Três são os objetivos centrais deste trabalho: (a) especificar, por meio de uma reconstrução histórico-evolutiva do pensamento teórico, os elementos constitutivos (objeto, método, princípios primeiros, teoria da verdade e comunidade científica) e as exigências normativas (objetividade, coerência, clareza e transparência, justificação e consensualização) de um empreendimento que pretenda se qualificar como ciência, de modo propor uma concepção analógica de ciência que possa ser aplicável ao campo do direito; (b) identificar e detalhar os três diferentes paradigmas científicos que se desenvolveram no direito tributário brasileiro (Empírico-econômico, Normativo-comportamental e Formalista-linguístico), de modo a analisar, criticamente, os seus pressupostos teóricos, buscando, com isso, demonstrar a insuficiência dos modelos teóricos que foram até hoje utilizados no campo da ciência tributária brasileira, principalmente em razão do seu reducionismo explicativo; e (c) propor uma concepção mais abrangente e complexa de ciência jurídica – pautada na concepção de ciência prática (scientia practica) desenvolvida pela tradição filosófica aristotélico-tomista – a qual teria pretensões de, não apenas descrever o direito positivo, mas também de explicar, esclarecer e tornar mais inteligível as diferentes dimensões do fenômeno tributário, não apenas no que se refere ao momento da positivação das normas jurídicas, mas também no que se refere aos momentos anteriores e posteriores a esse processo, ou seja, que também se dedique a analisar os motivos, causas, efeitos, consequências e fins das normas de tributação. Portanto, a concepção de ciência prática aplicável ao direito tributário pressupõe o desenvolvimento de uma dimensão formal, material, eficiente/instrumental e final do seu respectivo objeto de estudo, o que culmina na elaboração de uma deontologia tributária, de uma ontologia tributária, de uma metodologia tributária e de uma teleologia tributária. / Three are the central goals of this thesis: (a) first to specify, by means of a historical and evolutionary reconstruction of the scientific thought, which are the constitutive elements (object, method, first principles, theory of truth and scientific community) and the normative requirements (objectivity, consistency, clarity and transparency, justification and consensualization) of a theoretical enterprise that intends to affirm itself as scientific, as to propose an analogical conception of science that could be applied to the field of Law; (b) to identify and detail the three different scientific paradigms that have been developed in Brazilian Tax Law (Empirical-economical, Normative-behavioral and Formalistic-linguistic), in order to, critically, analyze its theoretical assumptions, seeking to demonstrate the inadequacy of these theoretical models applied in Brazilian Tax Law, especially because of their explanatory reductionism; and (c) to propose a more comprehensive and complex notion of legal science, based on the conception of practical science (scientia practica) – based on the philosophical tradition of Aristotle and Aquinas – which would have claims, not only describe the positive law, but also to explain, clarify and make more intelligible the different dimensions of the taxation phenomenon, not only regarding the procedure that creates legal norms, but also that pays attention to the moments that come before and after this process, namely, that also focuses on analyzing the motives, causes, effects, consequences and ends of taxation. Therefore, a concept of practical science applicable to Tax Law demands the development of a formal, a material, an efficient/instrumental and a finalistic dimension of its object of study. This will require a Theory of Taxation that has a Deontological aspect, an Ontological aspect, a Methodological aspect and a Teleological aspect.

Modern economic theory of self-interest alleges that in their economic relations people always behave in a way that maximises their utility. The idea whether human beings were solely self-interested has a long history as it can be seen from the writings of Greek philosophers and the Church fathers. Among Greek philosophers there were those who argued that human beings were naturally self-interested (Aristotle) and those who maintained that human beings were communal by nature (Plato, Stoics and the Pythagoreans). The later position was adopted by the Church fathers as they condemned self-interest as the sin of avarice and greed. The justification of self-interest in human and political activities was part and parcel of the economic and political early modernists, as it can be seen in the works of Mandeville, Hobbes, Hume and Adam Smith. In the writings of these thinkers, the flourishing of wealth depended on individual freedom to pursue their self-interests. In this regard, selfinterest became the sole source of motivation in the behaviour of homo economicus. A persistent motif in late modern economic discourse on self-interest is based on the idea that people think and act on the basis of that which is to their self-interest. It is mainly for this reason that late modern economic thinkers maintain that society would prosper when people are left alone to pursue their self-interests. Late modern economic theory of utility maximisation alleges that individuals act only after calculating costs and benefits. The argument of this thesis, based on the commonalities between African humanism and process philosophical anthropology, is that self-interest is antithetical to communal life as advocated in the ethic of Ubuntu. One who acts solely on the basis of maximising his or her utility would inevitably deprive others of a humane existence. A holistic metaphysical outlook based on the relatedness and interrelatedness of everything that exists as we find it in African humanism and process philosophical anthropology implies that the individual exists in internal relations with everything else. We should go beyond selfinterest by giving primacy to a holistic ethic. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / D. Div. (Theological Ethics)

This dissertation concerns the socio-cultural politics expressed in the performances of Matthew Barney, Steven Cohen, Marina Abramovic, and the ‘Pop’ artist Madonna. The contention is that these artists mirror and dramatize marginalization and seem to reflect a desire to resolve conflicts experienced between social and psychological identities in contemporary society. The premise of this study is that these performers engage in a ‘dialogue’ with viewers as a form of self-preservation and self-healing. The Performance artists’ measure of socio-cultural tensions suggests the merging of mass media entertainment, theatrical devices and other cultural practices such as fetishism and rituals involving altered states of consciousness, props and allusions to shamanism. An ancient modality of healing, such as shamanism, when appropriated by artists, seems to reflect an urgent phenomenological need of the individual within Western society for overcoming feelings of powerlessness as a type of therapeutic practice. The Performance artists’ Othering is acted out as a survival mechanism addressing and questioning the ‘degradation’ imposed on marginalized individuals who challenge the traditional notion of authentic identity and the ‘classic’ body. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts)

This thesis investigates how selected Zimbabwean female writers narrate HIV and AIDS. It argues that, generally, the prevailing images of women in Zimbabwean society and literature are incapacitating. Male authors have been portraying women in disempowering ways as loose, dangerous, weak and dependent on men. This unjust portrayal of women has been worsened by the prevalence of HIV and AIDS. Women have been depicted as vectors in the spread of HIV, thus perpetuating sexist ideologies. Presuming that women authors can do better in their depiction of female characters, this research investigates whether female authors differ in their representation of female characters in contexts of HIV and AIDS. The works critiqued are Virginia Phiri’s Desperate (2002), Sharai Mukonoweshuro’s Days of Silence (2000), Valerie Tagwira’s The Uncertainty of Hope (2006), Tendayi Westerhof’s Unlucky in Love (2005) and Lutanga Shaba’s Secrets of a Woman’s Soul (2006). The study further explores the extent to which Zimbabwe female authors sanction, conform, undermine, assess critically or do away with unconstructive images of women in contexts of HIV and AIDS. This study emphasized the possibility of literature to offer a platform for the liberation of women, or a counter- platform for reactionary politics. Predicated on the notion of gender and danger, the study questions whether female authors perpetuate the stereotypes of women’s roles as destructive, or whether some view ‘dangerous’ images of women in literature as liberating. Overall, this thesis argued that contrary to the postulation of female authors being similar in their understanding and depiction of the concept of gender and danger, they are not. It is at this juncture that this study breaks new ground by utilizing the concept of agency to show how different female writers interpret and narrate gender and danger in contexts of HIV and AIDS. This study applies the notion of agency as a means of evaluating the extent to which women employ nonconformist acts in order to undercut patriarchy and other oppressive socially constructed ideologies. / English Studies / (D. Litt et Phil. ( English Studies))

Text in Afrikaans / Die verhaal wat hier vertel word is die van 'n jongeling wat sy ouerhuis verlaat om vir homself te sorg. Dit is die verhaal van die postmodernistiese wetenskaplike wat na 'n tydperk van modernistiese adolessensie moet afstand doen van die geborgenheid van sy kosmiese bestaan om 'n volwasse selfaangewesenheid nate streef. Maar wanneer hy homself (be)vind as die ek wat elke psigo-fisiese en rasioneel-empiriese werklikheid voorafgaan, is dit net om te ontdek dat hierdie ek nog ervaring nog wese is, dat hy hier niks anders (is) nie as 'n verwantskap van hierdie lewe met die dood. Om iets hiervan te begryp moet hy homself as 'n Lacaanse fallus aanskou. Hy is die beeld van die lewensvloed wat sy rol slegs in versluiering kan speel. Sy konstruksie verg altyd alreeds sy destruksie. Al wat (is) is sy masker, 'n persona, 'n vertolkte karakter waaraan die vertolking onttrek en 'n onbeslisbaarheid gepredikeer word · 'n bepaalde/bepalende dekonstruksie. / The story told here is one of a lad who leaves his parental home to take care of himself. It is the story of the postmodern scientist who after a period of modernistic adolescence must give up the safe security of his cosmic existence in the quest for an adult self reliance. But when he finds himself as the I who precedes every psychophysical and rational-empirical reality, it is only to discover that this I is neither experience nor being, that here he (is) nothing but the relationship of this life with death. In order to grasp something of this, he has to see himself as a Lacanian phallus.He is the image of the vital flow that can play its role only when veiled. His construction always already requires his destruction. What (is) is his mask, a persona, an interpreted character from whom the interpretation is being withdrawn and an undecidability predicated- a determinated/determinating deconstruction. / Psychology / D. Phil (Sielkunde)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T16:15:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sergio Oliveira dos Santos.pdf: 2218983 bytes, checksum: fddd947ca3a1e92590f7a929e21a1b5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-16 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Developed in 1882 by Jigoro Kano from his studies of schools of jujutsu, Kodokan Judo arose within the school environment from three basic pillars: as a method of fighting (martial art), as a method of physical training (physical education), as a method of mental training (moral and intellectual development) where Do (path) is the main focus to be taught in order to benefit the society. One of the main contributions of Kano was the transformation of the practice of martial art in an educational method. This process took place in a historical moment marked by social changes in Japan that started receiving strong influence of the Western World during the Meiji era. At that time, the values , thoughts, institutions, and Eastern and Western Languages circulated and merged marking a strong syncretism in different social environments. Would Jigoro Kano have absorbed these influences to develop Judo? This possible link among Eastern and Western Countries, preserving part of traditional Japanese Culture and allowing the influence of Western thoughts and practice, possesses extremely relevance currently as much talked about returning formulations that gave origin to Judo. After all, which formulations are these and how far should we adopt them without further consideration? In the course of the History and more precisely at the end of the 2nd World War, Judo has lost much of the concepts and fundamentals that make the connection with the Language and Eastern thought as well as its original and unique Educational meaning due to its expanding WorldWide as Sports practice. Thus, the study aims to: 1 ) identify the fundamentals of Judo under the influence of the Educational process of the Eastern-Western integration , 2) analyze the relationship of the Eastern Western World during the transformation of Judo Educational method for Sports practice , 3) Organize structuring elements to establish the fundamentals of Contemporary Educational Judo analyzing the influence of the Eastern-Western integration in this process , starting from the systemic model of thought of Jigoro Kano when designing the Judo Kodokan rearranging their conceptual frameworks from the Science of Human Kinetics . This is a theorical study, of bibliographical purpose, which appropriates to the Philosophical Anthropology as a methodological support. The survey results affirm the integration process in the Eastern-Western formulation of the Educational / Philosophical concepts of Judo beyond the transformations of symbolical systems that link the fight of Anthropological - Philosophical Evolution, since the practice of Bujutsu (Military Art, 17th Century) in Medieval Japan, to the Contemporary Educational perspectives supported in Human Motricity Science (HMS). / Desenvolvido em 1882 por Jigoro Kano a partir de seus estudos sobre as escolas de jujutsu, o Judô Kodokan surgiu dentro do espaço escolar a partir de três pilares básicos: como método de luta (arte marcial), como método de treinamento físico (educação física), como método de treinamento mental (desenvolvimento moral e intelectual) onde o Do (caminho) é o foco principal a ser ensinado em vista de beneficiar a sociedade. Uma das principais contribuições de Kano foi a transformação de uma prática de luta marcial em um método educativo. Tal processo ocorreu num momento histórico marcado por mudanças sociais no Japão que passou a receber forte influência do mundo ocidental durante a era Meiji. Naquela época os valores, pensamentos, instituições e linguagens orientais e ocidentais circulavam e se fundiam marcando um forte sincretismo em diversos espaços sociais. Teria Jigoro Kano absorvido essas influências ao desenvolver o judô? Essa possível ligação entre o Oriente e o Ocidente, preservando parte da cultura tradicional japonesa e permitindo a influência de pensamentos e práticas ocidentais, possui extrema relevância para a atualidade uma vez que muito se fala em retornar as formulações que deram origem ao Judô. Afinal, que formulações são estas e até que ponto devemos adotá-las sem uma profunda reflexão? No transcorrer da história e, mais precisamente ao final da 2ª guerra mundial, o judô perde boa parte dos conceitos e fundamentos que fazem sua ligação com a linguagem e o pensamento oriental bem como seu significado educativo original em função da sua expansão pelo mundo como prática esportiva. Assim o estudo tem como objetivos: 1) identificar os fundamentos do judô educativo segundo a influência do processo de integração Oriente-Ocidente; 2) Analisar a relação Oriente-Ocidente durante a transformação do Judô de método educativo para prática esportiva; 3) Organizar elementos estruturantes para estabelecer os fundamentos do judô educativo contemporâneo analisando a influência da integração Oriente-Ocidente nesse processo, partindo do modelo sistêmico de pensamento de Jigoro Kano ao elaborar o Judô Kodokan reorganizando suas referências conceituais a partir da Ciência da Motricidade Humana. Trata-se de um estudo teórico, de caráter bibliográfico, que se apropria da antropologia filosófica como suporte metodológico. Os resultados da pesquisa afirmam o processo de integração Oriente-Ocidente na formulação dos conceitos educativo/filosóficos do judô além das transformações dos sistemas simbólicos da luta que apontam sua evolução antropológico-filosófica, desde a prática do Bujutsu (Arte militar sec. XVII) no Japão medieval, até as perspectivas educativas contemporâneas apoiadas na Ciência da Motricidade Humana (CMH).

GOMES, Maria Socorro. Mímesis, educação e prática docente em Theodor W. Adorno. 2013. 101f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2013 / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-10-03T16:01:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-MSGOMES.pdf: 1734747 bytes, checksum: 5aba8082fb5d5b270dcbd3d2386674a5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-10-03T17:22:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-MSGOMES.pdf: 1734747 bytes, checksum: 5aba8082fb5d5b270dcbd3d2386674a5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-10-03T17:22:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013-DIS-MSGOMES.pdf: 1734747 bytes, checksum: 5aba8082fb5d5b270dcbd3d2386674a5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / The difficulties of education in fulfilling its tasks have been intensified day by day. We venture to say that it happens not for taking into consideration the hypothesis that individuals are suffering from some degree of irrationality, i.e. they do not always act according to reason, and that, as Adorno emphasizes, they do not escape from their authoritarian moment, when an individual acts in accordance with his interests, managing to forget other people’s rights. In view of this, the central focus of the dissertation is to examine the relationship between mimesis, education and teaching practice in Theodor W. Adorno. That is, the goal is to explain how the phenomenon of mimesis can act on teaching practice and how it can influence education, developing abusive behavior both in students and in teachers. This is a literature search, since it is designed according to published materials, consisting mainly of books and articles. It is based on critical theory under a dialectical-negative approach. At first the paper discusses the interrelationship of the concepts of mimesis and Clarification relying on the book Dialética do Esclarecimento. In the second stage of the work, the purpose is to address the relevance of mimesis in the educational process with support in the concepts of semi-erudition (Halbbildung) and cultural industry (Kulturindustrie). In the third stage of the research is shown how the relationship between mimesis and teaching practice and its philosophical implications in the educational-training process are made. Although the philosopher does not offer a position that fully meets the practical requirements because he said education is immersed in ambiguities that hinder closed positioning, the results of the research indicate the need to rethink education in its subjective aspects. They also indicated that teachers’ actions can be presented as mimetic behavior as they disseminate the practices of the dominant ideology favoring the maintenance of an education faced almost exclusively to the work force, requiring a posture of defiance and resistance on the part of both students and teachers and that therefore the policy initiative should be part of the routine practice of every teacher who needs the unconditional support of those who dream up the educational reforms so that they walk the wrong way to the ideological and political forms of domination and configurations of economic and political-cultural unfamiliarity and social alienation. / A cada dia se intensificam as dificuldades da educação em cumprir sua tarefa. Arriscamo-nos em dizer que isto acontece por não ser levada em consideração a hipótese de que os indivíduos são portadores de certo grau de irracionalidade, ou seja, nem sempre agem segundo a razão, e esta, como acentua Adorno, não escapa de seu momento autoritário, quando um indivíduo age conforme interesses particulares, esquecendo-se dos direitos dos outros. Em vista disso, o foco central destadissertação consiste em analisara articulação entre a mímesis, a educação e a prática docente em Theodor W. Adorno. Ou seja, o objetivo é explanarcomo o fenômeno da mímesis pode atuar na prática docente ecomo podeinfluenciar na educação,desenvolvendo comportamentos abusivos tanto nos alunos como nos professores.Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, pois é elaborada com baseem materiais publicados, constituindo-se principalmente de livros e artigos.Ampara-se na teoria crítica sob uma abordagem dialético-negativa. No primeiro momento do trabalho discute-se a inter-relação dos conceitos de Esclarecimento e mímesis apoiando-se na obra Dialética do Esclarecimento. No segundo momento do trabalho a finalidade é abordar a relevância da mímesis no processo educativo com arrimo nos conceitos de semiformação (Halbbildung) e indústria cultural(Kulturindustrie). No terceiro momento do trabalho vê-se comose dá a relação entre a mímesis e a prática docentee suas implicações filosófico-educacionais no processo formativo.Embora o filósofo não ofereça uma posição que satisfaça inteiramente as exigências práticas, pois segundo ele a educação está imersa em ambigüidades que dificultam um posicionamento fechado, os resultados da pesquisa indicaram a necessidade de repensar a educação em seus aspectos subjetivos. Indicaram também que a iniciativa política deve fazer parte da prática cotidiana de cada professor, que necessita do auxílio incondicional dos que pensam as reformas educativas para que estas caminhem à contrapelo das formas ideológicas e políticas de dominação e das configurações econômicas e político-culturais de estranhamento e de reificação social.

The theme of this thesis are The Czech philosophical magazines issued in the first half of the twentieth century. The first part of my work describes particular personalities, trends and problems of the Czech philosophy in the first half of 20th century. The second part of my work is devoted to characteristic of the magazines of Česká mysl (Czech Mind), Ruch filosofický (Philosophical Stir) and Filosofická revue (Philosophical Revue). The development of the Czech positivist philosophy and idealism is assessed in the way as it was formed on pages of philosophical magazines in the first half of 20th century. The aim of this work is to sum up the participation of philosophical magazines in formation of the Czech philosophy in the first half of the 20th century.

Este trabalho é o resultado do esforço de um clínico que resolve analisar criticamente a prática clínica atual, da qual foi um seguidor ortodoxo por mais de uma década. O leitor não terá dificuldades em perceber que, por trás da análise mais ou menos coerente, está à busca do autor no sentido da construção de um "campo clínico ampliado" capaz de superar as evidentes limitações do modelo oficial. O capítulo I é uma tentativa de análise crítica da coerência do discurso da medicina "científica", quando cotejado com a realidade objetiva da prática clínica. O capítulo II, estuda o fenômeno provocado pela aplicação do discurso clínico oficial sobre a clientela extra-hospitalar, o capítulo III é uma abordagem preocupada com o que se poderia chamar de dimensões não-farmacológicas dos medicamentos. No Capitulo IV buscou-se agrupar evidências no sentido de delinear um perfil do que seria a medicina extra-hospitalar

Através da visão multidimensional que a Literatura proporciona, acredita-se que a voz de Simone de Beauvoir desperta o pensamento crítico dos leitores sobre a condição da mulher, na segunda metade do século XX. A análise se situa entre os odores que exalam do estudo de Walter Benjamin sobre o conceito de reflexão dos primeiros românticos alemães e os sabores dos desencobrimentos presentes em A Mulher Desiludida, narrativa ficcional de Simone de Beauvoir. O que é a literatura?, ingrediente adicionado por Jean-Paul Sartre, traz consistência ao texto que, em sua finalização, é apimentado pela Teoria Estética, de Theodor Adorno. O autor do Magnum opus a Dialética do esclarecimento demonstra ainda a necessidade de se acrescentar o gosto que incomoda para que saibamos apreciar o alimento que nos é oferecido. Todo o banquete é servido sobre a base fundadora do feminismo: O Segundo Sexo. Agucem todos os sentidos, a iguaria será servida / It is believed that through the multidimensional view provided by literature, Simone de Beauvoir leads the readers to think about womens conditions in the second half of the twentieth century. The analysis is based on Walter Benjamins concept of reflection of the first German romantic writers the smell it exhales and what is disclosed in A Mulher Desiludida, fiction written by Simone de Beavouir the flavor one experience when reading it. An ingredient added to the text and giving it consistency is Jean Paul Sartres What is literature. The final spice is given by Teoria Estética (Theodor Adorno). The writer of the Magnum Opus Dialetica do Esclarecimento further shows the need to add an unpleasant taste for us to be able to appreciate the food we are given. The whole feast is served on the founding basis of feminism: The Second Sex. Excite every way, the dish will be served