Judith Butler's Critique of Violence and the Legacy of Monique Wittig

Hypatia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 827-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Karhu
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Recent Criticism ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Monique Wittig ◽  
Military Violence ◽  
Gender Trouble ◽  
Critique Of Violence ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Although Judith Butler's theorization of violence has begun to receive growing scholarly attention, the feminist theoretical background of her notion of violence remains unexplored. In order to fill this lacuna, this article explicates the feminist genealogy of Butler's notion of violence. I argue that Butler's theorization of violence can be traced back to Gender Trouble, to her discussion of Monique Wittig's argument that the binary categorization of sex can be conceived as a form of discursive violence. I contend, first, that Butler starts to develop her notion of “gender violence” on the basis of her reading of Wittig, and second, that Butler's more recent writings on military violence and the ethics of nonviolence build on her early interpretation of Wittig. On the basis of my reading, I suggest, in contrast to recent criticism, that Butler's later critique of violence is not at odds with but rather expands upon her prior work on violence.

Hearth and Home and Horror: Gothic Trappings in early C20th Latin American Short Fiction

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-216
Author(s):  
Megan DeVirgilis
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Short Fiction ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Gothic Novel ◽  
To Receive ◽  
American Authors ◽  
Scholarly Attention

The Gothic short form in Latin America has yet to receive focused scholarly attention. Yet, despite no early Gothic novel tradition to speak of, the Gothic mode emerged in poetry and short fiction, representing particular anxieties and colonial/postcolonial realities specific to the region owing in part to a significant increase in periodicals. Focusing on two case studies – Clemente Palma's ‘La granja blanca’ (Peru, 1904) and Horacio Quiroga's ‘El almohadón de plumas’ (Uruguay, 1917) – this article will explore how Latin American authors classified as modern, modernista, and criollista were experimenting with Gothic forms, adapting the design of the traditional Gothic novel to intensify its effect and reach a wider readership. Demonstrating a particular influence of Poe, a unity of effect is created, one that suggests that the home is a place of horrors, not comfort, and the uniquely horrifying settings and plot ultimately challenge established moral codes and literary tendencies.

scholarly journals Platonism about Goodness—Anselm’s Proof in the Monologion

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-30
Author(s):  
Jeffrey E. Brower
Keyword(s):  
State Of Affairs ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Scholarly Attention

In the opening chapter of the Monologion, Anselm offers an intriguing proof for the existence of a Platonic form of goodness. This proof is extremely interesting, both in itself and for its place in the broader argument for God’s existence that Anselm develops in the Monologion as a whole. Even so, it has yet to receive the scholarly attention that it deserves. My aim in this article is to begin correcting this state of affairs by examining Anslem’s proof in some detail. In particular, I aim to clarify the proof’s structure, motivate and explain its central premises, and begin the larger project of evaluating its overall success as an argument for Platonism about goodness.

scholarly journals Polyphony and Poikilia: Theology and Aesthetics in the Exegesis of Tradition in Georgian Chant

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 402
Author(s):  
(Freedman)
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Folk Song ◽  
Geometrical Approach ◽  
Musical Structure ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Trinity ◽  
Scholarly Attention ◽  
Over Time

Georgian polyphonic chant and folk song is beginning to receive scholarly attention outside its homeland, and is a useful case study in several respects. This study focuses on the theological nature of its musical material, examining relevant examples in light of the patristic understanding of hierarchy and prototype and of iconography and liturgy. After brief historical and theological discussions, chant variants and paraliturgical songs from various periods and regions are analysed in depth, using a primarily geometrical approach, describing the iconography and significance of style, musical structure, contrapuntal relationships, melodic figuration, and ornamentation. Aesthetics and compositional processes are discussed, and the theological approach in turn sheds light on questions of historical development. It is demonstrated that Georgian polyphony is a rich repository of theology of the Trinity and the Incarnation, and the article concludes with broad theological reflections on the place of sound as it relates to text, prayer, and tradition over time.

The Presence of Poetry, the Poetry of Presence

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-97
Author(s):  
Oludamini Ogunnaike
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
West African ◽  
And Performance ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Artistic Tradition ◽  
Scholarly Attention ◽  
A Performance

The composition and performance of Arabic Sufi poetry is the most characteristic artistic tradition of West African Sufi communities, and yet this tradition has yet to receive the scholarly attention it deserves. In this article, I sketch an outline of a theory of Sufi poetics, and then apply this theory to interpret a performance of a popular Arabic poem of the Senegalese Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (d. 1975), founder of the most popular branch of the Tijāniyya in West Africa.

scholarly journals A Space for Boys and Books: Guys Read Book Clubs

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Nichols-Besel ◽  
Cassandra Scharber ◽  
David G. O’Brien ◽  
Deborah R. Dillon
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Book Clubs ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Gender Achievement Gap ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
National Test ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Gender Achievement ◽  
Scholarly Attention

The well-documented gender achievement gap continues to receive popular as well as scholarly attention. Fueling this attention are international and national test scores that continue to illustrate that boys, regardless of age, income, race, or ethnicity, trail girls in reading assessments.While we acknowledge that there is a gender gap in reading achievement between males and females, we remain unconvinced that gender is the only factor; gender is a social and cultural construction, and these considerations must be included in understanding this phenomenon. We were extended a unique opportunity to experience and evaluate a literacy initiative that was created in response to the perceived “crisis” in boys’ literacy—Guys Read book clubs. This article offers an inside glimpse into the out-of-school world of boys and books, which can inform in-school reading practices for both boys and girls.

FOUR STEPS TOWARDS PARNASSUS: JOHANN DAVID HEINICHEN'S METHOD OF KEYBOARD IMPROVISATION AS A MODEL OF BAROQUE COMPOSITIONAL PEDAGOGY

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEREK REMEŠ
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Baroque Music ◽  
Gradus Ad Parnassum ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Scholarly Attention ◽  
Comprehensive Study ◽  
Practical Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

AbstractJohann David Heinichen's treatise Der General-Bass in der Composition (Dresden, 1728) is the most comprehensive study of thoroughbass ever written, yet it has been continually overshadowed in historical accounts by works published in the same decade by Jean-Philippe Rameau (Traité de l'Harmonie) and J. J. Fux (Gradus ad Parnassum). Despite Heinichen's nuanced treatment of a wide variety of musical subjects, Der General-Bass has yet to receive wide acclaim, in large part because it lacks a reductive pedagogical framework that can rival Rameau's basse fondamentale or Fux's species in simplicity and immediate appeal. Yet fortunately, the ‘partimento renaissance’ of the last decade has brought renewed scholarly attention to the centrality of thoroughbass is the only acceptable break in eighteenth-century music-making. Thus the time is ripe for a reappraisal of Heinichen's monumental work. On at least one occasion, Heinichen does indeed outline a pedagogical method of eminent simplicity: his four-step instruction in how to improvise a prelude at the keyboard. According to Heinichen, this method, which seems to be completely unknown today, is to be understood not only as instruction in improvising, but also as training for beginning composers. In explicating the pedagogy of one of eighteenth-century Europe's leading composer-theorists, this article contributes to both the historically informed analysis and the practical teaching of baroque music today.

SURFSPEAK

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (5) ◽  
pp. 998-998
Keyword(s):  
Salt Water ◽  
Standard English ◽  
The West ◽  
Beach Boys ◽  
Rock Band ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ◽  
Classical Language ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Scholarly Attention

MALIBU, Calif.—Thanks in part to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, surfspeak is washing across the nation like a stoked tsunami. That's like, you know, a totally awesome wave. Surfspeak derives largely from Standard English and is very closely related to Californian. In fact, it has become a sort of classical language, by Malibu standards, dating all the way back to the ancient 1960s, when the Beach Boys were really boys and Ventures was a rock band instead of things that capitalists finance. Surfspeak has occasionally basked in national favor and seems to have inspired much of what is known as Valley Girl talk, thus extending its influence over young people around the country. Now the language is beginning to receive scholarly attention - mainly from Trevor "Coconut" Cralle, 29 years old, who. . . has combed almost every known surfing spot on the West Coast, Hawaii and Australia in search of the perfect wave and the most esoteric slang. . . Mr. Cralle. . . has compiled his research into a thick manuscript, "The Surfin'ary: A Dictionary of Surfing Terms and Phrases," and is shopping it around to publishers. . . The Surfin'ary is designed to preserve and document a rich subculture, Mr. Cralle says. But it may also have great appeal for surfing wannabes or poser hodads or nons (non-surfers) who want to sound like surfers while avoiding sunburn and salt water and who have never tried to be up on a stick (to surf). Even people who don't know the difference between a goofy foot (their left) and a natural (their right) can talk like thrashers (surfing show-offs).

Mapping the territory of data journalism: A practical concept explication

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Roselyn Du ◽  
Lingzi Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Data Journalism ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Meaning Analysis ◽  
Scholarly Attention ◽  
Concept Explication

The prevalence of data journalism in recent years has challenged traditional journalistic norms as well as the relationship between journalism and other subjects, affecting journalism both internally and externally. While the practice of data journalism has become increasingly pervasive around the world, systematic research on data journalism is only just starting to receive scholarly attention. The multi-aspects of data journalism cause difficulties in attempts to define it critically and clearly, and the limited number of previous studies suffer from a lack of coherent connections bridging the field’s academic and professional dimensions. Through a concept explication, this article generates theoretical and operational definitions of data journalism via empirical analysis and meaning analysis.

Diplomacy, trade, and South Korea’s rise to international influence

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Patterson ◽  
Jangsup Choi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Korean War ◽  
Poor Nation ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Korean War ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Scholarly Attention

The story of South Korea’s post-armistice economic ascendance has been well documented, but its parallel rise as an influential international actor is just beginning to receive the scholarly attention it deserves. Moreover, in the work that has been produced thus far, scholars have assumed that it was its remarkable economic growth that drove South Korea’s rise to international influence. This assumption misses the important fact that South Korea was elevating itself internationally while it was still a poor nation. As we demonstrate in this paper, what is missing in existing work is that it was the diplomatic efforts of South Korean presidents early in the post-armistice period that put the country on the path to its current international influence both directly and indirectly. They did this directly by removing it from the diplomatic isolation it inherited after the Korean War, and they accomplished this indirectly by using the tools of diplomacy to expand South Korea’s trading relations, without which it would not have enjoyed the remarkable economic growth it experienced.

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