This study is concerned with an evaluation of the suffering and self of the elected characters in the novels of Patrick White. The suffering these elected characters endure, apart from the uncomprehending antagonism of society, takes place mainly in the country of the mind - "that solitary land of the individual experience, in which no fellow footfall is ever heard" (Epigraph to The Aunt's Story) - and is a form of catharsis in preparatory to a reunion with God as the Source of all Being. The suffering, whether of a psychic or physical nature - or both - is complicated by the duality between the esoteric and exoteric selves of the characters involved. The nature of the suffering is always solitary. The wisdom eventually gained from the suffering cannot be shared. Contact with fellow elect is brief and without consequence except for mutual recongnition of "outsidership". It is clear that the elected character has no apparent control of what happens to him in life. The reader gains the impression that the elected characters in White's novels are the involuntary victims of some "malign" life-force that, paradoxically, brings about a state of grace. White touches on, but wisely prefers not to examine, the problems of predestination and euthanasia. The elected characters are all outsiders in the sense that they are, in some psychic or physical manner, different from the members of the society in which they find themselves. In the earlier novels the elected characters' alienism is characterised by their intuitive awareness of another, nonphysical, transcendent plane of being - "There is another world, but it is in this one" (Epigraph to The Solid Mandala) . Progressive reading of White's novels reveals that his conception of suffering, despite disavowal, is in line with the Biblical concept of suffering as described in Paul's letter to the Romans. The non-elected members of society with whom the elect come into conflict either do not understand or are unwilling to admit their intuitive awareness that there is another world within the familiar one, a concept White frequently refers to in his image of boxes and boxes within boxes. The secret knowledge the elect seem to have antagonises the other members of society because of the sense of loss they experience. White's later novels reveal a concern with sexually aberrated suffering which is closely aligned to his own unhappiness. The sexual duality that is an essential aspect of Theodora Goodman's (The Aunt's Story) dilemma gains progressively more of White's attention and is eventually exposed in his biography of Eddie Twyborn (The Twyborn Affair). White's concern with abnormal sexuality is related to his disquiet with the mystery of the soul baing "housed” in a body not only unsuitable, but also contrary to the nature of the psyche which is either predominantly male or female. White is clearly angry that this mystery should be the profound result of momentary lust. Although so many of White's elect labour under spiritually destructive burdens of guilt, the parents who are considered the root cause of all suffering in a post-lapsarian state, feel little of any compunction because they are too concerned with their own suffering, real or imagined. God as Source or God as the "One" is an all-pervading, if unacknowledged force in White's corpus and in the lives of his elect. The elect turn to God only when they have suffered and acknowledged their dependence on Him. It is sad that White should, in the end not find himself in "the boundless garden" with Stan Parker (The Tree of Man). He seems to share the fates of Theodora Goodman (The Aunt's Story) and Arthur Brown (The Solid Mandala). / Thesis (DLitt)--UOVS, 1989

Media accounts and a number of researchers have argued that homicide is the most serious crime and among the ten leading causes of death in the United States for people 35 to 54 years of age. For men and women 15 to 34, it is among the four leading causes of death. Homicide is also one of the five leading causes of death in early childhood in the United States, which has the second highest child homicide rate in the world. The drama of violent death has been a favorite literary theme from the time of Homer's Iliad to the present day. Homicides have, however, far greater significance socially than as source material for writers. Yet in the United States its wider significance has received scant attention from sociologists. This study examines the homicide rate over time in the United States by sex, age and race as ascertained from the Uniform Crime Reports. Additionally, secondary data from the scholarly literature on homicide is analyzed. Particular attention focuses on theories of homicide and research studies supporting these theories; that is, as found in the scholarly criminological literature (journal articles, books, manuscripts, documents). Findings disclose that causal theories and research studies fall into two chief categories: (1) psychological explanations and (2) sociologicalexplanations.

"A full-length analysis and assessment of Callaghan's novels is long overdue. This study seeks to make such an analysis and assessment. It will show that Callaghan deserves better treatment than he has received and that, because of the bulk and quality of his work, he is truly a major author and not just the best of a bad Canadian lot. The study will also make a direct attack on one of the commonplaces of Callaghan criticism: that Callaghan is guilty of 'moral flabbiness,' 'flabbiness of thought,' that his novels reflect confusion and an inability to come to conclusions about the basic issues of life"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "April, 1966." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." / Advisor: Griffith T. Pugh, Professor Directing Dissertation. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 254-266).

Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en Historia / La pregunta fundamental que me rondó, al momento de plantearme realizar una investigación historiográfica, fue el reconocer el porqué del ordenamiento, funcionamiento y características de la sociedad actual. Mi acercamiento a la temática fue, sin lugar a dudas, originado desde la perspectiva política. Me interesaba comprender y dilucidar aquellos aspectos que conformaban una sociedad chilena que desde el presente, se caracterizaba por su quietud, por la tímida presencia de movimientos sociales, por la falta de organizaciones y planteamientos políticos que fuesen capaces de aglutinar y organizar a la sociedad. Me surgía la necesidad de ver, desde mi punto de vista, los porqués de un Chile que se veía inactivo, desmovilizado y despolitizado.

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This study is concerned with an evaluation of the suffering and self of the elected characters in the novels of Patrick White. The suffering these elected characters endure, apart from the uncomprehending antagonism of society, takes place mainly in the country of the mind - "that solitary land of the individual experience, in which no fellow footfall is ever heard" (Epigraph to The Aunt's Story) - and is a form of catharsis in preparatory to a reunion with God as the Source of all Being. The suffering, whether of a psychic or physical nature - or both - is complicated by the duality between the esoteric and exoteric selves of the characters involved. The nature of the suffering is always solitary. The wisdom eventually gained from the suffering cannot be shared. Contact with fellow elect is brief and without consequence except for mutual recongnition of "outsidership". It is clear that the elected character has no apparent control of what happens to him in life. The reader gains the impression that the elected characters in White's novels are the involuntary victims of some "malign" life-force that, paradoxically, brings about a state of grace. White touches on, but wisely prefers not to examine, the problems of predestination and euthanasia. The elected characters are all outsiders in the sense that they are, in some psychic or physical manner, different from the members of the society in which they find themselves. In the earlier novels the elected characters' alienism is characterised by their intuitive awareness of another, nonphysical, transcendent plane of being - "There is another world, but it is in this one" (Epigraph to The Solid Mandala) . Progressive reading of White's novels reveals that his conception of suffering, despite disavowal, is in line with the Biblical concept of suffering as described in Paul's letter to the Romans. The non-elected members of society with whom the elect come into conflict either do not understand or are unwilling to admit their intuitive awareness that there is another world within the familiar one, a concept White frequently refers to in his image of boxes and boxes within boxes. The secret knowledge the elect seem to have antagonises the other members of society because of the sense of loss they experience. White's later novels reveal a concern with sexually aberrated suffering which is closely aligned to his own unhappiness. The sexual duality that is an essential aspect of Theodora Goodman's (The Aunt's Story) dilemma gains progressively more of White's attention and is eventually exposed in his biography of Eddie Twyborn (The Twyborn Affair). White's concern with abnormal sexuality is related to his disquiet with the mystery of the soul baing "housed” in a body not only unsuitable, but also contrary to the nature of the psyche which is either predominantly male or female. White is clearly angry that this mystery should be the profound result of momentary lust. Although so many of White's elect labour under spiritually destructive burdens of guilt, the parents who are considered the root cause of all suffering in a post-lapsarian state, feel little of any compunction because they are too concerned with their own suffering, real or imagined. God as Source or God as the "One" is an all-pervading, if unacknowledged force in White's corpus and in the lives of his elect. The elect turn to God only when they have suffered and acknowledged their dependence on Him. It is sad that White should, in the end not find himself in "the boundless garden" with Stan Parker (The Tree of Man). He seems to share the fates of Theodora Goodman (The Aunt's Story) and Arthur Brown (The Solid Mandala). / Thesis (DLitt)--UOVS, 1989

Kassel, Univ., Diss., 2005

Tesis para optar al grado de Doctor en Estudios Latinoamericanos / Esta tesis analiza la formación de un nuevo modelo hegemónico de sindicalismo en Chile, que se funda en el contexto de los años de la dictadura y la transición a la democracia, cuya práctica y discurso se sustentó en la política de diálogo y consenso social. La emergencia de este nuevo sindicalismo se explica en el periodo de la redemocratización e instalación del modelo neoliberal en varios países de América Latina, y de las transformaciones a nivel estatal en las políticas económicas y sociales de la década de los ochenta y noventa. Los efectos de estas transformaciones fueron relevantes para el movimiento de trabajadores y el sindicalismo latinoamericano y chileno, promoviendo reformas laborales, privatización de empresas, el retroceso del Estado ante el mercado, y el debilitamiento general del movimiento sindical. Esta investigación propone que el movimiento sindical en Chile se transformó, de un sindicalismo asociado a una identidad mayoritariamente clasista (desde la fundación de la CUT en 1953 al golpe de Estado en 1973) y de oposición y resistencia a la dictadura (1973-1986), a un sindicalismo hegemónico de diálogo social y conciliación, durante el contexto de la transición a la democracia y de los primeros gobiernos de la Concertación. El fundamento de este proceso de reconfiguración fueron las transformaciones económicas, políticas, sociales y culturales asociadas al neoliberalismo y la globalización, durante el contexto de la dictadura cívico-militar y los años ‘80, como también un proceso de transformismo en el ideario de la izquierda política chilena y de la dirigencia del movimiento sindical. Este proceso tiene una doble dimensión nacional e internacional, que se enmarca en las nuevas orientaciones sindicales que va adquiriendo el sindicalismo en diversos países latinoamericanos, denominado como un sindicalismo sociopolítico.

Tese (livre-docencia) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-27T04:11:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carneiro_RicardodeMedeiros_LD.pdf: 3596557 bytes, checksum: e6ecad76a70e14fd615759f09869224b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2000 / Resumo: Não informado / Abstract: Not informed / Tese (livre-docencia) - Univer / Livre-Docente em Ciencias Economicas

Orientador : Jose Carlos de Souza Braga / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-28T18:19:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Araujo_ElderLintonAlvesde_M.pdf: 4686394 bytes, checksum: a244fcad8c523bbf1887f539d44633e7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2001 / Resumo: Este estudo enfoca a reestruturação dos bancos públicos brasileiros enquanto movimento que se insere em um processo mais amplo, relacionado ao próprio redesenho do Sistema Financeiro Nacional (SFN), devido à abertura econômica, a reinserção do Brasil nos fluxos internacionais de capitais e à estabilização monetária após o Plano Real. Procura-se saber como as mudanças ocorridas no SFN, notadamente quanto à privatização e à internacionalização bancária, estão modificando o papel, espaço e forma de atuação dos bancos públicos. Além da Introdução - que elenca argumentos quanto a presença de bancos públicos na economia -, o texto é composto de três capítulos e as conclusões. No primeiro capítulo, faz-se um diagnóstico da crise dos bancos públicos brasileiros a partir dos anos 80. Busca-se as causas da crise e suas conseqüências sobre os bancos públicos, estaduais e federais. No segundo capítulo, analisa-se o processo de reestruturação dos bancos públicos, estaduais e federais, nos anos 90, frente ao processo de privatização e internacionalização bancária, com ênfase na fase após o Plano Real, tendo em vista também o ajuste dos bancos privados. No terceiro capítulo, esboçam-se perspectivas quanto ao futuro dos bancos públicos na economia brasileira. Parte-se de um breve levantamento de lições de experiências internacionais: conseqüências da privatização e internacionalização bancária em países da América Latina (Argentina, Chile e México); e a presença de bancos públicos em países desenvolvidos (Alemanha). As perspectivas quanto ao novo papel, espaço e forma de atuação dos bancos públicos levam em conta os raios de manobra diante da necessidade de retomada do desenvolvimento, a constituição de um novo padrão de financiamento para a economia brasileira e aspectos da concorrência com bancos privados nacionais e estrangeiros. Faz-se a proposta para atuação integrada dos bancos públicos sob a forma de uma holding, que atuaria como "mega-banco" público. Por fim, elencam-se as conclusões, com uma proposta de agenda para a constituição de novo padrão de financiamento para a economia brasileira e a atuação dos bancos públicos nesse contexto / Abstract: This dissertation analyzes the restructuring of the Brazilian govemment-owned banks (GOBs) within the context of the broad dynamic process related to the redesign of the National Financial System. This process is c1osed related to the economic opening, to the reinsertion of Brazil in the international capital markets and to the monetary stabilization after the Real Plano The study makes an investigation of how the recent changes in the National Financial System - specially in terms of banking privatization and internationalization - is affecting the role, space and organizational structure of the GOBs. The text is composed of an introduction chapter, where arguments are listed about the presence of GOBs in the economy, other three development chapters and the conclusion. In the first chapter, there is a diagnosis of the crisis of the Brazilian GOBs since 1980. There is also an analysis of the causes of the crisis and its consequences to those banks, both in the federal and state level. In the second chapter, there is an investigation of the process of restructuring of both federal and state GOBs, considering the movement towards banking internationalization and privatization, with special emphasis in the period after the Real Plan when private banks also made its adjustments. In the third chapter, there is a discussion over the perspectives for the future of the GOBs in the Brazilian economy. It starts with a brief discussion of the international experiences, such as the consequences of banking privatization and internationalization in selected countries of Latin America - Argentina, Chile and Mexico. The case of the presence of GOBs in developed countries, as in Germany, is also studied. The perspectives for the new role, space and organizational structure of the GOBs consider the possibilities of working taking into account the need of economic recovering, the constitution of a new financing standard to the Brazilian economy and the aspects of the competition with both national and foreign private banks. Still in this chapter, there is a proposal for the way of acting of the GOBs as a holding that will be controlling all those banks. In the conclusion there is a proposal of an agenda to build a new standard of financing to the Brazilian economy and the role of the GOBs in this environment / Mestrado / Mestre em Ciências Econômicas