Humor’s effect on the audience’s relationship to the object, or speaker, of humor has often been neglected, and creating a framework by which scholars can examine how humor works to alter the relationship between audience and other fills this gap. Additionally, the definition of science fiction relies on the existence of a cognitively estranging other and under this definition, humor has not been thoroughly studied. This thesis attempts to explain how humor affects audiences cognitively, utilizing Hegel’s theory of self and other, and then applies this theoretical explanation to the field of science fiction and examines its effects. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Esta dissertação tem por objetivo tratar de aspectos da abordagem crítica elaborada nos últimos anos por Robert Kurz. A análise procura (1) mostrar como Kurz recupera, reformula e expande a crítica marxiana do valor e do fetichismo, (2) perscrutar, nessa apropriação e releitura que o autor leva a cabo, a mediação da teoria crítica e (3) apontar os resultados a que chega Kurz no que diz respeito aos temas aqui discutidos. A dissertação enfoca a construção teórica de Kurz no que tange à crítica ao marxismo tradicional, à crítica do sujeito e à ressignificação do conceito de fetichismo. Considera-se que o enfoque desses aspectos permite divisar como a elaboração de Kurz realiza uma crítica da modernidade que se dirige aos seus fundamentos. / The aim of this Masters thesis is to deal with some aspects of the critical approach which has been elaborated by Robert Kurz in the last few years. The analysis intends (1) to show how Kurz recovers, reformulates and expands the marxian critique of value and fetishism, (2) to examine, in this appropriation and rereading accomplished by the author, the mediation of the Critical Theory and (3) to point out the results achieved by Kurz concerning the themes that are discussed here. The thesis focuses on Kurzs theoretical construction encompassing the following topics: critique of traditional Marxism, critique of the subject and resignification of the concept of fetishism. The focus on these topics allows to realize how Kurzs elaboration fulfills a critique of the Modernity itself which addresses to its grounds.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2018-05-10T14:32:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maurício Pedroso Flores_.pdf: 1452373 bytes, checksum: b3eefd002f5203610f3f86784a7b5ce5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-10T14:32:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maurício Pedroso Flores_.pdf: 1452373 bytes, checksum: b3eefd002f5203610f3f86784a7b5ce5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-28 / Nenhuma / O jurista norte-americano Robert Cover desenvolveu importante reflexões sobre aspectos fundamentais para a teoria do direito, como a genêse da normatividade social e a legitimidade dos tribunais. Uma vez que não conseguiu sistematizar seus escritos de uma forma relativamente coerente, o autor deixou a comentadores e críticos muitas reflexões, mas também muitos questionamentos sobre a sua obra. As diferentes interpretações e apropriações de seu pensamento demonstram que seu pensamento ainda é, em grande parte, um livro aberto. O objetivo do presente trabalho é, apresentando as principais concepções do autor, demonstrar que seu pensamento permanece atual e relevante como fonte de insights sobre o direito contemporêneo. Para tanto, nossa exposição se baseia em dois movimentos. Primeiro, procura reconstituir o pensamento de Cover a partir de seus principais textos e ideias. Em um segundo momento, propõe uma especulação sobre possíveis caminhos teóricos apontados por sua obra. A reconstrução de suas principais ideias é centrada em dois grandes marcos de sua obra: os ensaios Nomos e Narrativa (1983) – onde Cover elabora seus conceitos mais influentes, como nomos e jurisgenesis – e Violência e a Palavra (1986) – em que Cover sugere que a interpretação jurídica se estabelece em um “campo de dor e morte” e é indissociável da violência. As mensagens centrais desses dois ensaios têm sido interpretadas por comentadores e críticos como parcial ou totalmente contrárias. Considerando-os como igualmente fundamentais para compreender o pensamento de Cover, o trabalho recorre a alguns desses debates à procura de uma interpretação que possa conciliar as duas abordagens. Por fim, com base nessa interpretação, sugere que a obra de Cover pode ser lida a partir da ideia de um pluralismo normativo, acepção que compreende aqui dois significados: tanto a adoção de uma pluralidade de fontes normativas como a presença de critérios normativos para avaliar criticamente o direito. / The American jurist Robert Cover developed important reflections on fundamental aspects of the theory of law, such as the genesis of social normativity and the legitimacy of the courts. Since he could not systematize his writings in a relatively coherent way, Cover’s work stood as a source of many reflections, but also many questions, for his commentators and critics. The different interpretations and appropriations of his thought show that his thinking is still largely an open book. The aim of this thesis is to present Cover’s main ideas and to demonstrate that his thinking remains current and relevant as a source of insights into contemporary law. To do so, our exposition takes up two tasks. First, it seeks to reconstruct Cover's thinking from his main texts and ideas. In a second moment, it proposes a speculation on possible theoretical paths pointed by his work. Our reconstruction of is centered on two major milestones of his work: the essays Nomos and Narrative (1983) – where Cover elaborates his most influential concepts, like nomos and jurisgenesis – and Violence and the Word (1986) – in which Cover suggests that legal interpretation is established in a "field of pain and death" and is inseparable from violence. The central messages of these two essays have been interpreted by commentators and critics as partially or totally contrary. Considering them as equally fundamental to understanding Cover's thinking, the paper resorts to some of these debates in search of an interpretation that can reconcile the two approaches. Finally, based on this interpretation, it suggests that Cover's work could be read as containing the idea of a normative pluralism, an expression that has two meanings here: it connotates not only the adoption of a plurality of normative sources but also the presence of normative criteria to evaluate law critically.

Esta dissertação tem por objetivo tratar de aspectos da abordagem crítica elaborada nos últimos anos por Robert Kurz. A análise procura (1) mostrar como Kurz recupera, reformula e expande a crítica marxiana do valor e do fetichismo, (2) perscrutar, nessa apropriação e releitura que o autor leva a cabo, a mediação da teoria crítica e (3) apontar os resultados a que chega Kurz no que diz respeito aos temas aqui discutidos. A dissertação enfoca a construção teórica de Kurz no que tange à crítica ao marxismo tradicional, à crítica do sujeito e à ressignificação do conceito de fetichismo. Considera-se que o enfoque desses aspectos permite divisar como a elaboração de Kurz realiza uma crítica da modernidade que se dirige aos seus fundamentos. / The aim of this Masters thesis is to deal with some aspects of the critical approach which has been elaborated by Robert Kurz in the last few years. The analysis intends (1) to show how Kurz recovers, reformulates and expands the marxian critique of value and fetishism, (2) to examine, in this appropriation and rereading accomplished by the author, the mediation of the Critical Theory and (3) to point out the results achieved by Kurz concerning the themes that are discussed here. The thesis focuses on Kurzs theoretical construction encompassing the following topics: critique of traditional Marxism, critique of the subject and resignification of the concept of fetishism. The focus on these topics allows to realize how Kurzs elaboration fulfills a critique of the Modernity itself which addresses to its grounds.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1994. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-40).

This article focuses on the analysis of the literature produced by Robert Alexy, a renowned German jurist, focusing on the concept of fundamental rights, which are, in a constitutional state of law, the ultimate goal of the legal system. Thus, for Alexy the rights of people are not moral, but rather legal. It is in this sense and taking as a starting point the conception of fundamental rights that the author proposes a tentative reading from a moderate realistic perspective of some aspects of the theoretical position of Alexy. / El presente artículo se centra en el análisis de la literatura producida por Robert Alexy, reconocido jurista alemán, centrada en el concepto de los derechos fundamentales los cuales son, en un estado constitucional de derecho, el fin último del ordenamiento jurídico. Así, para Alexy los derechos de las personas no son de tipo moral, sino más bien, jurídico. Es en ese sentido y tomando como premisa de partida la concepción de los derechos fundamentales que la autora propone una lectura tentativa desde una perspectiva realista moderada de algunos aspectos de la posición teórica de Alexy.

This thesis explores the relationship between Scotland and the British Empire as depicted in the work of three Scottish writers: Robert Louis Stevenson, R.B. Cunninghame Graham and John Buchan. The aim is to reassess the contribution these three writers made to Scottish literature, a contribution that has been neglected due to their interest and participation in imperial matters. The introduction discusses why their reappraisal within Scottish literary studies matters in relation to an understanding of the effect of Scotland's position within the Empire. Recent post-colonial theory relating to hybridity and the uncanny are shown to be of particular relevance to the Scottish situation in late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century literature. Chapter One examines the work of Robert Louis Stevenson and argues that, far from capitulating to the demands of imperialist literature, Stevenson was able both to work within the discourse of the British Empire and to subvert it. R. B. Cunninghame Graham, discussed in Chapter Two, occupies a similar position. Due to the genre-defying nature of his work Graham has been overlooked as a writer who confuses the boundaries between here and there, the savage and the civilised. Chapter Three provides a critical reassessment of John Buchan and argues that, despite his staunch imperialism, as a Scot within the Empire Buchan shared many thematic concerns with the other two writers in this study. The conclusion draws attention to the similarities between the three writers and argues that a clear break cannot be made between writers associated with the Empire and writers of the Scottish Renaissance.

Nous partons du constat que l’actuelle urgence écologique (réchauffement climatique, crise de la biodiversité, pollutions) constitue notre condition historique durable. Causée par des activités économiques et sociales identifiables, elle engage la pérennité de multiples espèces vivantes et met en question l’avenir de notre espèce. Cette thèse de philosophie interroge le concept d’espèce humaine, saisi sous l’angle de la naturalité évolutive et écologique, pour prendre acte de la fin de sa version pré-darwinienne sans rouvrir la route au biologisme racialiste et aux délires hiérarchiques criminels que ce dernier a accompagnés. L’enjeu théorique est d’élaborer une ontologie de l’espèce humaine, qui ne cède pas aux mystifications naturalisantes, mais fournisse des repères pour affronter l’urgence écologique. Cette ontologie se forge avec Hans Jonas et Robert Antelme, deux auteurs marqués par l’expérience du nazisme, qui aident à formuler un monisme dialectique non réductionniste, dont puisse dériver une éthique de la vie dans le monde, de la reconnaissance et de la solidarité élargies. La conviction qui guide ce travail est que l’urgence écologique est politique en ce que s’y joue la projection de destins collectifs. Contre la tentation de sauver l’espèce humaine (ou certaines de ses portions) via des « augmentations » biotechnologiques prétendant la faire passer au-delà de la catastrophe ou au-delà d’elle-même, tout en esquivant notre responsabilité présente, nous soutenons que la considération des « limites planétaires », où se diffractent spectre de la mort et désir de pouvoir, appelle un travail sur les conditions d’habitabilité humaine et non-humaine de ce monde, dans lequel l’expérience démocratique trouve matière à se renouveler sans céder à la panique. / The starting point of my study is the observation that the current ecological emergency (global warming, biodiversity crisis, pollution) shapes our long-term historical condition. The ecological emergency, which results from identifiable economic and social activities, threatens the continued sustainability of a wide range of species and places the future of our species in jeopardy. My dissertation in philosophy consequently explores the concept of human species, which I address from the point of view of its evolving and ecological naturality. In so doing, I intend to take note of the end of a pre-Darwinian definition, and at the same time I refuse to pave the way for any racialist biologism and for the criminal hierarchies it brought about. What is at stake here for theoretical research is the elaboration of an ontology of human species, which will not give in to any deceptive naturalizing doctrine and will provide us with landmarks to face the ecological emergency. This ontology builds upon two authors, Hans Jonas and Robert Antelme, who endured the experience of Nazism. Their works are central to elaborate a non-reductionist dialectical monism, which can generate an ethics of our life in the world and an ethics of greater recognition and extended solidarity. I argue that the ecological emergency is political in so far as it is the future of collective destinies which is at stake. My approach dismisses the urge to save the human species – or parts of it - by resorting to biotechnological enhancements which would supposedly help our species to step beyond the catastrophe or even beyond “humanity” while shirking our responsibility here and now. I accordingly claim that deeper consideration of planetary boundaries - as well as the spectre of death and the desire for power they imply - calls for a work on the conditions in which humans and non-humans can properly inhabit the world and the democratic experience can be renewed without giving way to panic.

Con motivo de celebrarse en el año 2011 el bicentenario del nacimiento de Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899) hemos hecho un estudio histórico de todos los instrumentos o aparatos que utilizó y las mejoras que introdujo en ellos. El principal objetivo de nuestro estudio es ayudar a los estudiantes de química (de bachillerato y de primer curso de universidad) a trabajar en este tema. De esta forma, nuestro trabajo tiene dos partes diferentes: primero un estudio histórico y, en segundo lugar, una aplicación didáctica. / On the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811-1899) in 2011, we have prepared a historical study of all instruments or devices this German chemist used, and the improvements he introduced in them. The main aim of our study has a teaching purpose: helping Chemistry students (either High School or first-year college students) get involved with this subject. Hence, our work has two different parts: firstly, the historical study of the equipment and, secondly, its didactic application.