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Full text linkThe Lineage of Language: The Minds of Hamann, Benjamin, and Heidegger
Language, an essential part of human existence, is in its ubiquity almost impossible to define. This aspect of life, nearly absurd to confine into a simple definition, is crucial to the human understanding of being itself. The question of the origin of language began in the late 18th century with the German-language philosopher, Johann Georg Hamann, who criticized the Enlightenment for its reliance on reason alone. The notion that human existence, and therefore language can be grasped into a mere rational approach was similarly rejected by language philosopher Walter Benjamin. The philosophical lineage of the understanding of language continues with philosopher Martin Heidegger who, in his work, recognized the ambiguities and role of language within human existence. In my thesis, I will look to the work of three important German language philosophers, whose work on language attempts to understand it not as a simple “tool,” but as the possibility of being itself.
Within the writing of J.G. Hamann, Aesthetica in Nuce: A Rhapsody in Cabbalistic Prose, and Julia G. Assaiante’s work, Body Language: Corporeality, Subjectivity, and Language in Johann Georg Hamann, I will review Hamann’s understanding of language as a translation from a divine language of creation to human language. The view of language as a divine translation paves the path for Walter Benjamin. In his work, The Task of the Translator, On Language as Such and on the Language of Man, and Lament and Pure Language: Scholem, Benjamin and Kant, Benjamin’s understanding of a divine, or rather ‘pure’ language is delineated. Martin Heidegger throughout his work, Language, Poetry, Thought, depicts language as a mode through which beings are revealed to the world. Language, therefore, similarly to the insights of Hamann and Benjamin, cannot be restricted to a rational understanding.
Through the complex lineage of language which was traced by the three German language philosophers, Hamann, Benjamin, and Heidegger, one will understand language, in its true essence, as ambiguously entangled within being itself
Le démantèlement d’une mémoire partielle : Utiliser la fiction pour exposer les vérités de l’esclavage et du racisme anti-noir en France
No full textSpending Money in the Neighborhood? Trinity College, the Hartford Economy, and The Spending Habits of College Students
Full text linkWhat is the Deal with Federal Student Loans?
Full text linkStudent loan debt is in the trillions. So why aren\u27t Americans more mad about that? This thesis explores the how the submerged nature of student loan policy shapes the politics around it. Suzanne Mettler suggest that federal student loan policy is part of the submerged state where Americans do not see the role of government within the student loan program. However, I argue that this is not that reason. I argue and show through an original survey that the role of federal student loan servicers is actually what is hidden about federal student loan policy. And that revealing the role of federal student loan servicers to survey respondents has actually resulted in their changing perspective on student loan policy in general and the role of federal student loan servicers
Altered Sensitivity to Cocaine in Adolescent Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats, A Rodent Model of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Full text linkAdolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at greater risk for psychostimulant abuse compared to those without ADHD. This may be due to alterations in the mesolimbocortical dopamine system; indeed, psychostimulant-induced dopamine release is greater in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs; a rodent model of ADHD) compared to controls. Here, we sought to determine the extent to which neurobehavioral responses to cocaine are altered in adolescent SHRs. To begin to address this question, adolescent male and female SHRs and Sprague Dawley (SD; a reference strain) rats were first assessed for behavioural signs of ADHD, including inattention (Y-maze test) and hyperactivity (open-field test). Rats also underwent behavioural sensitization to cocaine (BSC) testing, which involved repeated cocaine (10 mg/kg) or saline (1mL/kg) injections and subsequent locomotor testing. Finally, immunohistochemistry for cFos was performed to evaluate the neural response to cocaine. We found that female SHRs exhibited enhanced BSC compared to female SD controls, whereas in males, SHRs exhibited decreased BSC compared to SD controls. Quantification of cFos expression is underway. These findings indicate that adolescent females with ADHD may be at an increased risk of developing substance use disorders to psychostimulant drugs like cocaine
Australasian Lophothamnion J.Agardh aligns genetically with Pleonosporium Nägeli (Wrangeliaceae, Spongoclonieae): new species from the western Atlantic
Full text linkDuring a genetic analysis of western Atlantic Wrangeliaceae J.Agardh, specimens closely related to the generitype of Lophothamnion J.Agardh fell into a clade including the generitype of the earlier described Pleonosporium Nägeli, causing us to subsume the former genus. Two new species are described, P. novae-angliae G.W.Saunders & C.W.Schneider, sp. nov. for specimens from southern New England and New York, United States, formerly identified there as P. borreri (Smith) Nägeli, and P. ricksearlesii C.W.Schneider & G.W.Saunders, sp. nov. from Bermuda. The relationship of Pleonosporium with its sister genus Spongoclonium Sonder is discussed with the transfer of Spongoclonium australicum Womersley to Pleonosporium
Oysters in a Half Shell: An Environmental History of Fishing in Shenzhen from 1960-2010
Full text linkAs the most rapidly urbanized city in the world, Shenzhen’s history contains potential case studies of human-nature relationships. This thesis discusses the environmental history in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China from 1960 to 2010 from the perspective of the oyster industry. The study invokes the existing research about the industrial, cultural and urban planning history of Shenzhen in the last 40 years and discusses the environmental impact on marine ecology and oyster industry in Shenzhen. This thesis aims to explain the impact of Chinese environmental policies at the regional level and understand the influence on vulnerable communities and policymakers. This thesis examines the two major oyster recessions from 1960 to 2010 and analyzes the cause and effect to discuss greater implications of Chinese modern environmental policy and historical trends from these micro cases. This thesis also discusses the oyster history from Shenzhen’s side, which can be supplementary research to many Hong Kong oyster historians
Greenbrier
Full text linkThis thesis is the first sixty pages of a horror novel set in the Pacific Northwest. It attempts to navigate the liminal space between monstrosity and humanity. The narrative centers on fourteen-year-old Wren as she encounters a strange new boy, investigates her father\u27s disappearance, and attempts to solve the abductions that plague her home
Psicoanálisis y cambios políticos en el teatro argentino de la segunda mitad del siglo XX: Eduardo Pavlovsky y Griselda Gambaro
No full textThis paper explores the use of psychodrama as a technique in Argeninian theater by Eduardo Pavlovksy and Griselda Gambaro, as well as interpretations of the following plays through a psychoanalytical lens: El campo (1967) y La malasangre (1982) de Gambaro y El señor Galíndez (1972) y Telarañas (1976) de Pavlovsky. Each of these plays was written during a dark period of Argentine history between the years 1966-1983 during which a series of military regimes took power of the country, eventually leading to the Dirty War. The deaths and disappearances of over 30,000 individuals who spoke against the government forever changed Argentina, which can be seen in the content of the works of Pavlovsky and Gambaro. These four plays utilize psychologically haunting techniques to disentangle the emotional fallout of this period, especially due to instability, displacement, and death