scholarly journals Monstrøsitet som kulturel og religiøs diskurs

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Feldt
Keyword(s):  
Social Function ◽  
The Other ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Conceptual Structures ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Other World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Gain Access

The present contribution attempts to understand and interpret the significance of monstrosity, a well-attested phenomenon in the history of religions. First, monstrosity is interpreted as a mode of cultural discourse pertaining to boundaries and the construction of cultural categories. Its social function is understood along the theories of Girard. The presented view, however, suffers from a lack of adequacy. It neither explains the use of monsters in religious discourses, nor does it indicate why they are often used to bring about transformation and change. In addition to this, it does not offer an explanation for why monsters may be seen as positive and benevolent creatures.Second, the use of monsters in religious discourses is examined and monstrosity is interpreted in relation to Turner’s concept of  liminality. The concept, however, is extended to include not only ritual sequences but also spatial and conceptual structures. In religious discourses, monsters can be seen as stigmatized pendlers between this world and ‘the other world’. It is claimed that monsters embody access to the transformative powers of transcendence and may thus be used both to ward off evil and to gain access to benevolence.In the last part of the contribution, these views are illustrated by an analysis of selected narrative and ritual monster traditions from the religions of ancient Mesopotamia. The examples document that monsters are not inherently evil creatures and that it makes sense to understand monsters in relation to boundaries and liminality. In religious discourses, monsters are used to focus on the relationship of humans to transcendence: preserving or obtaining blessing and life and warding off curse and death. Monsters are instruments for gaining access to transcendence, they are embodiments of liminality, and they are used to transform the existing order of things. Monsters dissolve differences and thereby thematize the possibility of change. In this manner, the use of monsters contributes to a questioning of fixed classifications and identities.

scholarly journals The Perspective of Overcoming Nihilism in Heidegger’s Dialogue with Jünger

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tautvydas Vėželis
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dialectical Thinking ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
History Of ◽  
Metaphysical Tradition ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
European Civilization

This article examines the problem of overcoming nihilism in Heidegger’s dialogue with Jünger. It is suggested that nihilism is manifested in various forms and is the deep logic of the whole history of European civilization. One of the main aims of this paper is to outline the relationship of nihilism and Nothing in Heidegger’s dispute with Jünger, viewing how Heidegger distinguishes his approach from Jünger’s point of view. Heidegger, on the one hand, treats nihilism as consummation of the Western metaphysical tradition, on the other hand, identifies Nothing itself as the shadow of Being, which cannot be overcome in the traditional dialectical thinking manner.

Are Public Commemorations in Contemporary Japan Post-secular?

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 136-152
Author(s):  
Akira Nishimura
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Religious Participation ◽  
Religious Expression ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
History Of ◽  
Religion And State ◽  
Yasukuni Shrine ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This paper asks whether public commemorations in contemporary Japan are post-secular or not. More precisely, it investigates the postwar history of the relationship between such commemorations and the principle of keeping religion and government separate, as embodied in the constitution. Referring to several contemporary cases, I provide an overview of the discourses and actual conditions of the separation of religion and state at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery (Chidorigafuchi Kokuritsu Senbotsusha Boen 千鳥ヶ淵国立戦没者墓苑) and Yasukuni Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja 靖国神社). In conclusion, I point out on one hand that the non-denominational expressions seen in Chidorigafuchi and other facilities show a distinctive kind of religious expression. On the other hand, I underscore that the excessive avoidance of religious participation by government officials derives from the Yasukuni issue and related legal trials. I explain the relationship of those phenomena in terms of two types of secularization: natural secularization and artificial secularization.

scholarly journals MOVIMENTOS DE DANÇA E LITERATURA: SALOMÉ E A CABEÇA DE JOÃO BATISTA NO RELATO DE MARCOS [Enéias Farias Tavares (UFSM)] [Juliana de Abreu Werner T. (UFRGS)]

REPERTÓRIO ◽  
2010 ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Teatro & Dança Repertório
Keyword(s):  
Literary Text ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Unique Form ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
Primitive Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Civilizations ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

<div>A dança perpassa a história de todas as civilizações antigas. Na cultura primitiva, ela estabelece uma forma de comunicação única entre um povo e suas tradições. Essa comunicação ocorre por meio de um vocabulário próprio de movimentos e gestos corporais que também farão parte dos rituais religiosos. No caso dos textos judaicos, a dança está associada a comemorações bélicas, à conquista militar, à realização pessoal e ao culto à divindade, além de exemplificar um aspecto do “ritual pagão” dos povos não-judaicos. Por sua vez, o episódio envolvendo a filha de Herodias, Salomé, registrado nos evangelhos de <em>Mateus e Marcos</em>, foi relido nos séculos posteriores figurando sua dança apenas em associação com a licenciosidade romana. O objetivo desse texto é analisar a relação dos textos velho-testamentários com a dança e opô-la ao relato de Marcos, ressaltando o modo peculiar com que o autor constrói sua narrativa. Nesse sentido, buscamos uma aproximação entre o texto literário bíblico e as práticas da dança no contexto judaico e romano.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><br />Dance passes through the history of all ancient civilizations. In the culture of primitive society, it provides a unique form of communication between people and their traditions. This communication occurs through a specific vocabulary of movements and body gestures which is also part of religious rituals. In the case of Jewish texts, the dance is associated with the celebration of war, military conquest, personal accomplishment and to worship their god, besides its "pagan worship" nature in non-Jewish cultures. On the other hand, the story of the dance of Salome, in <em>Matthew and Mark</em>, was reread in later centuries fi guring dance only in association with the Roman licentiousness. The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship of old-testamentary texts with dance and oppose them to Mark's account, highlighting the peculiar way in which the author described the dance, the setting and characters of the story. In this sense, we seek an approximation between biblical literary text and the practice of dance in a Jewish and Roman context.</div></div>

scholarly journals The “Other” at Home: Deportation and Transportation of Libyans to Italy During the Colonial Era (1911–1943)

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (S26) ◽  
pp. 211-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Di Pasquale
Keyword(s):  
Colonial Period ◽  
The Other ◽  
Penal System ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Difficult Dialogue

AbstractThis article analyses the practices of deportation and transportation of colonial subjects from Libya, Italy’s former possession, to the metropole throughout the entire colonial period (1911–1943). For the most part, the other colonial powers did not transport colonial subjects to Europe. Analysing the history of the punitive relocations of Libyans, this article addresses the ways in which the Italian case may be considered peculiar. It highlights the overlapping of the penal system and military practices and emphasizes the difficult dialogue between “centre” and “periphery” concerning security issues inside the colony. Finally, it focuses on the experience of the Libyans in Italy and shows how the presence there of colonial subjects in some respects overturned the “colonial situation”, undermining the relationship of power between Italians and North Africans.

Auto-Intertext of the Novel of Ivan Turgenev «Stuchit»

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Бобылев ◽  
B. Bobylev
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Behavior ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Ego States ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Other World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In this article B. Bobylev analyses the intertextual relations of the novel of Ivan Turgenev “Stuchit” (Knocks) with other stories of the writer. It defines the place of the story in a series of “A Sportsman’s sketches” and the whole work of the writer in general. The article identifies key themes and symbols that define the specifics of the worldview of the author. It affirms the idea of a deep connection of the Turgenev’s image of knocking with the search for meaning, the mystery of human’s existence. It also covers the role mythopoetic tradition in the creation of a system of verbal images of the story and in the development of the idea of parallel existence of the earthly world with the other world. The article studies verbal and non-verbal behavior of the characters, assesses the relationship of peasants and landowners within the theory of ego states of Eric Berne.

scholarly journals Team 10, Lisbon, 1981. The Lost Meeting

2019 ◽  
pp. 100-117
Author(s):  
Leonor Cabral Matos Silva
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Team 10 ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Team 10 and Lisbon share a piece of history: namely, a few elements of Team 10, such as Alison and Peter Smithson, Amâncio Miranda Guedes, Giancarlo de Carlo and Jullian de la Fuente, and the Lisbon School of Architecture (or the “Lisbon School”). This text is about the specifics of this conjunction. This paper explores the short but necessary question of whether there was a last formal Team 10 meeting in Lisbon in 1981, and from that point on, it goes back to present: (1) a disclosure of the history of the word ‘revision’ within the teaching of architecture in the school, one which portraits the coming of the Team 10 elements just mentioned; it then (2) outlines the relationship of Team 10 elements with the Lisbon School, namely highlighting, on the one side, the school’s official attitude of support, and on the other side, the pedagogical grounds’ relative disinterest; and finally (3), the text suggests there is no clear answer to the question of whether there had been a formal Team 10 final meeting in Lisbon in 1981. Therefore, in conclusion, it delivers an argument about Lisbon being more than an informal gathering derived from a reunion intention; it considers this a happening that might just now emerge from the unspoken history of architecture as nothing more than a delicate moment, although it was Team 10’s last significant moment.

scholarly journals Secularism and the State in Pakistan: Introduction

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 491-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUMEIRA IQTIDAR ◽  
DAVID GILMARTIN
Keyword(s):  
Political Discourse ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
The Other ◽  
Muslim World ◽  
Religious Nationalism ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Critical Site

Pakistan occupies an uncertain and paradoxical space in debates about secularism. On the one hand, the academic consensus (if there is any), traces a problematic history of secularism in Pakistan to its founding Muslim nationalist ideology, which purportedly predisposed the country towards the contemporary dominance of religion in social and political discourse. For some, the reconciliation of secularism with religious nationalism has been a doomed project; a country founded on religious nationalism could, in this view, offer no future other than its present of Talibans, Drone attacks and Islamist threats. But on the other hand, Pakistan has also been repeatedly held out as a critical site for the redemptive power of secularism in the Muslim world. The idea that religious nationalism and secularism could combine to provide a path for the creation of a specifically Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent is often traced to the rhetoric of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. But debate among Muslim League leaders specifically on the relationship of religious nationalism with secularism—and indeed on the nature of the Pakistani state itself—was limited in the years before partition in 1947. Nevertheless, using aspects of Jinnah's rhetoric and holding out the promise of secularism's redemptive power, a military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, was able to secure international legitimacy and support for almost a decade.

Photography and Cinema

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Temenuga Trifonova
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
History Of Photography ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
New Realism ◽  
Photographic Image ◽  
Medium Specificity ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A number of studies have explored the notions of “medium specificity” and “intermediality,” while others have analyzed the different ways in which photographs and films signify or the different phenomenological experiences they make possible. The notions of “photographic truth,” “indexicality,” “stillness,” and “movement,” and the relationship of photography and cinema to life, death, history, memory, and the unconscious, are recurring themes. The scholarship on photography and that on cinema trace two parallel tendencies in the history of the two media: on the one hand, the photograph as “trace” versus the tradition of staged photography; on the other hand, the “realist” versus “formalist” tendency in cinema. For most of its history, photography has been said to enjoy a privileged relationship to reality: the photograph has been described as “an imprint,” “a mold,” or “a trace” of reality. Parallel to the idea of the photographic index and the photography of spontaneous witness it gave rise to, however, is another tradition of photography, one that runs from early staged photography and pictorialist photography, through surrealist photography, to “cinematic photography”—this tradition foregrounds the discursive character of the photographic image, its origins in other images. While the history of photography has been defined by the tension between these two parallel traditions, the balance of power shifting from one to the other and back again, the digital turn is generally believed to have put an end to the idea of photography as “witness,” even as a number of early-21st-century photographers claim to pursue “new documentary” or “new realism” within a highly stylized, staged photography. The digital has provoked similar anxieties among film historians and theorists, who continue to debate whether the digital has brought about the disappearance of “cinema” or just the disappearance of “film.” The tension between these two parallel traditions in scholarship on photography and cinema has been complicated by a third criterion, according to which the two media have been theorized: stillness/movement. If indexicality and stillness have been the two key concepts in photography scholarship, movement has played a similar structuring role in the case of cinema. And just as the two dichotomies undergirding photography and cinema scholarship—the indexical versus discursive nature of the photographic image, and the realist versus formative tendency in cinema—are increasingly losing their credibility and usefulness, the still/moving distinction has also been challenged by the proliferation of hybrid artistic practices. This article is organized around four categories: (1) photography and cinema in their relation to modernity, (2) debates on medium specificity and the challenge of the digital both to photography and cinema, (3) cinematic photography, and (4) photography and cinema as “spectral” media.

scholarly journals UNA PROPUESTA PARA EL USO DE HISTORIA EN LA ENSEÑANZA DE LAS MATEMÁTICAS: SOBRE LA POTENCIALIDAD DIDÁCTICA DE LOS TEXTOS HISTÓRICOS Y EL DESARROLLO DE CONCEPTOS

PARADIGMA ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 266-284
Author(s):  
João Cláudio Brandemberg
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
History Of Mathematics ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Mathematical Content ◽  
Historical Texts ◽  
Conceptual Structures ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Historical Nature

El uso de aspectos históricos relacionados con la enseñanza del contenido matemático en contextos escolares y (o) académicos se establece en la importancia del conocimiento sobre el desarrollo histórico de los conceptos y (o) en la viabilidad de usar textos matemáticos históricos en el contexto del aula. Es importante y urgente (re) discutir el potencial didáctico de estos textos para implementar una propuesta de enseñanza de contenido matemático que utilice problemas de naturaleza histórica, provenientes de dichos textos, seleccionados y adaptados para promover una mayor aproximación, contextualización y aportando más significado a los conceptos estudiados, presentados en actividades problemáticas e interactivas. Una contextualización que permite la relación de las estructuras conceptuales involucradas en el desarrollo histórico de los contenidos matemáticos, produciendo una fuerte conexión entre el conocimiento actual y el producido históricamente, lo que lleva al alumno a comprender una matemática que está constituida por problemas en los contextos más diversos de la cultura humana.Palabras clave: Historia de las matematicas. Potencialidades didácticas de textos históricos. Desarrollo de conceptos. Enseñanza de las matematicas. A PROPOSAL FOR THE USE OF HISTORY IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS: ON THE DIDACTIC POTENTIALITY OF HISTORICAL TEXTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTS AbstractThe use of historical aspects related to the teaching of mathematical content in school and (or) academic contexts is established in the importance of knowledge about the historical development of concepts and (or) in the feasibility of using historical mathematical texts in the classroom context. It is important and urgent to (re) discuss the didactic potential of these texts in order to implement a proposal of teaching mathematical content that uses problems of historical nature, coming from such texts, selected and adapted in order to promote greater approximation, contextualization and bringing more meaning to the concepts studied, presented in problematized and interactive activities. A contextualization that allows the relationship of the conceptual structures involved in the historical development of mathematical contents, producing a strong connection between current and historically produced knowledge, leading the student to understand a mathematics that is constituted by problematizations in the most diverse contexts of human culture.Keywords: History of Mathematics. Didactic potentialities of historical texts. Concept development. Mathematics teaching. UMA PROPOSTA PARA O USO DA HISTÓRIA NO ENSINO DE MATEMÁTICA: SOBRE A POTENCIALIDADE DIDÁTICA DE TEXTOS HISTÓRICOS E O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE CONCEITOS ResumoA utilização de aspectos históricos relacionados ao ensino de conteúdos matemáticos nos contextos escolar e (ou) acadêmico se institui na importância do conhecimento acerca do desenvolvimento histórico de conceitos e (ou) na viabilização do uso de textos históricos de matemática no contexto de sala de aula. Se faz importante e urgente uma (re) discussão sobre as potencialidades didáticas destes textos de forma a implementar uma proposta de ensino de conteúdos matemáticos que utilize problemas de cunho histórico, oriundos de tais textos, selecionados e adaptados de forma a promover maior aproximação, contextualização e trazendo mais significado aos conceitos estudados, apresentados em atividades problematizadas e interativas. Uma contextualização que permita o relacionamento das estruturas conceituais envolvidas, no desenvolvimento histórico dos conteúdos matemáticos, produzindo forte ligação entre o conhecimento atual e o historicamente produzido, levando o estudante a compreensão de uma Matemática que se constitui das problematizações nos mais diversos contextos da cultura humana.Palavras-chave: História da Matemática. Potencialidades didáticas de textos históricos. Desenvolvimento de conceitos. Ensino de Matemática.

scholarly journals Nikolai Gogol's text in the works of Vladimir Nabokov: the history of foundation of the issue in criticism and literary studies

2019 ◽  
pp. 148-153
Author(s):  
Oksana S. Rudova
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Vladimir Nabokov ◽  
The Other ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The author of the article tried to trace the formation of the idea about the connection of the works of Vladimir Nabokov with Nikolai Gogol's tradition based on the material of the Russian émigréecritics’ works of and literary critics of the 20th—21st centuries. This process is considered as a progressive one, largely specified by the development of researching idea. The émigréecriticism saw the reason for the similarity these writers’ works in their similar aesthetics based on the relationship of the perception of the world and the human. In turn, literary studies of the late 20th century presented a new way of comparison, where Nabokov's prose is considered to be a complicated fiction on the whole, in which there is not only Nikolai Gogol's subtext, but also allusions to the other writers’ works, called "polygenetics". The author of the article offers a generalisation of methodological nature, indicating different types of literary links.

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