may reframe all of Emerson’s corpus.

Cultures and Selves

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 420-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazel Rose Markus ◽  
Shinobu Kitayama
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychological Processes ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Function

The study of culture and self casts psychology’s understanding of the self, identity, or agency as central to the analysis and interpretation of behavior and demonstrates that cultures and selves define and build upon each other in an ongoing cycle of mutual constitution. In a selective review of theoretical and empirical work, we define self and what the self does, define culture and how it constitutes the self (and vice versa), define independence and interdependence and determine how they shape psychological functioning, and examine the continuing challenges and controversies in the study of culture and self. We propose that a self is the “me” at the center of experience—a continually developing sense of awareness and agency that guides actions and takes shape as the individual, both brain and body, becomes attuned to various environments. Selves incorporate the patterning of their various environments and thus confer particular and culture-specific form and function to the psychological processes they organize (e.g., attention, perception, cognition, emotion, motivation, interpersonal relationship, group). In turn, as selves engage with their sociocultural contexts, they reinforce and sometimes change the ideas, practices, and institutions of these environments.

Religious Ideas and Social Action in Gurage Bond-Friendship

Africa ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Shack
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Voluntary Association ◽  
Common Theme ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
And Function

Opening ParagraphInstitutions of bond-friendship as a form of voluntary association exist in many societies and, when viewed cross-tribally, they show considerable variation both in form and function.1 Even so, variations in the order of bond-friendship associations seem related to a common theme: namely, that there is an exchange of goods and/or services between parties to a ritual covenant that is reinforced by supernatural sanctions; and that protestations of mutual goodwill, together with calling for imprecations of evil to befall the individual who breaks the agreement, are elements which bind the covenant.

The Form and Function of DialecticalCinécriturein Beckett'sCompany

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Space Time ◽  
The Self ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Deep Focus ◽  
And Function

In this essay I argue that throughout Company Beckett adopts the technique of dialectical montage, which he encountered in the work of Eisenstein, to create a radically new autographical form of transmedial cinécriture. I suggest that this cinécriture enables Beckett not only intellectually to communicate the provisionality of self to readers, but also bodily to engage readers in a dialectical dynamic by which they directly experience the self for what it really is: an always-provisional synthesis in an always-provisional time and space. I begin the essay by considering the motivating factors that may have compelled Beckett to combine elements of film, radio, and prose in the late 1970s, after decades of resisting transmedial adaptations. I then examine the form and function of dialectical montage and constructive editing in Company. Next, I outline the form and function of intellectual montage and deep-focus space-time throughout the text and, in particular, in the penultimate watch sequence. Finally, I elaborate upon the ethical implications of the dialectic that these techniques set in motion.

scholarly journals Transporter oligomerization: form and function

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1737-1744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilmaz Alguel ◽  
Alexander D. Cameron ◽  
George Diallinas ◽  
Bernadette Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Aspergillus Nidulans ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Transport Protein ◽  
Integral Membrane Proteins ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Protein Oligomerization ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Function

Transporters are integral membrane proteins with central roles in the efficient movement of molecules across biological membranes. Many transporters exist as oligomers in the membrane. Depending on the individual transport protein, oligomerization can have roles in membrane trafficking, function, regulation and turnover. For example, our recent studies on UapA, a nucleobase ascorbate transporter, from Aspergillus nidulans, have revealed both that dimerization of this protein is essential for correct trafficking to the membrane and the structural basis of how one UapA protomer can affect the function of the closely associated adjacent protomer. Here, we review the roles of oligomerization in many particularly well-studied transporters and transporter families.

scholarly journals MOTIVASI MASYARAKAT DALAM MEMELIHARA DAN MEMPERTAHANKAN GIGI

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-153
Author(s):  
Lendrawati Lendrawati
Keyword(s):  
Oral Cavity ◽  
Soft Tissues ◽  
The Self ◽  
Tooth Decay ◽  
Dental Disease ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Know How ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Tooth Form ◽  
And Function

Motivation is a fundamental impulse that drives a person to behave in undertaking activities that are expected. Motivation as a concept that is used when the self emerged a desire and drive or direct behavior. The higher the intensity the higher the motivation of behavior. Maintaining a fixed gear means an action to prevent tooth decay, dental care for the sick and restoring damaged teeth and abnormalities of the hard and soft tissues to restore tooth form and function, aesthetic value and protection of the supporting tissues of the teeth and maintaining teeth as long as possible in the oral cavity. Knowledge of dental disease is important to know how to maintain healthy teeth to increase the motivation to maintain one's teeth Knowledge gained will form the attitude is a predisposition for sustaining behavior teeth.

Product Resynthesis: Knowledge Discovery of the Value of End-of-Life Assemblies and Subassemblies

2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Woo Kang ◽  
Chinmay Sane ◽  
Nitish Vasudevan ◽  
Conrad S. Tucker
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Waste Treatment ◽  
Consumer Electronics ◽  
Mixed Integer ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Integer Linear Model ◽  
Enterprise Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Function ◽  
Multiple Domains

The trends of increasing waste and comparatively low growth of waste treatment methodologies have created the need for better utilization of the products we deem unfit for use. The options available for utilizing end-of-life (EOL) products are currently restricted to reusing, recycling, remanufacturing, and permanent disposal. In this work, the authors propose a new EOL option called resynthesis that utilizes existing waste from EOL products in a novel way through the synthesis of assemblies/subassemblies across multiple domains (i.e., consumer electronics, health care, automotive, etc.). The resynthesis of assemblies/subassemblies is achieved by quantifying their similarities (form and function) across multiple domains. A mixed-integer linear model is developed to determine the optimal EOL strategy for each component/subassembly. As a means of verifying the EOL decision, the value of the “new” resynthesized product is compared with the value that would be derived if the individual subassemblies were reused, remanufactured, recycled, or disposed. A case study involving an electronic mouse is used to validate the proposed methodology and to demonstrate its practicality as an alternate enterprise level EOL option.

scholarly journals Restoration of a Traumatically Amputated Finger by a Traditional Glove-Type Prosthesis: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
Simarpreet Kaur ◽  
Mandeep Kaur ◽  
Anupama Verma ◽  
Tarun Singh
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Index Finger ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Microvascular Reconstruction ◽  
Prosthetic Rehabilitation ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Function

Background: Each organ serves a specific function in the human body. Congenital absence or loss of even minor parts of it can pose extreme psychological trauma in addition to the functional impairment and esthetic issues encountered by the individual. Amputation of complete or a part of phalange of hand is frequently encountered either due to trauma or necrosis. Restoration of such defects become mandatory to improve general form and function combined with the esthetic requirements of the patient. It can either be done by microvascular reconstruction or prosthetic rehabilitation. The latter becomes the means of choice in cases where the former is either not possible, unavailable, unsuccessful, or unaffordable. Case Report: A case report has been presented of a 60 years old patient with an old traumatic partially amputated index finger. Treatment Plan: A custom-made glove-type prosthesis was fabricated using silicone elastomer. Conclusion: A ring is provided for better esthetics and special adhesive is recommended for retention of the prosthesis. 

scholarly journals The church and the secular: The effect of the post-secular on Christianity

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaco Beyers
Keyword(s):  
Civil Religion ◽  
Emile Durkheim ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
New Era ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

Paradigms determine relationships. During the Enlightenment period Emile Durkheim proposed a relationship between the sacred and the profane. Religion, which is concerned with the sacred, was defined in terms of being different from the profane. The profane came to denote the secular. The organic character of religion caused some scholars to predict the end of the church at the hand of modernisation and rationalisation. Some scholars instead envisaged a new form and function of the church. Some scholars anticipated the growth of Christianity. Reality shows that Christianity has not died out but seems to be growing. The new era we are currently in (identified as the postmodern) has been described as the post-secular age where a process of re-sacralisation takes place. How will the post-secular influence the church? What will the relationship between the church and the secular be like under a new paradigm? This article suggests that within a postmodern paradigm, the post-secular will emphasise the place of the individual in the church. Fragmentation of society will also be the result of the post-secular. Religiosity in future will have to contend with fundamentalism and civil religion.

scholarly journals The People and the Poster: Theorizing the Soviet Viewer, 1920–1931

Slavic Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 717-737
Author(s):  
Mollie Arbuthnot
Keyword(s):  
Political Art ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Modern Subject ◽  
The People ◽  
Intellectual Context ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between political posters and their intended viewers was the focus of numerous texts in the 1920s; this article analyzes the ways in which Soviet theorists sought to understand this relationship. They operated in an intellectual context that tried to conceive the modern subject as an active consumer and co-creator, rather than a passive audience. Their study of the contexts of viewing, of display practices and of the role of the viewer as an active participant in the creation of meaning, caused concern about the risk of misunderstandings and led to calls for images to address specific audiences with greater clarity. Many imagined that audiences and producers of images were in dialogue with one another, negotiating over the content, form, and function of political art. The image would thus mediate the relationship between individual and state, integrating political messages into everyday life, and aiming to integrate the individual into the process and practice of propaganda.

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