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Mezi Nostalgií a Pragmatismem: 'Hraniční Trilogie' Cormaca McCarthyho. / Between Nostalgia and Pragmatism: Cormac McCarthy's 'Border Trilogy.'Polívka, Zdeněk January 2019 (has links)
THESIS ABSTRACT This thesis deals with the problematics and the role of American frontier and American West in Cormac McCarthy's border trilogy consisting of All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994) and Cities of the Plain (1999). The reading proper focuses mainly on the second novel of the trilogy, making frequent references to both the other two volumes of the trilogy and to Blood Meridian (1985), a novel directly preceding the trilogy itself. The main goal of the thesis is to demonstrate that the trilogy not only critically engages with the American nationalist ideology represented by a nostalgically conceptualized myths of the American frontier, but that it also offers its own alternative vision of the concept of the frontier and of American national identity. The thesis further claims that McCarthy's critical approach to the mythical representations of the American history bears strong resemblance to the philosophy of American pragmatism as defined by a French philosopher Giles Deleuze in his works dedicated to American thinking and culture. In his pragmatic view of American identity the frontier ceases to function in its traditional, nationalistic sense as a line of separation that divides the social and political space into binary categories, and instead it is understood as an open and...
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Gallery 66: Selling the SouthwestRomano, Cara L. January 2007 (has links)
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From rags to riches: creating your own destiny – a journey into the unknownKnobel, Daniël Pieter 02 1900 (has links)
Text in English / The aim of the current study is to provide detailed information regarding individuals’ turning-point experiences, in order to understand the psychological and spiritual aspects involved in moving beyond a significant low point towards a significant high point in one’s life. It seems that inadequate information regarding formal studies about this phenomenon exists in literature, which this study endeavours to address. Thereby, a qualitative phenomenological study was conducted amongst nineteen South African citizens, who were purposefully and conveniently selected from the diverse population of South Africa. Individual participants confirmed that they had experienced significant low points from which they had been able to move to reach a significant high point.
Through interviews, River-of-life (RoL) drawings and a short background information
questionnaire (SBIQ), participants were able to provide information on their experiences. The participants’ stories, obtained during the interviews, were transcribed, and then triangulated with information obtained from the RoL drawings, completed SBIQ’s, researcher notes and other additional sources, during the analysis phase. Thematic analysis was performed on individuals’ stories to obtain the research participants’ themes, which provided the aspects involved in their turning-point experiences. In-depth analysis of all participants’ stories produced a theme-model consisting of main and unique themes. Unique themes identified by the study supported the main themes. Themes highlighted through the study included minding oneself, support from and to, doing something, religion/faith in God, positive attitude and meaning. The positive psychology
theoretical framework was applied in interpreting the findings. This study suggests that a
combination of themes is relevant in one’s ability to move beyond a low point experience towards a high point experience. The application of the theme-model could assist others in similar situations to create change or a turning-point experience in order to move away from or transcend a low point. The study was linked to the subjective measuring of Quality of Life (QOL). It is recommended that more subjective indicators of QOL, including spirituality indicators, be investigated. While this study focussed on the internal influences affecting change in a person’s life towards fulfilment, further studies may investigate the external influences. / Psychology / Ph. D. (Psychology)
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Sob a máscara de Dioniso: a filosofia de Camus em O Estrangeiro e A Morte feliz. / Under the mask of Dionysos: the philosophy of Camus in LÉtranger and La mort heureuse.Daniel Silva de Malafaia 21 January 2009 (has links)
Assim como Sócrates representa a filosofia de Platão em seus diálogos e Zaratustra encarna os conceitos da filosofia nietzschiana, também o Meursault de Albert Camus é um avatar para sua filosofia. No eterno presente de Meursault, na terna indiferença de seu amor e abertura ao mundo e ao destino, estão encarnados os principais conceitos da filosofia camusiana. Na obra de Camus, a tragédia do protagonista de O Estrangeiro e sua postura diante do tempo, do mundo e do destino têm sua raiz na tragédia do Mersault de A Morte Feliz e, em última análise, na tragédia do inválido Zagreus: na morte do inválido Zagreus de A Morte Feliz está a tragédia original do Mersault de A Morte Feliz e do Meursault de O Estrangeiro. E Camus não deu o nome de Zagreus a esta personagem por acaso. Na tragédia do inválido Zagreus de A Morte Feliz e na tragédia dos protagonistas de A Morte Feliz e O Estrangeiro, Camus fez referência ao mito de Dioniso Zagreus. Nesta dissertação, mostraremos que a origem da filosofia de Camus em O Estrangeiro e A Morte Feliz está no mito de Dioniso Zagreus e, mais precisamente, no mito de Dioniso Zagreus segundo o interpretou Nietzsche. No conceito de dionisíaco em O Nascimento da Tragédia e nos correlatos conceitos nietzschianos de amor fati e eterno retorno, encontramos o lugar de gênese dos conceitos camusianos de eterno presente, terna indiferença, amor ao destino, amor ao mundo e abertura ao mundo na Tradição Filosófica, encarnados na figura dos protagonistas de O Estrangeiro e A Morte Feliz. Na filosofia de Nietzsche, encontramos a principal influência de Camus para a criação de sua filosofia em O Estrangeiro e A Morte Feliz. / Just as Socrates represents the philosophy of Plato in his dialogues and Zarathustra embodies the concepts of the nietzschian philosophy, the Meursault of Albert Camus is an avatar for his philosophy. In the eternal present of Meursault, in the tendre indifférence of his love and opening towards the world and towards his destiny, the main concepts of the camusian philosophy are depicted. In the works of Camus, the tragedy of Meursault in LÉtranger is originally in the tragedy of the Mersault in La Mort Heureuse, and moreover, in the tragedy of the crippled Zagreus: in the death of the crippled Zagreus in La Mort Heureuse and in the final tragedies of La Mort Heureuse and LÉtranger, Camus referred to the myth of Dionysos Zagreus. In this dissertation, we shall indicate the origin of the philosophy of Camus in LÉtranger and La Mort Heureuse; we shall indicate its origin in the myth of Dionysos Zagreus and, more precisely, in Nietzsches interpretation of that myth. In the nietzschian concept of dionysian and in the related nietzschian concepts of amor fati and eternal recurrence, we have found the main influence in the genesis of the camusian concepts of eternal present, tendre indifférence, love of destiny, love of the world and opening towards the world, all embodied in the Meursault of LÉtranger and in the Mersault of La Mort Heureuse. In the philosophy of Nietzsche, we have found Camus main influence for the creation of his philosophy in LÉtranger and La Mort Heureuse.
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Sob a máscara de Dioniso: a filosofia de Camus em O Estrangeiro e A Morte feliz. / Under the mask of Dionysos: the philosophy of Camus in LÉtranger and La mort heureuse.Daniel Silva de Malafaia 21 January 2009 (has links)
Assim como Sócrates representa a filosofia de Platão em seus diálogos e Zaratustra encarna os conceitos da filosofia nietzschiana, também o Meursault de Albert Camus é um avatar para sua filosofia. No eterno presente de Meursault, na terna indiferença de seu amor e abertura ao mundo e ao destino, estão encarnados os principais conceitos da filosofia camusiana. Na obra de Camus, a tragédia do protagonista de O Estrangeiro e sua postura diante do tempo, do mundo e do destino têm sua raiz na tragédia do Mersault de A Morte Feliz e, em última análise, na tragédia do inválido Zagreus: na morte do inválido Zagreus de A Morte Feliz está a tragédia original do Mersault de A Morte Feliz e do Meursault de O Estrangeiro. E Camus não deu o nome de Zagreus a esta personagem por acaso. Na tragédia do inválido Zagreus de A Morte Feliz e na tragédia dos protagonistas de A Morte Feliz e O Estrangeiro, Camus fez referência ao mito de Dioniso Zagreus. Nesta dissertação, mostraremos que a origem da filosofia de Camus em O Estrangeiro e A Morte Feliz está no mito de Dioniso Zagreus e, mais precisamente, no mito de Dioniso Zagreus segundo o interpretou Nietzsche. No conceito de dionisíaco em O Nascimento da Tragédia e nos correlatos conceitos nietzschianos de amor fati e eterno retorno, encontramos o lugar de gênese dos conceitos camusianos de eterno presente, terna indiferença, amor ao destino, amor ao mundo e abertura ao mundo na Tradição Filosófica, encarnados na figura dos protagonistas de O Estrangeiro e A Morte Feliz. Na filosofia de Nietzsche, encontramos a principal influência de Camus para a criação de sua filosofia em O Estrangeiro e A Morte Feliz. / Just as Socrates represents the philosophy of Plato in his dialogues and Zarathustra embodies the concepts of the nietzschian philosophy, the Meursault of Albert Camus is an avatar for his philosophy. In the eternal present of Meursault, in the tendre indifférence of his love and opening towards the world and towards his destiny, the main concepts of the camusian philosophy are depicted. In the works of Camus, the tragedy of Meursault in LÉtranger is originally in the tragedy of the Mersault in La Mort Heureuse, and moreover, in the tragedy of the crippled Zagreus: in the death of the crippled Zagreus in La Mort Heureuse and in the final tragedies of La Mort Heureuse and LÉtranger, Camus referred to the myth of Dionysos Zagreus. In this dissertation, we shall indicate the origin of the philosophy of Camus in LÉtranger and La Mort Heureuse; we shall indicate its origin in the myth of Dionysos Zagreus and, more precisely, in Nietzsches interpretation of that myth. In the nietzschian concept of dionysian and in the related nietzschian concepts of amor fati and eternal recurrence, we have found the main influence in the genesis of the camusian concepts of eternal present, tendre indifférence, love of destiny, love of the world and opening towards the world, all embodied in the Meursault of LÉtranger and in the Mersault of La Mort Heureuse. In the philosophy of Nietzsche, we have found Camus main influence for the creation of his philosophy in LÉtranger and La Mort Heureuse.
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Deux générations d’écrivaines africaines. Les femmes qui se conforment aux normes et les femmes qui font du bruit. Mariama Bâ et Calixthe Beyala. / Two generations of African writers: Women who conform to norms, and women who make noise. Mariama Bâ and Calixthe Beyala.Nilsson, Birgitta January 2014 (has links)
The title of this paper is "Two generations of African writers: Women who conform to norms, and women who make noise. Mariama Bâ and Calixthe Beyala”. In this study we analyze two novels, Une si longue lettre by Mariama Bâ (1979) and Assèze l’Africaine by Calixthe Beyala (1994). We examine the similarities and differences in expression, style and themes. Our objective is to determine whether Bâ and Beyala are representing two different groups of African female writers. We have combined a postcolonial approach with a comparative method. Our hypothesis is that the two novels stand in contrast to each other through differences in themes and styles. In order to test this hypothesis we use previous research. Our analysis shows that the work of Bâ has a sober and refined style of writing. Bâ is raising awareness of the situation of women, without deviating from social norms, choosing themes such as polygamy, sisterhood and the value of education. In the work of Beyala we see a more pronounced political criticism, in a bolder and more agitating style of writing. Our conclusion is that the two novels are strongly differentiated through themes and styles. Bâ and Beyala belong to two different generations of female French-speaking African authors.
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Étude lexicale et anthropologique de la mort à partir des textes suméro-akkadiens (fin IIIème-Ier millénaire av. J.-C.) / A lexical and anthropological study of death in Sumerian and Akkadian texts (late 3rd to 1st Millennium BC)Muller, Virginie 12 November 2015 (has links)
Les sources textuelles sumériennes et akkadiennes sont à la base de ce travail. Il offre une enquête sur le thème de la mort, à partir d’une analyse lexicale du champ sémantique de la mort, ainsi que des différents termes, expressions et euphémismes utilisés pour désigner le fait de mourir. La totalité des genres littéraires attestés sont donc pris en compte, notamment les textes divinatoires, les inscriptions royales, les textes de lois… L’objectif est tout d’abord de constituer un corpus le plus exhaustif possible, qui jusqu’ici n’était pas disponible, en étudiant de façon systématique les données. Mais l’ambition est également d’analyser toute la terminologie et de réaliser une synthèse sur ce thème. Cette recherche porte donc sur la mort dans sa réalité concrète, notamment les différentes sortes de trépas, et les gestes afférents, comme les étapes du processus funéraire ou des cultes de commémoration. L’intérêt est également porté sur les différents sentiments ressentis face à la mort, aux valeurs et significations qui lui sont accordées, et aux utilisations de la mort par les vivants, notamment au travers d’une exploitation politique et sociale. / Sumerian and Akkadian texts provide the primary material for this study, which is a lexical analysis of the semantic field of death, and of terms, expressions and euphemisms used to refer to dying. All literary genres are examined, especially divinatory texts. The purpose is not only to bring together a corpus, which until now has not been available, by going through the texts systematically, but also to analyze all the terminology and to summarize the subject. This research concerns concrete aspects of death, especially the different ways in which Mesopotamians died and the acts that followed death, such as funerary practices and rites, and commemorative ceremony. We are also interested in different feelings, values, and uses attributed to death by the living, especially political or social.
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The best sin to commit : a theological strategy of Niebuhrian classical realism to challenge the Religious Right and neoconservative advancement of manifest destiny in American foreign policyCowan, David Fraser January 2013 (has links)
While few would deny America is the most powerful nation on earth, there is considerable debate, and controversy, over how America uses its foreign policy power. This is even truer since the “unipolar moment,” when America gained sole superpower status with the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War. In the Cold War Reinhold Niebuhr was the main theological voice speaking to American power. In the Unipolar world, the Religious right emerged as the main theological voice, but instead of seeking to curb American power the Religious right embraced Neoconservatism in what I will call “Totemic Conservatism” to support use of America's power in the world and to triumph Manifest destiny in American foreign policy, which is the notion that America is a chosen nation, and this legitimizes its use of power and underpins its moral claims. I critique the Niebuhrian and Religious right legacies, and offer a classical realist strategy for theology to speak to America power and foreign policy, which avoids the neoconservative and religious conservative error of totemism, while avoiding the jettisoning of Niebuhr's theology by political liberals, and, the political ghettoizing of theology by his chief critics. This strategy is based on embracing the understanding of classical realism, but not taking the next step, which both Niebuhr and neoconservativism ultimately do, of moving from a prescriptive to a predictive strategy for American foreign policy. In this thesis, I argue that in the wake of the unipolar moment the embrace of the Religious right of Neoconservatism to triumph Manifest destiny in American foreign policy is a problematic commingling of faith and politics, and what is needed instead is a strategy of speaking to power rooted in classical realism but one which refines Niebuhrian realism to avoid the risk of progressing a Constantinian theology.
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Romulus, Quirinus et Victoria : la construction d’un destin collectif à Rome entre 338 et 290 av. J.-C. / Romulus, Quirinus and Victoria : construction of a collective destiny in Rome between 338 and 290 B.C.Vé, Karlis 22 November 2014 (has links)
La période entre 338 et 290 av. J.-C. fut un tournant pour Rome, car elle vit la soumission des Latins et la défaite des Samnites, ce qui permit à l’Urbs de devenir la première puissance italique. On assista donc à l’avènement d’un impérialisme romain. Se pose alors la question de l’idéologie d’État de cette Rome en transition. Comme cette expansion fut accompagnée par la construction, à Rome, de dix nouveaux temples, souvent dédiés à des divinités nouvelles, et que toute divinité exprimait une idéologie, il nous a semblé possible de reconstituer, dans ses grands traits, cette idéologie d’État grâce aux nouvelles divinités et leurs sanctuaires. Nous avons donc choisi d’analyser deux nouveaux temples : celui de Quirinus et celui de Victoria. Le choix de Quirinus s’explique par le fait que ce dieu avait, on l’a montré, déjà été assimilé à Romulus ; quant à Victoria, on l’a choisie pour trois raisons : elle était une déesse de la victoire ; son temple fut élevé au-Dessus du Lupercal, au cœur même de la « Rome de Romulus » ; grâce aux fouilles de P. Pensabene, on peut reconstituer son sanctuaire. Puis, on a analysé les deux temples et leurs divinités à travers les concepts (cadre social de la mémoire, mémoire collective) issus de la sociologie de M. Halbwachs. On a ainsi constaté qu’à travers ces temples, l’élite dirigeante avait diffusé auprès du peuple une nouvelle identité collective affirmant le caractère exceptionnel de Rome et contenant l’idée d’une expansion illimitée de l’Urbs. Cette création d’une identité romaine impérialiste se fondant sur Romulus et la religion en général, on peut l’interpréter comme la construction d’un destin collectif pour Rome. / The period between 338 and 290 B.C. saw a sea change for Rome, because the subjugation of the Latins and the defeat of the Samnites allowed her to become the main italic power, and witnessed the advent of a roman imperialism. In this context arises the problem of the state ideology of this Rome in transition. As this expansion was accompanied by the construction of ten new temples in Rome, frequently consecrated to new deities, each of them expressing a specific ideology, we thought it possible to reconstruct the new state ideology through an analysis of the deities and shrines in question. So, for our study, we chose two new temples, those of Quirinus and of Victoria. Quirinus because of his assimilation to Romulus, Victoria because she was a deity of victory; her shrine was built above the Lupercal, at the heart of the “Rome of Romulus”; and because her temple can be reconstructed thanks to the excavations of P. Pensabene. Then we analyzed the two temples and their godheads through concepts (social frame of memory; collective memory) taken from the sociology of M. Halbwachs. In this way we came to the conclusion that, through these two shrines, the ruling élite had tried to communicate to the common people a new collective identity promoting the exceptionality of Rome and her unlimited powers of expansion. This construction of an imperialistic roman identity being based on Romulus and the religion in general, one can interpret it as construction of a collective destiny for Rome.
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