The focus of my thesis concerns what I refer to as Camus’s ‘philosophy of the body.' This study in part addresses the scholarly debate about how his texts are related. Camus himself says of certain writers that their “books form a whole, ‘in which each is to be understood in relation to the others, and in which they are all interdependent.’” ' If this understanding of authorship equally applies to Camus’s works, the question concerns linkage. What underlies this wholeness? Broadly speaking, there are three approaches to understanding the relation between his texts: thematic, philosophic, and existential. None of these ways is truly independent of the other. Each emphasizes a different aspect of Camus’s project. He is an artist, thinker and man. Once again we are returned to the question of linkage. The thematic approach tends to absolutize one mood or insight, though Camus cautions against this. The philosophical approach generally reads the texts dialectically. But Camus’s interest is in our living experience, not in a flight of the intellect. An existential approach, understood correctly, concerns not a theory of but a meditation on our concrete existence. If Camus’s works are read together as a sustained meditation on existence, the integrity of the artist, thinker and man is preserved. Each facet - beauty, truth and life - is held in a working tension as opposed to absolutizing or subsuming any one aspect. Still the question remains. What underlies this integrity? Quite literally, the body. I argue that Camus’s life work evokes a new way of seeing, thinking and speaking about the body. In this dissertation, then, I look at various ways in which the body is manifested across a selection of his essays and novels. I also consider what might be some of the implications of such manifestations. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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The research is justified by the very small number of studies which associates Barthes to televisual productions, by the attempt to take the studies on horror genre away from the academic periphery, by the emergency of discussing interpersonal relations which are set up nowadays and, furthermore, by the opportunity to study and analyse our own culture and understand the human being. Although the research relies on the field of cross-disciplinary studies, once it involves film analysis and Cultural Studies, the basis of the research lies in Semiology, proposed by Roland Barthes. Barthes Semiology reveals to be important in the sense of legitimating the existence of duality which makes up the sign, be it linguistic or imagistic, which is denotative and connotative at the same time, the said and the unsaid. For this purpose, we have made use of a few Barthes’s notions, such as the myth, until entering the kitchen of meaning, where Semiology finds the job of studying the mysterious operation through each any message is impregnated with a second meaning, ideological in general, to which Barthes nominates connoted sense. The methodological procedures we have used include document and film analysis and the semiologic project methodology by the French author and aim at demonstrating how the significance of zombies does not consume only the denoting materiality, but affords to wear numerous and changing senses, including metaphorising intolerance, as concluded by the end of the research. / As séries televisuais, especialmente aquelas envolvendo a figura mítica dos zumbis, têm alcançado enormes índices de aceitação e audiência na atualidade. O objetivo geral da presente pesquisa é analisar a configuração dos signos linguísticos e imagéticos na representação dos zumbis na série inglesa In the flesh (2013). É possível realizar uma interpretação simbólica e sócio-histórica dos mortos-vivos da série, que sugerem a necessidade de aceitação do outro e do respeito à diferença, demonstrando como os zumbis podem funcionar como um rico manancial de significação para explicar e/ou representar o mundo. A pesquisa se justifica pela ínfima quantidade de estudos que associam Barthes a produções televisuais, pela tentativa de retirar da margem acadêmica estudos sobre o gênero terror, pela emergência de uma discussão sobre as relações interpessoais que se estabelecem na contemporaneidade e, mais ainda, pela oportunidade de estudar e analisar a própria cultura, para, assim, compreender o humano. Embora se situe no campo dos estudos transdisciplinares, por envolver a análise fílmica e os Estudos Culturais, a base da pesquisa é a Semiologia proposta por Roland Barthes. A Semiologia barthesiana revela-se importante no sentido de legitimar a existência de uma dualidade que perfaz o signo, seja ele linguístico ou imagético, que é ao mesmo tempo denotativo e conotativo, dito e não-dito. Para isso recorremos a algumas noções de Barthes, como aquela do mito, até adentrar na cozinha dos sentidos, onde a Semiologia encontra a tarefa de estudar a operação misteriosa pela qual uma mensagem qualquer se impregna de um sentido segundo, em geral ideológico, a que Barthes chama sentido conotado. Os procedimentos metodológicos aqui utilizados incluem a análise documental e fílmica e a metodologia do projeto semiológico do autor francês e tem o intuito de demonstrar como o significado dos zumbis não se esgota apenas na materialidade denotativa e se permite revestir de inúmeros e cambiantes sentidos, inclusive metaforizando a intolerância, como concluímos ao final da pesquisa.

In the past two years my paintings have fluctuated from figuration to abstraction. Dense surfaces, physical weight, and sense of touch have been dominant characteristics of my work. I have tried to animate oil paint by pushing it to the outer edges of the painting support and by using it to perform unorthodox tasks. I have stretched the limits of oil paint, creating works that reference flesh and the figure even while the forms remain amorphous and minimal. My work is a way for me to question the meaning of material and spiritual transformation.

Feminist scholars have long assumed that Tertullian, a second-century Church Father, was a misogynist. This assumption is based almost exclusively on the infamous “Devil’s gateway” passage in the opening chapter of De cultu feminarum. However, feminist scholars have read this passage in isolation without reference to its wider context in De cultu feminarum and without considering other passages from Tertullian’s treatises. Furthermore, they have failed to recognize the influence which ancient rhetoric had on Tertullian’s work. By reading the “Devil’s gateway” passage in a wider context, and by engaging in a detailed analysis of Tertullian’s use of rhetoric, it becomes evident that Tertullian’s comments in that passage are not based on misogynistic view of women. Rather, they serve a specific rhetorical purpose in one particular treatise. Furthermore, by looking beyond the “Devil’s gateway” passage to other passages in which Tertullian makes reference to women, it is clear that his comments in the “Devil’s gateway” passage are not representative of his view of women. An examination of themes such as Mary, the anthropology of woman and woman’s role in the social order reveals a more nuanced picture of Tertullian’s view of women, than the one offered by some feminist scholars. By bringing together two areas - Tertullian’s use of rhetoric and feminist critique of Tertullian and of the Fathers in general - I will challenge the assumption that Tertullian was a misogynist and show that in some areas Tertullian can make a positive contribution to the feminist question.

This thesis introduces and examines the work of French philosopher Michel Henry with particular focus on his phenomenological-theological analyses of the self. Given its thematic emphasis, the thesis incorporates several interlocutors in addition to Henry: primarily Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger and St. Augustine but also Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste and Dominique Janicaud. Revolving around the question of the self, the thesis maintains that Henry elucidates a peculiar and ultimately problematic theory of the self—a duplicitous self bifurcated between interior and exterior fields of display. While appreciating Henry’s attempt to reconstitute the interior self in relation to God, we argue he ultimately disqualifies the utility of the exterior body in the world; to overcome this imbalance we employ key insights from St. Augustine’s “phenomenology of the self,” drawing especially on his more mature works, De Trinitate, City of God and the Confessions. The first chapter offers broad context to the thesis as a whole by specifying what constitutes phenomenology as a line of inquiry, the debate surrounding the “theological turn” introduced by Dominique Janicaud in the 1990s and a constructive proposal for a rapprochement between phenomenology and theology. Chapter two determines Henry’s place in the phenomenological tradition, bringing to light his critical departure from both Heidegger and Husserl. Heidegger’s analytic of being-inthe- world discloses how human existence is co-emergent with the exterior (i.e. ecstatic) field of the world. Husserl’s focus on the intentional life of the ego suggests that consciousness is like a “lighthouse” that illuminates objects before its gaze. From Henry’s perspective, both Heidegger and Husserl advance a self shaped entirely by the exterior world and its temporal horizon. To counter the singular focus on exteriority, Henry does not deny exteriority but attends to the possibility of a site of pure interiority, secure and complete in its transcendental self-presence and thus disengaged from the exterior horizon of the world. Chapters three and four critically elaborate Henry’s duplicitous self from a theological point of view. Interrogating Henry’s triptych on Christianity (C’est moi la vérité, 1996; Incarnation, une philosophie de la chair, 2000; and Paroles du Christ, 2002), we see that the self is structured a duplicity or two-sidedness. Chapter three’s main premise is that the interior ego is manifest internal to itself apart from exterior horizon of temporality. Prior to the temporal opening of the world, Henry articulates a self who appears in non-temporal or “acosmic” union with divine life. Joined together in perfect unity by a subjective structure called “auto-affection,” the interior self and God form a fully-realized “monism,” a parousaic presence that both eliminates the Creator-creature distinction and promotes escapism from the world. Chapter four confirms this thesis with regard to Henry’s richly textured considerations of the body. Chapters five and six proceed to show a constructive way beyond Henry’s duplicitous self. Over against Henry, the thesis elaborates an eschatological conception of the self we call the “porous self.” Ordered by the eschatological structure of “seeking,” the porous self takes as its principal interlocutor St. Augustine, however, insights from Marion, Lacoste, Husserl and Heidegger are employed. This thesis figures a self that does not split, but integrates, the interior and exterior fields of display within the absolute horizon of the parousia or eternal Sabbath to come. Chapter five discusses the temporal nature of faith nurtured by the eucharist and the chapter six highlights the importance of the body in view of the ecclesial, sacramental and resurrection bodies. An exercise in constructive philosophical theology, this thesis figures the self over against Henry’s duplicitous self, and in so doing, integrates interiority more deeply with exteriority in a manner that accounts for (1) the temporal nature of the body in the world and (2) the eschatological distance between the self and God.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1988. / Abstract lacking from microfiche. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-95).

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We examine an understudied connection between religion and sexuality: beliefs about the reality of supernatural evil (Satan, hell, and demons). After controlling for multiple other aspects of religiosity, beliefs about religious evil remain a strong and consistent predictor of attitudes about issues involving sexuality, including abortion, homosexuality, premarital sex, extramarital sex, and pornography use. Further, the effects of religious service attendance on attitudes about sexuality are contingent upon beliefs about religious evil. Moral condemnation of non-traditional sexuality is significantly higher among regular religious participants who believe strongly in religious evil compared to actively religious people who disbelieve in religious evil, as well as compared to people who do not attend religious services. Beliefs about religious evil are therefore central to understanding the empirical connections between religion and support for conservative, traditional views of sexual morality.

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the Latter-day Saint theology and teachings concerning the physical nature of man.Exploring the Latter-day Saints' theological approach to corporeal man and God's designs regarding the physical nature of man is significant because of the unique Latter-day Saint belief that God, Himself, is an exalted, corporeal man and that the physical body of man was created by God to enable humans to become like Him in all aspects. Latter-day Saints believe that Heavenly Father created spirit bodies for His sons and daughters in a pre-mortal state.The physical earth was then created through Jesus Christ as a place for God's spirit children to receive the physical bodies necessary to become like Heavenly Father.The uniting of the spirit with a physical body creates the soul of man. Adam and Eve were placed on the earth with immortal, physical bodies which had been organized from elements of the earth. A necessary change occurred in the bodies of Adam and Eve after their Fall, thus making them and their descendants mortal. Mortality provides an environment for man to learn to properly balance both his spiritual and physical natures in an effort to become like Heavenly Father.God's commandments regarding the body, such as the Word of Wisdom, chastity, and treating the body as a temple of God, facilitate mankind's progression. In contrast, disobedience to these commandments negatively affects man's soul, both body and spirit. Eventually, physical death will separate the spirit from the body of every mortal. Jesus Christ received a physical body and experienced mortality like everyone else. However, through His perfect mortal life, Jesus is able to succor mankind in the trials of mortality. Jesus also performed the Atonement through His own death and resurrection and unconditionally redeemed mankind from physical death. Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, all mankind will overcome physical death through resurrection and receive the degree of eternal glory merited through obedience and repentance in mortality.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de NÃvel Superior / O melÃo tem grande importÃncia para a economia brasileira, sendo sua produÃÃo exportada principalmente para os paÃses da UniÃo EuropÃia. Assim, à fundamental o controle de doenÃas pÃs-colheita deste fruto. O Fusarium pallidoroseum à um importante fitopatÃgeno que provoca podridÃes no melÃo. Esta doenÃa representa um obstÃculo sÃrio em sua comercializaÃÃo. Este trabalho avaliou os efeitos do BTH, um anÃlogo estrutural e funcional do Ãcido salicÃlico, nas respostas bioquÃmicas da defesa do melÃo desafiado com o F. pallidoroseum e do meloeiro nÃo desafiado. Doze horas depois de colhidos, os melÃes foram mergulhados em soluÃÃes de BTH (concentraÃÃes de 0,5, 1,0, e 2,0 mM de ingrediente ativo) e, depois 60 horas, foram inoculados com o fungo. Amostras dos frutos (2 cm diÃmetro x 1 cm de profundidade), prÃximos ao local de infecÃÃo, foram retiradas em 3, 7 e 10 dias apÃs inoculaÃÃo, pesadas e armazenadas à -84 ÂC atà serem utilizadas. Plantas do melÃo de 8 dias foram borrifadas com 300 ÂL de BTH nas concentraÃÃes de 0,3, 0,5, e 1,0 mM. As folhas secundÃrias foram colhidas em 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, e 14 dias apÃs tratamento. AlÃm da avaliaÃÃo do sintoma nos frutos, extratos totais do fruto e das folhas secundÃrias foram preparados com tampÃo acetato 50 mM, pH 5.2, contendo 150 mM de NaCl, e os Ãndices de proteÃna e as atividades enzimÃticas da peroxidase (POX), da fenilalanina amÃnia liase (PAL), da β-1,3-glucanase (GLU), da peroxidase do ascorbato (APX) e da superoxide dismutase (SOD) foram medidos. Observou-se que BTH nÃo reduziu significativamente a incidÃncia e a severidade da podridÃo causada pelo patÃgeno. Nem 2 mM de BTH modificou significativamente as atividades de enzimas relacionadas a defesa do fruto. Ao contrÃrio, nas plantas do melÃo, BTH aumentou as atividades da POX, GLU e da SOD, mas nÃo modificou a PAL e APX foi inibida. Estes resultados sugerem que BTH nÃo trabalhou como um indutor de defesas bioquÃmicas no melÃo, mas induziu respostas de defesa nas plantas. ConseqÃentemente, sugere-se que BTH poderia ser usado como uma estratÃgia tecnolÃgica para a proteÃÃo de frutas do melÃo contra a podridÃo causada pelo F. pallidoroseum atravÃs da induÃÃo das respostas bioquÃmicas de defesa da prÃpria planta, que, provavelmente, estarà transferindo estas caracterÃsticas aos frutos. Entretanto, esta hipÃtese que està sendo proposta necessita ser avaliada. / Melon fruit constitutes one of the main segments of the Brazilian economy. Its production is exported particularly to countries in the European Union. Thus it is fundamental the control of postharvest diseases of melon. Fusarium pallidoroseum is an important phytopathogen which provokes rot in melon fruits. This disease represents a serious obstacle in its commercialization as a foreign commodity. In this present work the effects of BTH, a structural and functional analogue of salicylic acid, on the biochemical defense responses of melon fruits challenged with F. pallidoroseum and of unchallenged melon plants were assessed. Twelve hours after harvesting melon fruits were immersed in BTH (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mM concentrations of active ingredient) and 60 hours later inoculated with the fungus. Fruit cuts (2 cm diameter x 1 cm deep), close to the inoculation sites, were excised at 3, 7, and 10 days after fungal inoculation, weighed and kept at -84 ○C until used. Eight day-old melon plants were sprayed with 300 ÂL BTH at 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0 mM concentrations. Secondary leaves were harvested at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 14 hours after sprayings. Besides to symptom evaluation in melon fruits, crude extracts from the fruit cuts and leaves were prepared with 50 mM acetate buffer, pH 5.2, containing 150 mM NaCl, and the protein contents and enzymatic activities of peroxidase (POX), phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), β-1,3-glucanase (GLU), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were measured. It was observed that BTH did not reduce significantly the incidence and severity of the rot caused by the pathogen. Neither 2 mM BTH significantly modify the activities of defense-related enzymes in melon fruits. Contrary, in the melon plants, BTH increased the activities of POX, GLU, and SOD, but did not modify PAL and further inhibited APX. These results suggest that BTH did not work as an inductor of biochemical defenses in melon fruits, but it induced defense responses in the melon plants. Therefore it is suggested that BTH could be used as a technological strategy for protection of melon fruits from the rot caused by F. pallidoroseum by means of induction of biochemical defense responses of the melon plant itself which will likely be transferring these traits to its fruits. However, this hypothesis that is being proposed needs to be assessed.