This research paper examines the role of the souvenir in terms of social relations and notions of self-identity and/or autobiography. Many types of souvenir objects (commercial and non-commercial) are explored as being agents that participate in the construction of identity. Commodity fetishism, nostalgia and fetishism are examined as key elements that define the social relations surrounding the souvenir. The notion of home and family is also explored as a fundamental aspect of how identity is constructed.

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Este trabalho consiste em abordar o conceito de fetichismo da mercadoria, de Karl Marx, presente principalmente na obra O Capital. Ao fazer essa abordagem, a pesquisa encontrou aspectos de certa teoria da ação que estariam presentes na problemática do fetichismo. As relações entre a ação e a representação formam o eixo que permeia toda a pesquisa. Está dividida em três capítulos. No primeiro, se apresenta o fetichismo como um problema que relaciona de modo muito particular a ação e a representação. Para refletir sobre estes aspectos buscamos, nos capítulos seguintes, alguns pontos da teoria da ação de Aristóteles como a responsabilidade moral, a diferença entre práxis e poiêsis, a divisão entre o intelecto prático e o teórico e a figura do acrático. Tais conceitos são articulados de modo que o fetichismo pode ser visto como um problema de uma teoria da ação / This work addresses the concept of commodity fetishism, from Karl Marx\'s book The Capital. By doing this approach, this research has found certain aspects of the theory of action that would be present in the problematic of fetishism. The relationship between action and representation form the axis that permeates all research. It is divided into three chapters. At the first, it presents fetishism as a problem that relates most particularly the action and representation. To think about these aspects we look for, in the following chapters, some points of the action theory of Aristotle as a moral responsibility, the difference between praxis and poiesis, the division between the theoretical and the practical intellect and the figure of akratic. Such concepts are so articulated that fetishism can be seen as a problem of a theory of action

Este trabalho consiste em abordar o conceito de fetichismo da mercadoria, de Karl Marx, presente principalmente na obra O Capital. Ao fazer essa abordagem, a pesquisa encontrou aspectos de certa teoria da ação que estariam presentes na problemática do fetichismo. As relações entre a ação e a representação formam o eixo que permeia toda a pesquisa. Está dividida em três capítulos. No primeiro, se apresenta o fetichismo como um problema que relaciona de modo muito particular a ação e a representação. Para refletir sobre estes aspectos buscamos, nos capítulos seguintes, alguns pontos da teoria da ação de Aristóteles como a responsabilidade moral, a diferença entre práxis e poiêsis, a divisão entre o intelecto prático e o teórico e a figura do acrático. Tais conceitos são articulados de modo que o fetichismo pode ser visto como um problema de uma teoria da ação / This work addresses the concept of commodity fetishism, from Karl Marx\'s book The Capital. By doing this approach, this research has found certain aspects of the theory of action that would be present in the problematic of fetishism. The relationship between action and representation form the axis that permeates all research. It is divided into three chapters. At the first, it presents fetishism as a problem that relates most particularly the action and representation. To think about these aspects we look for, in the following chapters, some points of the action theory of Aristotle as a moral responsibility, the difference between praxis and poiesis, the division between the theoretical and the practical intellect and the figure of akratic. Such concepts are so articulated that fetishism can be seen as a problem of a theory of action

The flaneur (“stroller, dawdler, leisurer, idler”) is an aesthetic and historical figure that arose in nineteenth-century Paris as a by-product of metropolitan growth. Walter Benjamin brought the flaneur to the consideration of the twentieth-century philosophical thought by choosing the figure as his conceptual persona. The goal of this work is to answer the question “who is the flaneur?” in an expansive way, tracing this figure’s conceptual life from its origins, through the flaneur’s role in Benjamin’s thought, to its contemporary state of being dispersed into the multitude. Building on the works of Benjamin, Charles Baudelaire, Henri Bergson, Georg Simmel, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Patrick Keiller, Julia Kristeva, A. Kiarina Kordela, Paulo Virno, Tiqqun and others, the flaneur serves as a prism to critically viewing contemporary phenomena. The scope of this work encompasses the prevalence of metropolitan life and experience, disintegration of authenticity and exceptionality, rapid production and appropriation of the surplus by Capital, perception of time and duration, commodity fetishism, increasingly general attunements of alienation, anxiety and melancholy. While investigating the realities and conditons of contemporary existence, one can producitvely turn to the flaneur and his contemporary forms revolutionary qualities: potential for resistance and weakness for recuperation. / Flaneur (“vaikštinėtojas, bastūnas, dykinėtojas“) – estetinė ir istorinė figūra, atsiradusi XIX a. Paryžiuje kaip metropolio plėtros šalutinis produktas. Walteris Benjaminas iškėlė flaneur į XX a. filosofinę mintį, pasirinkdamas šią figūrą savo „konceptualiuoju personažu“. Šio darbo tikslas – išplėstai atsakyti į klausimą „kas yra flaneur?“, sekant šios figūros konceptualų kelią nuo kilmės, per jos vaidmenį Benjamino apmąstymuose, iki dabartinės flaneur būklės, kurioje jis yra išskydęs į daugybę kaip pastarosios bruožas. Remiantis W. Benjamino, Charles‘io Baudelaire‘o, Henri Bergsono, Georgo Simmelio, Gilles‘io Deleuze‘o ir Felixo Guattari, Patricko Keillerio, Julios Kristevos, A. Kiarinos Kordelios, Paulo Virno, Tiqqun ir kitų darbais, flaneur pasitarnauja prizme, per kurią kritiškai žvelgiama į šiuolaikinius reiškinius: gyvenimą ir patirtį metropolyje, autentiškumo ir išskirtinumo suirimą, Kapitalo vykdomą intensyvią pertekliaus gamybą ir nusavinimą, laiko ir trukmės suvokimą, prekinį fetišizmą, vis labiau visuotines susvetimėjimo, nerimo ir melancholijos nuotaikas. Tiriant šiuolaikinės egzistencijos realijas, nuolat grįžtama prie flaneur ir jo dabartinių formų revoliucinių ypatybių: būdingo potencialo pasipriešinimui ir silpnybės rekuperacijai.

The Roman de Thèbes and Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide are romances of an Anglo-Norman tradition, which were crafted during the second half of the 12th-century. The Roman de Thèbes, most probably created during the 1150s, is an anonymous reworking of Statius' first-century Thebaïd and relates the story of the battle between Greeks and Thebans, which breaks out because Oedipus' sons fight over their inherited lands. Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide, an Arthurian romance, was created in ca. 1170 and culminates with the coronation of Erec as the new king of his lands. Both of these texts therefore deal with questions of land inheritance and were, very significantly, written during important stages in Henry II's career, as it was during this time frame that Henry II (1133-1189) gained dominance in the British Isles as well as in western continental Europe. My thesis will discuss these works separately, devoting the subsequent section to the ekphrastic accounts featured in the Roman de Thèbes. This chapter will focus on mappa mundi and Amphiareus' chariot and will discuss how these moments mirror the ambitions of Henry II during the early stages of his reign. Moreover, the penultimate section will then move on to discuss the coronation scene featured in Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide, with a special emphasis on Erec's robe. This discussion will also examine how this scene mirrors the historical occurrences in of the late 1160s, during which time Henry tried to establish his authority in Brittanny. Ultimately, I will attempt to weave these moments together to provide a comprehensive reading of these ekphrastic accounts.

A report on social consequences of neoliberal trade policies and the commodification of food, and the international efforts of small farmers to counteract the worst of these consequences. Social justice movements like fair trade and local food have emerged with the aim to expose the direct impacts on food producers. These movements co-exist while achieving their respective and mutual goals. Themes explored are: the fight against neoliberal globalization and mainstream trade, labour practices (workers' rights, fair wages, safe work environments,) sustainability (environmental practices, food security,) community and economic development and consumer awareness of aforementioned issues. Although these are global issues, close attention is paid to recent mobilization efforts in Canada and Manitoba among small food producers, farmers’ unions and related non-government organizations.

A report on social consequences of neoliberal trade policies and the commodification of food, and the international efforts of small farmers to counteract the worst of these consequences. Social justice movements like fair trade and local food have emerged with the aim to expose the direct impacts on food producers. These movements co-exist while achieving their respective and mutual goals. Themes explored are: the fight against neoliberal globalization and mainstream trade, labour practices (workers' rights, fair wages, safe work environments,) sustainability (environmental practices, food security,) community and economic development and consumer awareness of aforementioned issues. Although these are global issues, close attention is paid to recent mobilization efforts in Canada and Manitoba among small food producers, farmers’ unions and related non-government organizations.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Communication, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-51).

Submitted by Yheda Maria de Lanes Gaioli null (dedaloukinha@hotmail.com) on 2018-02-21T16:48:31Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO YHEDA.pdf: 1040110 bytes, checksum: 7945cb090222d1c2f8b6a0909ec72df0 (MD5) / Submitted by Yheda Maria de Lanes Gaioli null (dedaloukinha@hotmail.com) on 2018-02-22T19:46:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO YHEDA.pdf: 1040110 bytes, checksum: 7945cb090222d1c2f8b6a0909ec72df0 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Andreia Beatriz Pereira null (andreia.beatriz@franca.unesp.br) on 2018-02-26T19:27:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Gaioli_YML_me_fran.pdf: 1040110 bytes, checksum: 7945cb090222d1c2f8b6a0909ec72df0 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-26T19:27:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Gaioli_YML_me_fran.pdf: 1040110 bytes, checksum: 7945cb090222d1c2f8b6a0909ec72df0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-27 / A dissertação tem como objetivo trazer uma análise acerca da categoria marxiana de fetichismo da mercadoria, enquanto crítica acerca da dinâmica do modo de produção capitalista, descrito por Marx com ênfase em O Capital. O estudo realizado busca uma análise acerca do desenvolvimento do fenômeno no atual estágio de acumulação capitalista bem como, seus rebatimentos às relações sociais entre pessoas. Partindo do acúmulo teórico já adquirido acerca da temática, através de pesquisa bibliográfica, defendo que no capitalismo não existe a possibilidade de que as pessoas tenham uma vida plena porque suas relações são transformadas. Para tanto, seria necessário pensarmos em outra forma de sociabilidade. Por isso, a dissertação busca trazer também a discussão acerca dos limites da ordem burguesa e a possibilidade história de superação. Neste sentido, tendo como pressuposto a analise marxiana de que os homens fazem historia, mas não como querem e sim sob as circunstâncias que lhes foram postas, na primeira parte trazemos elementos para se pensar a consolidação da sociedade burguesa e a importância da teoria no entendimento da realidade da qual somos partes atuantes. Na segunda parte, descrevemos o fetichismo da mercadoria enquanto resultado da sociedade capitalista, bem como um recente desdobramento do fenômeno, o fetichismo das imagens, analisando os rebatimentos desse fenômeno na realidade social. Por fim, discutimos os limites impostos pela sociedade capitalista à emancipação humana e dinâmica entre essência e aparência que se não entendida como totalidade, contribuem para o processo de falseamento da realidade. / The dissertation aims to bring an analysis of the marxian category of commodity fetishism as a critique of the dynamics of the capitalist mode of production described with emphasis by Marx in The Capital. The study seeks to analyze the development of the phenomenon in the current stage of capitalist accumulation as well as its refutations to social relations between people. Starting from the theoretical accumulation already acquired on the theme, through bibliographical research, I argue that in capitalism there is no possibility that people have a full life because their relationships are transformed. For that, it would be necessary to think of another form of sociability. Therefore, the dissertation seeks to bring also the discussion about the limits of the bourgeois order and its possibility of overcoming. In this sense, starting the Marxian analysis that men make history, not as they want, but under the circumstances that are put to them, in the first part we bring elements to think about the consolidation of bourgeois society and the importance of theory in understanding of the reality of which we are acting parties. In the second part we describe the fetishism of the commodity as a result of capitalist society, as well as a recent unfolding of the phenomenon, the fetishism of images, analyzing the refutations of this phenomenon in social reality. Finally, we discuss the limits imposed by capitalist society to human emancipation and the dynamics between essence and appearance, which, if not understood as totality, contributes to the process of falsifying reality.