Subversión de la Palabra en Psicoanálisis. / Subversion of the Word in Psychoanalysis.

El trabajo realiza una lectura al concepto de la palabra plena en Lacan, problematizando su inscripción dentro de la metafísica de la presencia. Amparada en concepciones como la de Slavoj Zizek respecto de la universalidad concreta hegeliana, esta lectura intenta destrabar este concepto de esta solidaridad imputada y de este modo reanalizar sus consecuencias políticas y clínicas. De este modo, se problematiza el vinculo de este concepto con el constructivismo y, sosteniendo más bien una falla intrínseca en el edificio ontológico, se lo asocia con la concepción del acto analítico. Por último, las consecuencias de este análisis son relacionadas y distinguidas respecto de la concepción del campo político presente en Ernesto Laclau, para lo cual se recurre al análisis lógico de Gödel y a la dialéctica de la fe Kierkegaardiana. The work presents a reading on the concept of full word in Lacan, problematizing its inscription within metaphysics of presence. Based on conceptions such as the one of Slavoj Zizek about the concrete universality, this reading tries to unlock this imputed solidarity and thus reanalyze its political and clinical consequences. In this way, the link between this concept and the constructivism is problematized and, claiming rather an intrinsic flaw in the ontological edifice, it is associated with the conception of the analytic act. Finally, the implications of this analysis are related to and distinguished from the conception of the political field present in Ernesto Laclau, for this is resorted the logical analysis of Gödel and Kierkegaard’s dialectic of faith.

Adding the Reader's Voice: Early-modern Ashkenazi Grammars of Hebrew

ArgumentThe Ashkenazi grammars of Hebrew written between roughly 1600 and 1800 fill a modest and largely forgotten shelf in the Jewish scholarly library. At first sight, especially when compared with the medieval Jewish and contemporary Christian Hebrew traditions, they seem to lack technical sophistication. As this paper hopes to demonstrate, however, this apparent lack of sophistication was not so much an intrinsic flaw as a deliberate choice. For the earliest Ashkenazi textbooks were not about studying grammar, but about teaching Hebrew. By adapting the existing descriptive models to the needs of the classroom and the gemeyne leytn (ordinary people), Jewish scholars and teachers in such cities as Prague, Wilhelmsdorff, and Amsterdam hoped to find and instruct new audiences. Depending on context and target audience, they either relied on Hebrew, Yiddish, or on an intricate interplay of the two for maximum success and efficiency. It was this innovative combination of didactic simplification and functional bilingualism that allowed them not only to reach a new readership, but also to equip that readership to henceforth read their Bible and prayers with unprecedented autonomy.

Recycled Rubber: The Rubber Granulate - Virgin Rubber Interface

Reusing granulates derived from old tire stock and other sources in high tech engineering applications is still considered a high risk option. In addition to ensuring that the granulates are correctly identified, it is important to know how the incorporation of these materials alters the intrinsic flaw size of a finished product and to see how much the strength of the interface between these materials and the virgin materials compares to the basic strength of the virgin stock and the granulates. This paper explores possible techniques that can examine both properties so that an informed evaluation of the effect of reincorporating granulates can be established in practice.