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Review of Fear and Fortune
Get PDFMette High’s Fear and Fortune is an anthropological text which explores how Mongolians in Uyanga adapt to and navigate the artisanal mining (ninja mining) as a viable and preferred way of life to herding. Fraught with issues of pollution (as a social ordering concept) and morality, ninja mining and gold money carries with it great risk of misfortune. With an extended fieldwork spanning two-and-a-half years, High unpacks how the cosmoeconomy of the Mongolian gold rush in Uyanga challenges conventional ideas of economics, exchange, money, and morality
“British Gods: Religion in Modern Britain” by Steve Bruce
No full textReview of Steve Bruce, British Gods: Religion in Modern Britain (Oxford: OUP, 2020), pp. xvi + 282, ISBN 978-0198854111. £25.0
Review of Les Travaux d’Hercule ou la Rocambole de la Fouterie by anonymous published in 1790
Get PDFLabelled as pornographic in the late 18th century, obscene erotic texts and representations unveiled societal cultural taboos, forbidden desires and intimate thoughts of the people of their time. The narrative built around these sexual fantasies can, therefore, be understood as a carrier of collective representations, conscious or unconscious. The plethora of erotic texts produced during the French Revolution can, thus, be interpreted as symbolic of the political turmoil and social upheaval happening at the time
‘With Respect to sex: negotiating hijra identity in South India’: Gayatri Reddy Book Review
Get PDFIn 1996, anthropologist Gayatri Reddy conducted an intensive study of a group of hijras in the South Indian twin cities Hyderabad and Secunderabad through participant observation. Several years later, in 2005, Reddy published her experiences and analysis of the life of the hijras as an outstanding and insightful ethnographic account titled With Respect to Sex: negotiating hijra identity in South India
On the Difference Between Episodic and Autobiographical Memories
Get PDFIs there a difference between recollecting episodes from the past and recalling autobiographically? Both in the philosophical and psychological literature, it does not seem that there is a consensus on whether autobiographical memories should be considered as a metaphysically equivalent concept to episodic memories or a different category of memory entirely. In this article, I give reasons to believe that autobiographical memories do not relate to the recollection of past episodes since they do not have an associated subjective experience and the consequential experience of mental time travel. Autobiographical memories, I argue, are presented as a narrative that is constructed propositionally, thus differing substantially from episodic memory in its subjective property, the reference to the self, and the content in which each one is grounded. To do so, first I use data from the psychological literature on amnesic patients as evidence for both the difference in phenomenology and content. And second, I use insights from recent philosophical literature on memory and the self, to defend that what is referred here as “autobiographical memory” is indeed a different kind of memory that differs substantially from episodic memory and slightly from semantic memory.\footnote{I would like to thank César Schirmer dos Santos for his comments on previous versions of this paper, as well as Eduardo Vicentini de Medeiros for some insightful discussions about the topic
The Weaponization of Syria\u27s Reconstruction: A Preliminary Sketch
Get PDFIt is indeed instructive that discussions of reconstruction often fail to provide a definition, or at the very least a general explanation, of what exactly they mean by the term. The assumption appears to be that the term is so readily understood to not require an explanation. Another common characteristic of such discussions is a preoccupation with how international, regional and national players are attempting to advance, or undermine, reconstruction. The focus on how various parties are interacting with a process, however, should not be confused, as often is the case, with a focus on the actual process. While the former is consumed with context, the latter attempts to shed light on agency. To focus on agency is to invariably focus on yet another conspicuously neglected subject, the actual communities that have been the victim of partial or wholescale destruction. Not only do discussions of Syria’s reconstruction generally remain loyal to these shortcomings, they additionally reflect a very determined attempt to weaponize the idea of reconstruction in various ways and towards various ends
The Theologian Who is Homeless: How People Who Are Homeless Can Contribute To Spiritual Growth At Their Parish Church
Get PDFThe Case Against Rudolf Nureyev: A Legal Case Study of the KGB’s Pursuits against Defectors
Get PDFThis article will investigate the legal investigation against Rudolf Nureyev that led to his defection, as well as the legal limitations placed upon him by the USSR after permanently settling in the West. It will also track the legal pursuit of restrictions against the dancer by the KGB that lasted for almost his entire life
Law and the Quest for Autonomy in the Western Tradition
Get PDFThis paper shall focus on the evolving features of autonomy and normativity in Western societies. The autonomy of Law as a product of deliberate will, regardless of other metaphysical or scientific considerations, is perpetually questioned in modern discussions of legality