The attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015 have raised many questions as to what such acts of violence have to do with culture and religion, and how the academic field of intercultural communication ...could explain these acts. This article argues that it is best to leave out culture as well as religion when trying to come to terms with these and similar acts of horrorrism, to express more than étatique forms of solidarity, to engage in broader and deeper analysis of culture and communication in the various peripheries of society, and above anything else, to use a language ‘that permits knowledge and encourages the mutual exchange of ideas’ (Toni Morrison).
Investigating Gertrude Stein’s use of a pastoral countryside with war themes sheds light on her continuous mise en scène of the pastoral, and her production of pastoral sounds. In her own way, ...Gertrude becomes the modernist shepherdess of a mechanized pastoral soundscape. This study will demonstrate that buried within the difficult Steinese language, pastoral elements, such as those of specific sounds of cowbells, tinkling waterfalls, and birdsong or human song, help readers find their way along the narrative through its soundscape. To understand Stein’s pastoral sounds, we will first study her pastoral influences, then we will turn our attention to her pastoral productions, notably those involving pastoral sounds, in the works Four Saints in Three Acts; The World is Round; Paris France; and Wars I Have Seen. Ultimately, the pastoral sounds present in these texts invite the readers to join in a countryside afternoon promenade led by the shepherdess herself.
Between Penitence and Charity analyzes female penitents and the revival of Catholic institutions and spirituality that produced a stunning burst of religious construction during the French wars of ...religion. Diefendorf argues that the spiritual imperatives of self-mortification and renunciation of will that lay at the heart of this penitential piety profoundly influenced not just those with religious careers but also the behavior of devout lay women.
In order to test the potential of B isotopes as a tracer of contamination of the atmosphere, the B isotopic composition of rainwater samples monitored over a year in the centre of Paris, France were ...determined. Boron concentrations range from 19
nmol/L to 500
nmol/L and
δ
11B range from 0‰ to +38‰. Mean annual values are 148
nmol/L and +25‰, respectively. The results suggest that variability in B isotopic compositions is mainly caused by mixing of two main sources, although isotopic fractionation during the evaporation–condensation processes may also be important. One source is a marine component, which exhibits a heavy B isotopic composition. The decrease of
δ
11B in rainwater with increasing NO
3/B and SO
4/B molar ratios suggests that a second source may be anthropogenic emissions. To constrain this end-member, B was determined in urban particulates, which were enriched in the light isotope and the lowest values were consistent with a B-rich fossil fuel composition. These results confirm the great sensitivity of B to anthropogenic sources and the ability of B isotopic ratios to decipher the origin of B in the atmosphere.
The Thinking Space Rittner, Leona; Haine, W. Scott; Rittner, Professor Leona
2013, 20160303, 2016-03-03, 2013-06-01
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The cafe is not only a place to enjoy a cup of coffee, it is also a space - distinct from its urban environment - in which to reflect and take part in intellectual debate. Since the eighteenth ...century in Europe, intellectuals and artists have gathered in cafes to exchange ideas, inspirations and information that has driven the cultural agenda for Europe and the world. Without the café, would there have been a Karl Marx or a Jean-Paul Sartre? The café as an institutional site has been the subject of renewed interest amongst scholars in the past decade, and its role in the development of art, ideas and culture has been explored in some detail. However, few have investigated the ways in which cafés create a cultural and intellectual space which brings together multiple influences and intellectual practices and shapes the urban settings of which they are a part. This volume presents an international group of scholars who consider cafés as sites of intellectual discourse from across Europe during the long modern period. Drawing on literary theory, history, cultural studies and urban studies, the contributors explore the ways in which cafes have functioned and evolved at crucial moments in the histories of important cities and countries - notably Paris, Vienna and Italy. Choosing these sites allows readers to understand both the local particularities of each café while also seeing the larger cultural connections between these places. By revealing how the café operated as a unique cultural context within the urban setting, this volume demonstrates how space and ideas are connected. As our global society becomes more focused on creativity and mobility the intellectual cafés of past generations can also serve as inspiration for contemporary and future knowledge workers who will expand and develop this tradition of using and thinking in space.
In this review article, the author takes a closer look at the French journal Tiqqun (1999-2001) and the pamphlet The Coming Insurrection (originally published in 2007). In particular, the author ...consider the overarching political project advanced in these texts as 'sectarian reason', that is to say, as a form of bio-politics that is deeply rooted in anthropological and ethical assumptions. Moreover, the author identify the intrinsic deadlocks of these suppositions, in particular their latent voluntarism, which they claim to reject if not to have overcome. Adapted from the source document.
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