The Presidential Address: Monarchy and Modernization in Japan

1977 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius B. Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Address ◽  
The Other ◽  
Modern History ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Point Of Departure

Japan has undergone sweeping change twice in its modern history. Each time the imperial house served to help bridge the transition, although in different ways. In the 1860s every effort was made to emphasize the break with the immediate past, albeit in the name of a more ancient continuity. In the 1940s, on the other hand, close continuity with the recent past of Meiji was emphasized. The ability of the imperial institution to absorb and assimilate very different, in fact contradictory, changes, is my point of departure.

Towards the Socratic Mission: Imitatio Socratis

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-222
Author(s):  
Mathias G. Parding
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Climate ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Political Associations ◽  
The One ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
The Church

Abstract It is known that Kierkegaard’s relation to politics was problematic and marked by a somewhat reactionary stance. The nature of this problematic relation, however, will be shown to lie in the tension between his double skepticism of the order of establishment [det Bestående] on the one hand, and the political associations of his age on the other. In this tension he is immersed, trembling between Scylla and Charybdis. On the one hand Kierkegaard is hesitant to support the progressive political movements of the time due to his skepticism about the principle of association in the socio-psychological climate of leveling and envy. On the other hand, his dubious support of the order of the establishment, in particular the Church and Bishop Mynster, becomes increasingly problematic. The importance of 1848 is crucial in this regard since this year marks the decisive turn in Kierkegaard’s authorship. Using the letters to Kolderup-Rosenvinge in the wake of the cataclysmic events of 1848 as my point of departure, I wish to elucidate the pathway towards what Kierkegaard himself understands as his Socratic mission.

scholarly journals DET ZOOFILE ÅRHUNDREDE

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Knudsen
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Logical Consequence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Status ◽  
The One ◽  
Point Of Departure

Anne Knudsen: The Century of Zoophilia Taking as her point of departure the protests against a dying child having his last wish fulfilled because his wish was to kill a bear, the author argues that animals have achieved a higher moral status than that of humans during the 20th century. The status of animals (and of “nature”) is seen as a consequence of their muteness which on the one hånd makes it impossible for animals to lie, and which on the other hånd allows humans to imagine what animals would say, if they spoke. The development toward zoophilia is explained as a a logical consequence of the cultural naturalisation of humans, and the author draws the conclusion that we may end up entirely without animals as a category. This hypothetical situation will lead to juridical as well as philosophical complications.

scholarly journals Kontingenz und Souveränität

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-132
Author(s):  
Alfred Schäfer
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Impossible Task ◽  
Rhetorical Constructions ◽  
The One ◽  
Point Of Departure

This paper’s point of departure is that modernity reflects its contingency in the medium of childhood. It is here that modernity assigns the (impossible) task to education of respecting the space of possibilities inherent to ›childhood‹ and transforming these possibilities into a better reality. On the one hand, this leads to an irresolvable problem of educational justification – problems that can only be dealt with the help of rhetorical constructions. On the other hand, the sovereignty of childhood, which is indeterminable and not bound to rationality, has to become educationally represented in order to demonstrate its legitimacy – a construct that can never be adequately represented. This problematic relation of sovereignty and representation is connected to questions of democracy theories.

The Relevance of Latin America to the Foreign Policy of Commonwealth Caribbean States

1969 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Preiswerk
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Order ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The One

For the leaders and people of every new state of Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, independence has brought about a dramatic awakening with respect to the conceptualization of their position in world affairs. The loosening of ties with the metropolis, which had been the primary aim of the struggle for independence, suddenly appears in a double perspective. On the one hand, it contains the threat of distintegration of the established social and economic order and, on the other hand, it opens prospects for new bonds and opportunities. After decades or centuries of predominantly bilateral relationships between colony and metropolis, historical links are confronted with the pressures resulting from geographic proximity .The diversification of foreign contacts is a phenomenon of the very recent past. The leaders and inhabitants of Ghana and the Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Niger, Trinidad and Venezuela, or Guyana and Brazil are only now realizing the full impact of their relationship as neighbours.

Presidential Address: Weapons of the Weak, Weapons of the Strong—The Development of the Japanese Political Cartoon

2001 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 965-997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Duus
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The Other ◽  
Evelyn Waugh ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Humor Studies ◽  
Iambic Pentameter

I Approach my topic—the development of the modern Japanese political cartoon—with some trepidation. Humor is a fragile product that can easily be damaged by academic scrutiny. As Evelyn Waugh once remarked, analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog—much is learned but in the end the frog is dead. Waugh was right. Most analyses of humor cannot be read for amusement. On the other hand, why should they be? If Shakespeare scholars are not expected to write in iambic pentameter, why should students of humor be expected to keep their readers in stitches? As the editor of the International Journal of Humor Studies recently told a reporter, “We are not in the business of being funny” (New York Times, 19 December 2000).

Rethinking European Identity through a Triptych of Literary Heroes

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
BART KEUNEN
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Cultural Condition ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Antonio Negri ◽  
Point Of Departure

This article explores the concept of ‘Europe’ by using it as a synecdoche for ‘modernity’. The point of departure is Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt's postulate that one can distinguish two Europes and two modernities. Modernity is, on the one hand, the historical tendency towards totalization and exclusion, and, on the other hand, the opposite penchant for fragmentation and anarchic ‘liberative’ thinking. On the basis of this duality, one can talk of a syndrome of modernity, a cultural condition that is determined by the coincidence of two views on sovereignty (self-coercion and self-determination). The article relates the theory of ‘two Europes’ to three historical forms of cultural identity and in particular to the ideals of normality which are involved in them.

scholarly journals Kulturaspekter i teknisk oversættelse – en ny runde i et gammelt spil

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (28) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Peter Kastberg
Keyword(s):  
Technical Communication ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
The Other ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Clear Line

My point of departure is opposition towards what seems to be a stereotypical notion of technical communication; namely that it is an instance of domain-specific communication devoid of cultural context, a cultural tabula rasa, so to speak. The main focus of this article is to discuss critically this notion and – on the basis of this diskussion – to point to the drawing of a clear line between the technical matter on the one hand and the textualization of technical matter on the other hand.

scholarly journals THE NEURATION OF ARGYNNIS

1900 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
A. Radcliffe Grote
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Accessory Cell ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Group A ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Main Vein ◽  
Median Cell

In my examination of the types indicated by Mr. Scudder I have been quite unable to separate Acidalia niphe, Scudd., Gen. 101, from the type of Argynnis. This latter type, A. aglaia, L., is characterized by the second radial branch of primaries running so close to the main vein, for a distance beyond the median cell, as to form a minute false accessory cell above the angle of the radius which the crossvein joins. Since this, as well as all other features, are repeated in the wing of niphe, I conclude the genus Acidalia of Hübner, as founded on this species, must be dropped. Another type, Dryas paphia, can hardly be retained as distinct from Argynnis from the neuration. The only difference is, that the second radial branch, in running propinquitous, leaves the main vein at somewhat before the point chosen in aglaia and niphe. Indubitably paphia is a species belonging to the same phylogenetic group, a trifle isolated. On the other hand, neither Issoria lathonia nor Brenthis hecate share the character of the appressed second radial branch of Argynnis and should be separated from this genus. The differences in the neuration between Issoria and Brenthis are very small and comparative; in both the second radial branch is not appressed and leaves the main vein above the median cell before the point of juncture of the crossvein. The point of departure in Issoria is a little outwardly removed and the propinquity is so great that one can see that it requires but little to make the branch decumbent. Issoria differs further by the angulate papery wings and by the fact that the crossvein on hind wings is but a faint scar between second median branch and cubitus.

scholarly journals FRELST OG REDDET FRA AIDS?: Unge pigers håndtering af risikoen for hiv i det sydvestlige Uganda

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Wimberley
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gendered Identities ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
Oriented Approach ◽  
The Way ◽  
Hiv Aids

Kristina Wimberley: Saved from AIDS? The Manoeuvres of Adolescent Giris in Relation to the Risk of HIV in Southwestern Uganda This articles discusses the representation of adolescent giris in the literature on AIDS and in AIDS interventions. In these contexts an image is created of adolescent giris as passive victims of a static inequality in societies pervaded by patriarchy, and as driven by economic want. On the basis of fieldwork material from Ankole, southwestern Uganda, the articles discusses the meaning of “being saved” for adolescent giris in relation to the risk of HIV. For the giris concemed, “being saved” is characterized by conversion to a new lifestyle in which they are virtuous, honest, kind, and above all: avoid and reject men. However, at some point even saved giris enter into relationships with men. In this situation, the giris may find it advantageous to continue to be “really saved” in certain contexts. From the analysis put forward here it emerges that “being saved” as a form of discourse and action enables giris to create a room for manoeuvre that empowers them to tackle the dangers they face - including HIV/AIDS. This agency emerges in the interplay of, on the one hand the constraining and enabling effects of the various life worlds of giris in Ankole, and on the other hand the way in which gendered identities and relationships are negotiated in everyday life between giris and men, as well as among the giris themselves. It is concluded that the standard analysis of giris’ vulnerability in relation to the risk of HIV/AIDS could benefit from an actor-oriented approach that encompasses the interplay between structure and process. An analysis of this kind may reveal the agency of giris, and not exclusively in relation to economic want. This focus on agency could be a point of departure for more effective HIV/AIDS interventions.

scholarly journals Customization: A Goldmine or a Wasteland?

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaus Franke ◽  
Peter Keinz ◽  
Christoph J. Steger
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Mass Marketing ◽  
Popular Books

Abstract Should firms invest in customization strategies? Customization is a “hot” topic advocated in many popular books and articles. On the other hand, spectacular failures in the recent past have raised doubts. We experimentally tested the value customization generates for customers in the diverse product categories of newspapers, fountain pens, kitchens, skis, and cereals. The findings are clear: customization by far outperforms the more traditional strategies of segmentation and mass marketing

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