Introductory remark

1980 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Josef Král
Keyword(s):  
Introductory Remark

scholarly journals Symbols and narratives of Europe: Three tropes

2021 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Johan Fornas
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Introductory Remark ◽  
Critical Hermeneutics ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Interpretive Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Cultural Entity ◽  
Methodological Reflection

Throughout history, attempts have been made to identify Europe as a geographical, political, social, and cultural entity. Recent efforts to establish key symbols and narratives of Europe have focused on a set of central signifying elements, even if there is a wide and contradictory range of ways to define, structure, and interpret them. An introductory remark on the current debate on the need for renewed European self-reflection paves the way for some conceptual clarifications of my approach to concepts like culture, meaning, identity and mediation. A methodological reflection accompanies this on how to use semiotic tools in cultural studies based on critical hermeneutics. The concept of culture used here is based on the signifying practice of mediating meaning-making, linking imagination to communication in a triangular dynamic between texts, subjects, and contexts. Examples are given from two research projects on a broad and diverse range of European symbols and narratives, illustrating such interpretive research results. European identifications are crystallized and spun around three dominant tropes: supreme universality, resurrection from division, and communicative mobility. Their intricate tensions and interrelations attest to how deeply Europe remains a highly contested and dynamic meaning cluster.

scholarly journals Biomechanics of the circulatory system and its pharmacological modulation. An introductory remark.

1993 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Koichi Nakayama ◽  
Yoshio Tanaka ◽  
Shinzo Hata ◽  
Hiromi Ishiro ◽  
Hisami Hanatsuka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circulatory System ◽  
Introductory Remark ◽  
Pharmacological Modulation

Introductory Remark

2013 ◽  
pp. 703-704
Author(s):  
Jean-Christophe Merle ◽  
Jean-Christophe Merle
Keyword(s):  
Introductory Remark

New opportunities in animal breeding and production — an introductory remark

2000 ◽  
Vol 60-61 ◽  
pp. 5-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Wilmut ◽  
L Young ◽  
P DeSousa ◽  
T King
Keyword(s):  
Animal Breeding ◽  
Introductory Remark
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