This thesis examines the use and interpretation of Revelation in the writings of the contemporary prophets Richard Brothers, Joanna Southcott and William Blake. Contributing to an emerging scholarly interest in the reception of biblical texts within marginalised interpretative traditions, the thesis offers a detailed exploration of how Revelation is incorporated into these authors' prophetic texts, and how it informs the identity of readers who see their activities as bringing about the fulfilment of the text's visions on the historical plane. This aim is achieved by engaging with extant comparative studies of Brothers, Southcott and Blake within historical and literary studies; a comparison with similar contemporary prophetic figures and the contribution of Revelation to their prophetic self-understandings; and contextualising these figures against contemporary constructions of Revelation as a prophetic text, and the recognition of the poetic nature of biblical prophecy in the eighteenth century. In particular, the thesis advocates for the continued exploration of "emic" approaches to these figures, a process started by members of Oxford's Prophecy Project. The thesis thus argues that "prophecy", rather than "millenarianism," is the most appropriate way of characterising these authors' scriptural engagement, and explores how prophecy is understood in their writings to delineate commonalities in their understanding of the prophet's role. Finally, it surveys how Revelation is interpreted within the respective works of the writers who are the focus of this thesis. The conclusion offers a hermeneutical reflection on the relationship between the prophetic interpreter and the texts they engage with. It suggests that the reader who claims to be "inspired" faces a tension between offering an interpretation of the authoritative text, and claiming an equivalent level of authority for their own works. The thesis makes three contributions to existing scholarly debates. Firstly, it demonstrates that attention to these three authors' interpretations of Revelation shows how attention to neglected voices illuminates the history of interpretation of this biblical book. Secondly, it justifies comparing these three authors under the framework of "prophecy", rather than the anachronistic terminology of "millenarianism." Thirdly, it explores their readings of Revelation to shed light on how interpretation of a scriptural text such as Revelation is key to the evolution of prophetic vocation; how Revelation’s images are developed and transformed in their own prophetic texts; and finally, their sensitivity to hermeneutical questions raised by Revelation’s relationship to other biblical texts and the problems posed by its eschatology.

Training siblings as change agents for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been shown to be beneficial in teaching a sibling to teach their brother or sister. There are very few interventions, however, that explore the range of effects that targeting particular skills has on sibling interactions. The purpose of this study was to assess the direct and collateral effects of training behavioral teaching techniques to a typically developing sibling. Four experimental conditions were assessed: baseline, sibling teaching toy play, baseline, and sibling teaching social play. Across all conditions, measures of teaching components and siblings' interactions were assessed. Results of the assessment showed that the sibling was an effective change agent and that more favorable interaction and engagement occurred when social play skills were taught. The results of this sibling intervention and guidelines for condition changes are discussed in terms of sibling relationships.

Orientador: Haroldo Gallo / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T17:18:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ferreira_ClaudioLima_D.pdf: 22557338 bytes, checksum: de8ff52f113cef8b7676360f459198cd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Esta tese de doutorado tem como objetivo principal analisar a obra de design brasileiro sob o olhar das Relações Complexas tendo como estudo de caso os Irmãos Campana. A pesquisa está dividida em três capítulos que possuem respectivamente como eixo teórico o Pensamento Simplificador, as Relações Complexas e o Pensamento Complexo. As conexões entre teoria e a prática projetual foram evidenciadas em cada capítulo da pesquisa a partir do confronto entre o Pensamento Simplificador, as Relações Complexas e o Pensamento Complexo. Essas conexões podem ser evidenciadas por experiências práticas encontradas nos processos projetuais do design contemporâneo, em especial nas obras dos irmãos Fernando e Humberto Campana. O Pensamento Simplificador está embasado na razão, no racionalismo e na racionalização, ou seja, uma simplificação do pensamento. O princípio da simplificação ainda é muito imperativo e isso se reflete no processo projetual do design. Utilizando o Pensamento Simplificador como base teórica, verifica-se que o design atual visa, em muitos casos, somente ao lucro e consolida-se sobre uma base frágil, pouco sólida, como uma ferramenta que produz inovação, beleza estética e/ou personalização para os objetos. Atualmente, observa-se que as bases desse pensamento científico clássico denominado como "simplificador" encontram-se abaladas pelo desenvolvimento de uma nova forma de pensar mais global, que não tem como objetivo criar uma ruptura com o pensamento anterior, mas sim mostrar uma forma de pensar em conjunto. Essa nova forma de pensar denomina-se Pensamento Complexo. O Pensamento Complexo tem como base o complexo. A palavra derivada do latim complexus, que significa "tecer em conjunto". Esse pensamento contemporâneo está apto a reunir, a contextualizar, a globalizar e, ao mesmo tempo, reconhecer o singular, o individual e o concreto. Sob um olhar contemporâneo, verifica-se que o Pensamento Simplificador está superado e o Pensamento Complexo ainda em desenvolvimento. Por esse motivo, constitui-se e apresenta-se nesse trabalho uma terceira forma de análise sobre o processo projetual, denominada Relações Complexas. Essa forma de análise está inserida entre o Pensamento Simplificador e o Pensamento Complexo. Não é uma nova forma de pensar como o Pensamento Simplificador e o complexo, mas uma forma de compreender esse espaço turbulento que se encontra entre esses dois pensamentos. As Relações Complexas evidenciam a transição e a conexão entre as duas formas de organização dos pensamentos anteriormente citados e contribuem para o entendimento do processo criativo na contemporaneidade / Abstract: This doctoral thesis seeks to analyze the Brazilian design work from the perspective of the Complex Relations, using the Campana brothers as case study. The research is divided into three chapters, the theoretical bases of which are respectively Simplifying Thinking, Complex Relations and Complex Thinking. The connections between theory and the practice of design were emphasized in each chapter of this essay by means of the comparison between Simplifying Thinking, Complex Relations and Complex Thinking, with practical experiences made evident by the design processes performed in the contemporary design, particularly in the work of the brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana. The Simplifying Thinking is based on reason, rationalism and rationalization, which means a simplification of the thought. The simplification principle is still imperative, which is reflected in the design process. By means of the Simplifying Thinking as a theoretical basis, it is established that current design is focused, in sundry cases, only on the profit and consolidates over a fragile, unsafe basis, as a tool which produces innovation, aesthetic beauty and / or customization of objects. Currently, one thing that can be noticed is that the bases of the classical scientific thinking referred to as "simplistic" are unstable because of the development of a new, more global, way of thinking that does not intend to rupture with the previous one, but to show a way to picture things as a whole. This new manner of thinking is called Complex Thinking and is based on the complex, derivative from the Latin word complexus, which means "weaving together". This contemporary thinking is able to gather, contextualize, globalize and, at the same time, recognize the unique, the individual and the concrete. It can be understood, from a contemporary perspective, that the Simplifying Thinking has been outranked and the Complex Thinking is yet being developed. Therefore, this paper constitutes and presents a third form of analysis over the process of design, called Complex Relations, which is stated between the Simplifying Thinking and Complex Thinking. This does not constitute a new way of thinking as Simplifying and Complex Thinking, but a way of understanding this turbulent space that lies between these two ways of thinking. The Complex Relations highlight the transition and the connection between both forms of organization of thoughts above mentioned and contribute to our understanding of the creative process in the contemporary scenario / Doutorado / Artes / Doutor em Artes

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of parent-adolescent individuation on quality of siblings relationship among late adolescent females. Findings to date indicate that while changes are occurring in the parent-child subsystem. In accordance with the family systems theory, during the process of individuation the sibling relationship experiences some conflict or rivalry.

Sur la base d’un examen combiné d’ouvrages médicaux, scientifiques, littéraires et critiques, ce travail développe une généalogie transnationale de la notion de Nervenkunst (« art des nerfs »). À partir d’une reconstitution des origines françaises des discours sédimentés dans cette catégorie (ainsi que de leurs sources prérévolutionnaires et antiques), on démontre que l’idée d’un lien génétique entre l’écriture et le système nerveux, dont on a fait jusqu’ici une particularité de la littérature autrichienne des années 1890, peut-être une préfiguration de la psychanalyse, constitue, en réalité, l’aboutissement d’un système d’échanges et de transformations échelonnés sur plusieurs siècles, et dont les trajectoires convergent à l’époque du naturalisme. La première partie est consacrée à l’invention des « nerfs modernes », soit à une histoire culturelle des imaginaires du système nerveux avant et après 1789. La deuxième partie décrit la formation d’une idée de l’écrivain des nerfs à l’époque du Second Empire et de la Troisième République naissante (à partir notamment de l’œuvre des frères Goncourt). La troisième partie s’interroge sur la germanisation de ces contenus : comment tout cela est passé dans les pays de langue allemande entre 1870 et 1890, à un moment où les rapports avec la France étaient problématiques ? La réponse passe par un système de transferts et de regards croisés qui implique l’Autriche et la Scandinavie. / Based on a cross-examination of medical, scientific, literary, and critical materials, this work attempts a transnational genealogy of the concept of Nervenkunst (“art of the nerves”). Through a historical reconstruction of the French origins of the discourses that coalesce in that category (and a survey of their prerevolutionary and ancient sources), our research proves that a genetic connection between the writer’s craft and the nervous system is neither a peculiarity of Austrian literature in the 1890s nor a premonition of psychoanalysis, but the product of a system of exchanges and transformations that span several centuries, to converge in the years of early Naturalism. The first part chronicles the invention of “modern nerves”; in other words, it offers a cultural history of the neurological imagination before and after 1789. The second part describes the genesis of an idea of the nervous author during the Second Empire and the early Third Republic (focusing on the work of the Goncourt brothers and their entourage). The third part deals with the germanization of these originally French contents: how did these notions take root in the German-speaking world at a time (1870-1890) when Berlin’s relations with Paris were problematic at best? The answer lies in a system of cultural mediations and mutual perceptions that involves, among other things, Austria and Scandinavia.

This thesis examines the semiotic rules and processes of the transfer of the original novel into a theatrical script, and then into screenplay of the film, with practical examples from the novel The Karamazov Brothers by F. M. Dostojevskij, screenplay Karamazov of author Evald Schorm and the film script by Petr Zelenka. It focuses on the processes of dramatization, shows communication models and compares mainly text form of screenplays. Keywords: Semiotics of Theatre, Semiotics of film, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostojevskij, transposition, drama

CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE Faculty of Social Sciences Institute of Political Studies Adam Komenda Political profile of Kaczyński brothers Master thesis Abstract The thesis is about two major Polish politicians, Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński. The thesis describes factors that have had a significant impact on their value orientation and political goals, focusing on key events of their life and, above all, political trajectories, capturing, characterizing and evaluating their political profile. In the thesis, it is stated which political goals the Kaczyński brothers managed to realize and which, on the contrary, did not succeed. The thesis also reflects the leadership style of the Kaczyński brothers in terms of leadership theory, especially from the point of view of Max Weber's The Three Types of Legitimate Rule and in therms of Transformational leadership by Bernard M. Bass. Keywords Bronisław Geremek, Fourth Polish Republic, Donald Tusk, Jarosław Kaczyński, pragmatism of Kaczyński, Lech Kaczyński, Lech Wałęsa, screening, Civic Platform, political, Poland, Centre Agreement, Law and Justice, Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Smolensk tragedy, Smolensk myth, Solidarity, leadership.

The thesis follows one of the supporting characters from the New Testament, James, the brother of the Lord. The first chapter deals with the meaning and occurrence of the name James in both biblical and non-biblical sources. The following second chapter deals with the canonical biblical texts that depict fragments of James' life. However, many questions remain about the closer characterization of our wanted person James and the form of his earthly family. The thesis also examines whether James could or could not really be the brother of Jesus of Nazareth. Through the analysis of texts we look for the answer that canonical texts give us.Subsequently, in the third chapter attention is also directed to the apocryphal and non-biblical sources that govern us about our James. In connection with the wanted James is mentioned and the first church community in Jerusalem, in which James played a significant leadership role. The aim of the thesis is to describe the character of James, the brother of the Lord, by means of all analyzed sources. In conclusion, a summary possible solution of questions concerning James, the Lord's Brother is presented. Keywords James, brothers of the Lord, Acts of the Apostles, the primary Christian community in Jerusalem.

This Master's thesis is depicting the development of the National Liberal Party, from the earliest stage in the 1860s, up to the year 1914. This depiction is based on expert texts as well as historical and political science literature. The thesis is focused on the political background in Austria and subsequently also Austria-Hungary. The historical part of the thesis is primarily focused on the absolute regime, as well as the national efforts to liberalize the constitutional and political demands. A standalone part of the thesis is dedicated to the division between the Old Czech Party and the Young Czech Party, primarily focusing on their political differences and shared nationalism. The establishment of the National Liberal Party in 1874 was followed by its political and agenda development. The political development is depicted in its election results, as well as its functioning in the parliament of Cisleithania. Since 1879, both the Old Czech Party and the Young Czech Party participated in defending the human rights in Vienna's Czechen-Club. The year 1891 brought about a large change when the National Liberal Party won in the election against the National Party and so became the hegemon of Czech politics. This thesis pays special attention to the work of the Young Czech Party in the Národní listy...

This study was designed to examine Adlerian personality priorities of siblings of individuals with Tourette Syndrome (TS). This study aimed to investigate whether a difference exists between TS siblings and siblings of those without disabilities on variables related to personality priorities. It was hypothesized that TS siblings would score significantly higher than the control group on the superiority and pleasing personality priorities and significantly lower on the comfort and control personality priorities. Both of the hypotheses were rejected. First, no significant difference was found between TS siblings and the control group on the superiority and pleasing personality priorities. Second, no significant difference was found between TS siblings and the control group on the comfort personality priority, and TS siblings scored significantly higher than the control group on the control personality priority.