Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades / Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Filosofía / El presente escrito contiene los resultados de un trabajo de investigación destinado al cierre de un primer ciclo de estudios de postgrado, en el cual se realizó una filiación entre los filósofos contemporáneos Edith Stein (1891-1942) y Emmanuel Lévinas (1906-1995), a través de la aclaración de su mutua vinculación con la fenomenología de Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), pensador crucial en la vida y obra de ambos autores. Esto, con el objetivo de comprender la aparente contradicción entre filosofías que cuentan con la premisa de Dios y filosofías que no lo hacen; contradicción encarnada tanto en Stein como en Lévinas, por cuanto ambos autores, nacidos en familias judías, realizan, cada uno de maneras diversas, una apología del ateísmo, pero manteniendo hasta el fin de sus vidas una fuerte religiosidad. Esta paradoja o indecisión entre ateísmo y religión haría eco de una falta de univocidad general de la filosofía occidental contemporánea en lo que respecta a su pronunciamiento acerca del tema de Dios, por cuanto se trata de una época de cara a una serie de acontecimientos históricos imperdonables que es preciso prevenir definitivamente, pero cuyas fuentes son ambiguas. Ésta, se desarrolla así, como indagadora de las causas de eventos que quiebran el sentido común, que ponen a prueba el pensamiento y cuestionan el que se creía el curso regular de la historia, aquello que se podía esperar y tolerar.

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The Rev. Edmund Jones (1702-1793), the 'Old Prophet' of the Transh, Pontypool, is a fascinating character for many reasons, not least of which is his writing on apparitions, spirits, fairies, and magic in his Geographical, Historical, and Religious Account of the Parish of Aberystruth (1779) and Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the Principality of Wales (1780). These works were not merely written for an antiquarian purpose, but rather present a defence of Jones's deep-seated belief in these spirits' existence. On the surface, such a belief, professed so late in the eighteenth century, may seem 'unenlightened' or atavistic, but far from it, Jones's belief was consistent with his overarching cultural worldview which was set within and influenced by the environment in which he lived. This study examines that environment in an attempt to understand the contexts and formation of Jones beliefs and writings. It begins by examining the socio-economic changes occurring in eighteenth-century north-western Monmouthshire, focusing on changes in transport and communication, industry and social composition, literacy and the availability of printed word, the medical industry, and systems of charity and welfare; and the impact of these different social elements on the way in which the supernatural was conceptualized in local culture. The second section focuses on Jones's role as a religious figure involved in the eighteenth-century religious Revival and the state of religion in the area before turning to Jones's theology and how this impacted on his conceptualization of spirits and their interaction with the mundane realm. The study then turns to the intellectual environment in which Jones wrote and how his works fit with contemporary intellectual trends. Finally, the thesis examines the folkloric content of Jones's works and the ways in which all of the disparate environmental elements discussed throughout demonstrate themselves in his writings.

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abstract: Black Rock City is a temporary city existing for one week in the harsh desert of northern Nevada. It plays host to the Burning Man festival with over 300 large-scale art installations and is considered to be the largest interactive art festival in the world. Besides the main burn, smaller local regional events have developed. These regional events encompass many of the same tenets as Burning Man including the presentation of large-scale art. Burn2 is the regional event held on the virtual world, Second Life. In 2013, both events used the theme of Cargo Cult as a stepping off point for the artists. Through the lens of spectacle, I used art criticism as a way to gain understanding of the artworks. Art criticism is a means of interpreting and appreciating artwork and is often used in the art classroom. Edmund Feldman's method promotes a deeper understanding of art and consists of four steps: description, formal analysis, interpretation and judgment. Using Feldman's method, I analyzed three artworks from the 2013 Burning Man festival and three works from Burn2. From interviews, photographs, and personal observations I analyzed the artworks. I used external analysis to compare the literature on similar festivals and the artworks with other events held in the real life and virtual world. I found in both events very similar concepts and themes. Artists had specific subject matter in mind when designing their installations. Artists used the theme as a stepping off point for rationalizing their content. Art made to be displayed at Burning Man was expensive; funding was a concern for all the artists. Burn2 artists were free from funding concerns even though there were expenses to making art in Second Life. Emerging themes were use of building materials and color, use of electronics and computer technology, art installations in festivals, spectacle, collaboration, and interactivity. Further implications included teaching about the engineering of structures, critical thinking about festival themes and the individual art installations, visual culture, and art making with these emerging art forms. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Curriculum and Instruction 2014

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Such inclusiveness is characterized by a latent reflective attitude, an attitude of inclusion in the lifeworld, an attitude of not closing our thesis, and, finally, an attitude that avoids the reductionism of the subjective and objective poles. With the radicality of thought from Merleau-Ponty, the text presents support for a complicity of meaning. Now, the subject sees his/herself as complicit in his/her relationship with the liveworld thus withdrawing the heavy burden that previously was placed solely on the subject as the ultimate endower of all meaning. The constitutive process entails a radical attitude that enables an incarnate inclusiveness, conveying the inclusive scope to the horizontality of life. However, as Waldenfels investigated the progress of ethical theory, he added an ethical-practical character to the constitutive dimension. Waldenfels emphasized an inevitable response before any thesis, due to our being in the world, as an event that just happens, regardless of our will or objectivications. Such responsiveness promotes the threshold of the senses as a responsive ethical possibility. In response itself, we find a responsive content that is not objectified, guiding us to the thresholds, considering them as possibilities and not as threats. For Waldenfels, what was previously excluded from the established order appears at the threshold, providing inclusive opportunities. After these considerations, the text reveals an inclusiveness which is open, latent, included in the lifeworld, non-reductionist, complicit in the constitutive process, and has an ethically responsive character. Although the studied authors do not work directly with the theme of inclusiveness, we examine sufficient sources to propose a method of phenomenology that demonstrates inclusivity, i. e., that is phenomenologically inclusive. Although the method is neither a measure nor a foundation, nevertheless it provides a base that serves as the measure and foundation of all morality ever built. Thus, we can measure the inclusive scope of all ethics and see how far the inclusivity extends, but yet not present inclusivity as the determinative basis. The foundation of the base is phenomenological, i. e., predicted within the latency and horizontality of the lifeworld. / O texto Fenomenologia da inclusividade se caracteriza por ser um novo trabalho na área da fenomenologia. Buscando fontes fenomenológicas em Husserl, Merleau-Ponty e Waldenfels, o texto procura desenvolver uma inclusividade capaz de contemplar o paradoxo inclusivo/exclusivo e, indo além, mostrando-se eficaz para medir o escopo inclusivo de qualquer tese ética já elaborada. A partir de Husserl, encontramos as bases para uma fenomenologia da inclusividade, que fora trabalhada em sua obra Krisis. Buscando resolver os paradoxos constitutivos, Husserl nutre a ideia de um fundamento inclusivo. Tal inclusividade se caracteriza por uma atitude reflexiva latente, uma atitude de inclusão no mundo-da-vida, uma atitude de não fechamento de nossas teses e, por fim, uma atitude que evite o reducionismo dos polos subjetivo e objetivo. Com a radicalidade do pensamento de Merleau-Ponty, o texto encontra subsídios para uma cumplicidade de sentido. Agora, o sujeito se vê cúmplice de toda significação em sua relação com o mundo-da-vida. Retira-se o pesado fardo que antes era concedido tão somente ao sujeito como doador último de todo o significado.O processo constitutivo enseja uma atitude radical que habilita uma inclusividade encarnada, avultando o escopo inclusivo à horizontalidade da vida. Todavia, investigando os avanços da teoria ética de Waldenfels, acresce-se, à dimensão constitutiva, um caráter ético-prático. Waldenfels enfatiza uma inevitável resposta dada antes de qualquer tese decorrente de nosso estar no mundo como um evento que simplesmente acontece, independente de nossa vontade ou objetificações. Tal responsividade promove a fronteirização dos sentidos como possibilidade ético-responsiva. Na própria resposta encontramos um teor responsivo não objetivado, guiando-nos às fronteiras, considerando-as como possibilidade e não como ameaças. Para Waldenfels, o que antes era excluído da ordem estabelecida aparece junto ao limiar, facultando possibilidades inclusivas. Feitas estas considerações, o texto revela uma inclusividade aberta, latente, incluída no mundo-da-vida, não reducionista, cúmplice nos processos constitutivos e possuindo um caráter ético-responsivo. Embora os autores estudados não trabalhem diretamente com o tema da inclusividade, obtêm-se fontes suficientes para elaborarmos uma fenomenologia com uma proposta inclusiva. O método proposto é fenomenológico inclusivo. Entretanto, apresenta-se como uma medida, como um fundamento que não é nem uma medida nem um fundamento. Mas, mesmo assim, serve como medida e fundamento de toda a eticidade já construída. Dessa forma, podemos medir o escopo inclusivo de toda eticidade, ver até onde se estende sua inclusividade, mas sem se apresentar como um fundamento determinativo. O fundamento ao qual nos pautamos é fenomenológico, ou seja, previsto dentro da latência e horizontalidade do mundo-da-vida.

I den här uppsatsen undersöker jag filosofen Edmund Burkes begrepp det sublima i förhållande till visualiseringen av kontroll och död i sju målningar som representerar scener från tjurfäktningar. Här står konstnärerna Arturo Michelena (1863-1898), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) och Roberto Domingo y Fallola (1867-1956) för bildunderlaget. I undersökningens första analyskapitel belyser jag vikten av en tjurfäktares kontroll över tjuren och menar att denna kontroll är nödvändig för att det sublima överhuvudtaget ska kunna göra entré i arenan. Paradoxalt nog kräver det sublima även en rubbning av denna kontroll, vilket den otämjda tjuren bidrar till att förmedla. Den visuella sublimiteten uppstår först när kontrollen och icke-kontrollen balanseras, och visar sig vara starkt förknippad med den betraktarnatur den grundar sig på. I det andra analyskapitlet diskuterar jag representationen av död, vilken jag kopplar samman med motiv som framförallt visualiserar den skadade och döende hästen samt den vårdslösa och massiva tjuren. Här argumenterar jag för att hästens lidande är nödvändig för tjurfäktningens totalitet då den förstärker tjurfäktningens skådespel på liv och död. Mina bildanalyser baseras på semiotikens denotation och konnotation, och understöds av litteratur som behandlar tjurfäktningens estetiska och konstnärliga element i två utvalda tjurfäktningsteman, där mötet mellan tjurfäktare och tjur är det första, och målningar som porträtterar en tjur, en eller flera tjurfäktare samt en eller flera hästar det andra.

The purpose of the thesis is first to anatomize the concept of "temperance," studying it in its Classical and Christian contexts. After having done so I examine the use of the concept in Spenser's Faerie Queene, Book II and in a series of works by Milton. We see that "temperance" is a many-sided term, variously defined as "quietness," "modesty," "doing one's own work," and "self-knowledge." Since its linguistic prototype was the Greek sophrosyne, the notion of "order" and "harmony" also carries over to the word "temperance." It becomes clear that temperance has cosmological significance--it is a manifestation of the orderly universe with regard to personal morality. As such it is an instrument of God's grace against the forces of Satanic disorder and intemperance. Temperance served to keep the Christian hero alive to grace and able to respond to it when the right moment arrived, only after much trial. Temperance, then, helps man to weather the state of trial which comes before the state of glory and makes him worthy of felicity. In Chapter One, the notion of temperance is examined with reference to various Classical and Christian works, thus uncovering a wide range of meanings for the term. Chapter Two is devoted to a chronological journey through Spenser's Book of Temperance, and showing how Spenser was alive to the tradition behind him. The third chapter examines Comus, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes and in so doing underscores Milton's understanding of and concern with temperance. / Arts, Faculty of / English, Department of / Graduate

My thesis proposes a feminist-queer reading of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene in response to Julian Wolfreys’ “The ‘Endlesse Worke’ of Transgression”. I examine the challenges to male authority that the low-born poet, Spenser, faced when he presented his manual for the formation of new English subjects to his sovereign queen, Elizabeth I. The Prefatory Letter to Raleigh and passages from the 1590 version of the epic provide evidence to support the view that traditional hierarchical male/female binaries may have been destabilized by the presence of an unmarried queen. My thesis also supplements Wolfreys’ essay with historical information regarding Mary Tudor and Mary Stuart in order to underscore the ethnocentric aspect of the process of “othering” that takes place in The Faerie Queene.

The presented dissertation aims to present the concept of an object, which we can observe in Husserl's phenomenological philosophy. It highlights the four basic meanings of an object and tries to connect them. This work also presents a comprehensive history of key metaphysical concepts, mainly through analyzes of Aristotle's Metaphysics and interpretations of his philosophical theories over the ages. Emphasis is placed especially on the concept of οὐσία and on the changes in the understanding of this term in Medieval and Early Modern philosophy.