Body Personhood And Privacy Perspectives On The Cultural Other And Human Experience

Author : Anu Kannike,Monika Tasa,Ergo-Hart Vastrik,University of Tartu Press
Publisher : Approaches to Culture Theory
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9949774594

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Body, Personhood and Privacy by Anu Kannike,Monika Tasa,Ergo-Hart Vastrik,University of Tartu Press Pdf

This book studies how the concepts of body, personhood and privacy can be expanded across disciplinary borders. Notwithstanding the diversity of empirical material and theoretical frameworks, the chapters suggest innovative tools for common key issues: dialogue with the cultural Other, the appropriation of space, and personality. Human embodiment and ethical aspects of representing and regulating cultural practices are a major focus through much of the volume. The book is illustrated with some of the finest examples of Tartu street art.

Author : Marek Tamm,Peeter Torop
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350181632

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The Companion to Juri Lotman by Marek Tamm,Peeter Torop Pdf

Juri Lotman (1922–1993), the Jewish-Russian-Estonian historian, literary scholar and semiotician, was one of the most original and important cultural theorists of the 20th century, as well as a co-founder of the well-known Tartu-Moscow School of Semiotics. This is the first authoritative volume in any language to explore the main facets of Lotman's work and discuss his main ideas in the context of contemporary scholarship. Boasting an interdisciplinary cast of contributing academics from across mainland Europe, as well as the USA, the UK, Australia, Argentina and Brazil, The Companion to Juri Lotman is the definitive text about Lotman's intellectual legacy. The book is structured into three main sections – Context, Concepts and Dialogue – which simultaneously provide ease of navigation and intriguing prisms through which to view his various scholarly contributions. Saussure, Bakhtin, Language, Memory, Space, Cultural History, New Historicism, Literary Studies and Political Theory are just some of the thinkers, themes and approaches examined in relation to Lotman, while the introduction and thematic Lotman bibliography that frame the main essays provide valuable background knowledge and useful information for further research. The book foregrounds how Lotman's insights have been especially influential in conceptualizing meaning making practices in culture and society, and how they, in turn, have inspired the work of a diverse group of scholars. The Companion to Juri Lotman shines a light on a hugely significant and all-too often neglected figure in 20th-century intellectual history.

Author : Andrey Makarychev
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000396393

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Multifaceted Nationalism and Illiberal Momentum at Europe’s Eastern Margins by Andrey Makarychev Pdf

This edited volume addresses the set of politically challenging issues that the advent of populist movements raised for individual nation states and the whole Europe. Based on critical engagements with the extant scholarship in comparative politics, political philosophy, international relations, regional studies and critical geopolitics, this collection of chapters offers the interpretation of the contemporary populism as illiberal nationalism, and underscores its deeply political challenge to the post-political core of the EU project. The contributors discuss the deep transformations within the fabric of contemporary European societies that makes scholars rethink the post-Cold War hegemonic understanding of liberal democracy as the dominant paradigm destined to expand from its traditional hotbed in the West to other regions. This edited volume intends to stretch analysis beyond the conventional accounts of populism as an anti-elite and extra-institutional appeal to the general public for the sake of its mobilization against incumbent power holders, and look for more nuanced meanings inherent to this term. The chapters in this book were originally published in European Politics and Society and the Journal of Contemporary European Studies.

Author : Pertti Anttonen,Cecilia af Forselles,Kirsti Salmi-Niklander
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-17
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9789518580334

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Oral Tradition and Book Culture by Pertti Anttonen,Cecilia af Forselles,Kirsti Salmi-Niklander Pdf

Traditionally, oral traditions were considered to diffuse only orally, outside the influence of literature and other printed media. Eventually, more attention was given to interaction between literacy and orality, but it is only recently that oral tradition has come to be seen as a modern construct both conceptually and in terms of accessibility. Oral traditions cannot be studied independently from the culture of writing and reading. Lately, a new interdisciplinary interest has risen to study interconnections between oral tradition and book culture. In addition to the use and dissemination of printed books, newspapers etc., book culture denotes manuscript media and the circulation of written documents of oral tradition in and through the archive, into published collections. Book culture also intertwines the process of framing and defining oral genres with literary interests and ideologies. In addition to writing and reading, the study of oral traditions must also take into consideration the culture of publishing. The present volume highlights varied and selected aspects of the expanding field of research into oral tradition and book culture. The questions discussed include the following: How have printing and book publishing set terms for oral tradition scholarship? How have the practices of reading affected the circulation of oral traditions? Which books and publishing projects have played a key role in this and how? How have the written representations of oral traditions, as well as the roles of editors and publishers, introduced authorship to materials customarily regarded as anonymous and collective? The editors represent some of the key institutions in the study of oral traditions in Finland: the University of Helsinki, the Finnish Literature Society, and the University of Eastern Finland. The authors are folklorists, anthropologists, historians and literary historians, and scholars in information studies from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, and the United States.

Author : Kirsti Salmi-Niklander
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789518581591

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Handwritten Newspapers by Kirsti Salmi-Niklander Pdf

This book is the first edited volume focusing on handwritten newspapers as an alternative medium from a wide interdisciplinary and international perspective. Our primary focus is on handwritten newspapers as a social practice. The case studies contextualize the source materials in relation to political, cultural, literary, and economic history. The analysis reveals both continuity and change across the different forms and functions of the textual materials. In the 16th century, handwritten newspapers evolved as a news medium reporting history in the making. It was both a rather expensive public commodity and a gift exchanged in social relationships. Both functions appealed to public elites and their news consumption for about 300 years. From the late 18th century onwards, changing notions of publicness as well as the social needs of private or even secluded groups re-defined the medium. Handwritten newspapers turned more and more into an internal or even clandestine medium of communication. As such, it has served as a means to create social cohesion, political debate, and religious education for nonelite groups until the 20th century. Despite these changes, continuities can be observed both in the material layout of handwritten newspapers and the practices of distribution.

Author : Ammon Cheskin,Angela Kachuyevski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000330809

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The Russian-speaking Populations in the Post-Soviet Space by Ammon Cheskin,Angela Kachuyevski Pdf

In the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, this volume examines the relationship Russia has with its so-called ‘compatriots abroad’. Based on research from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Ukraine, the authors examine complex relationships between these individuals, their home states, and the Russian Federation. Russia stands out globally as a leading sponsor of kin-state nationalism, vociferously claiming to defend the interests of its so-called diaspora, especially the tens of millions of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers who reside in the countries that were once part of the Soviet Union. However, this volume shifts focus away from the assertive diaspora politics of the Russian state, towards the actual groups of Russian speakers in the post-Soviet space themselves. In a series of empirically grounded studies, the authors examine complex relationships between ‘Russians’, their home-states and the Russian Federation. Using evidence from Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Ukraine, the findings demonstrate multifaceted levels of belonging and estrangement with spaces associated with Russia and the new, independent states in which Russian speakers live. By focusing on language, media, politics, identity and quotidian interactions, this collection provides a wealth of material to help understand contemporary kin-state policies and their impact on group identities and behaviour. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.

Author : Sanita Lazdiņa,Heiko F. Marten
Publisher : Springer
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781137569141

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Multilingualism in the Baltic States by Sanita Lazdiņa,Heiko F. Marten Pdf

This edited collection provides an overview of linguistic diversity, societal discourses and interaction between majorities and minorities in the Baltic States. It presents a wide range of methods and research paradigms including folk linguistics, discourse analysis, narrative analyses, code alternation, ethnographic observations, language learning motivation, languages in education and language acquisition. Grouped thematically, its chapters examine regional varieties and minority languages (Latgalian, Võro, urban dialects in Lithuania, Polish in Lithuania); the integration of the Russian language and its speakers; and the role of international languages like English in Baltic societies. The editors’ introductory and concluding chapters provide a comparative perspective that situates these issues within the particular history of the region and broader debates on language and nationalism at a time of both increased globalization and ethno-regionalism. This book will appeal in particular to students and scholars of multilingualism, sociolinguistics, language discourses and language policy, and provide a valuable resource for researchers focusing on Baltic States, Northern Europe and the post-Soviet world in the related fields of history, political science, sociology and anthropology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9949774608

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Body, Personhood and Privacy: Perspectives on the Cultural Other and Human Experience by Anonim Pdf

Author : Francisco Ortega
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135143190

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Corporeality, Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture by Francisco Ortega Pdf

"Corporeality, Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture engages the confusions and contradictions in current attitudes to, and practices of, the body. On the one hand, the body is where we turn for the certainties of nature; yet, on the other, it is the locus of a desire for permanent transformation and for constant reinvention. The body is at the same time worshipped and despised: so that now it has come to constitute not just an object of desire, but an object of design. Addressing practices of corporeal ascesis- such as bodybuilding and dietetics - medical technologies - such as plastic surgery, prosthetics, and pharmacological interventions - and radical anatomical modifications- such as voluntary amputations, Francisco Ortega analyses how the body has become a screen for the projection of our ideas and imaginings about ourselves; and has also been turned into an object of suspicion, fear, anxiety, insecurity and discomfort. From the disembodied ideal of the digital purity of models - in which every little piece of fat is digitally eliminated - through the disembodiment implicit in social constructivist rejections of materiality, to the various projects of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and posthumanism, Corporeality, Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture documents the ambiguous legacy of a western theoretical tradition that has always despised the body"--

Author : Ulla Kriebernegg,Roberta Maierhofer,Barbara Ratzenböck
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839425824

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Alive and Kicking at All Ages by Ulla Kriebernegg,Roberta Maierhofer,Barbara Ratzenböck Pdf

The linking of age and ill-health is part of a cultural narrative of decline as age is often defined as the absence of good health. Research has shown that we are aged by culture, but we are also culturally made ill when we age. The cultural ambiguity of aging can thus deconstruct negative images of old age as physical decrepitude. This volume investigates the topic of health within the matrix of time and experience by addressing issues such as how our understanding of health influences our notion of agency within a subversive deconstruction of normative age concepts, and what role the notion of health plays in such an interaction.

Author : David N. Weisstub,Guillermo Díaz Pintos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402058417

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Autonomy and Human Rights in Health Care by David N. Weisstub,Guillermo Díaz Pintos Pdf

This book offers a group of essays published in memory of David Thomasma, one of the leading humanists in the field of bioethics during the twentieth century. The authors represent many different countries and disciplines throughout the globe. The volume deals with the pressing issue of how to ground a universal bioethics in the context of the conflicted world of combative cultures and perspectives.

Author : Anne Hughes
Publisher : PULP
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9781920538217

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Human dignity and fundamental rights in South Africa and Ireland by Anne Hughes Pdf

Post-apartheid South Africa has yielded enlightened judicial decisions in contrast to the limited interpretation of human rights in Ireland. The value of human dignity with its central position in international law underpins both countries’ Constitutions, but has left a more striking mark in South Africa. There it has impacted significantly on punishment for crimes, family life, children’s rights, defamation, sexual violence investigations, substantive equality and socio-economic rights. Practical guidance can be gleaned from South Africa to revitalise Irish jurisprudence. While its focus is on South Africa and Ireland, this book draws on the experience of many countries and regions.

Author : Joseph Tham,Chris Durante,Alberto García Gómez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780429850844

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Interreligious Perspectives on Mind, Genes and the Self by Joseph Tham,Chris Durante,Alberto García Gómez Pdf

Attitudes towards science, medicine and the body are all profoundly shaped by people’s worldviews. When discussing issues of bioethics, religion often plays a major role. In this volume, the role of genetic manipulation and neurotechnology in shaping human identity is examined from multiple religious perspectives. This can help us to understand how religion might affect the impact of the initiatives such as the UNESCO Declaration in Bioethics and Human Rights. The book features bioethics experts from six major religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism. It includes a number of distinct religious and cultural views on the anthropological, ethical and social challenges of emerging technologies in the light of human rights and in the context of global bioethics. The contributors work together to explore issues such as: cultural attitudes to gene editing; neuroactive drugs; the interaction between genes and behaviours; the relationship between the soul, the mind and DNA; and how can clinical applications of these technologies benefit the developing world. This is a significant collection, demonstrating how religion and modern technologies relate to one another. It will, therefore, be of great interest to academics working in bioethics, religion and the body, interreligious dialogue, and religion and science, technology and neuroscience.

Author : Rafael F. Narváez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780761858799

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Embodied Collective Memory by Rafael F. Narváez Pdf

The human body is not a given fact-it is acquired, achieved, and learned. The body remembers, and it does so in collectively relevant ways. This book discusses how, why, and to what extent corporeal memories are constructed but also resisted, modified, or created anew.

Author : Sallie Han,Tracy K. Betsinger,Amy B. Scott
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781785336928

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The Anthropology of the Fetus by Sallie Han,Tracy K. Betsinger,Amy B. Scott Pdf

As a biological, cultural, and social entity, the human fetus is a multifaceted subject which calls for equally diverse perspectives to fully understand. Anthropology of the Fetus seeks to achieve this by bringing together specialists in biological anthropology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology. Contributors draw on research in prehistoric, historic, and contemporary sites in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America to explore the biological and cultural phenomenon of the fetus, raising methodological and theoretical concerns with the ultimate goal of developing a holistic anthropology of the fetus.