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Poétique d’Hélène Dorion dans Les murs de la grotte : soi, le monde, l’univers et cette "parfaite géométrie"
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Get PDFKaha Mohamed Aden’s collection of short stories, Fra-intendimenti, was published in 2010 by
Nottetempo. As Alessandra Marino points out, this title “introduces the central theme of the
precariousness of intercultural communication as a border practice. The deconstruction of the Italian
word fraintendimenti, literally meaning ‘misunderstandings’, refers both to the migrants’ condition of
living in-between (fra) languages and discourses (intendimenti), and to the risk of failure that is
embedded in the exercise of cultural negotiation” (Rev. of Fra-intendimenti by Kaha Mohamed Aden,
Anglistica, 15. 1, 2011: 139)
The English cathedrals since 1945
No full textA short article contributed to the DVD-ROM 'The English Parish Church'. It surveys the development of the English cathedrals from the Second World War to the present
Change and continuity in American Grand Strategy: a comparative analysis of the Clinton and Bush foreign policy doctrines
No full textA dissertation submitted in part-fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of M.Sc. in United States Foreign Policy, Institute for the Study of the Americas, 2007-8
Judges, commerce and contract law
No full textJohn Gava, Reader at Adelaide Law School, considers the question how should judges decide commercial cases, in particular, contract cases? He looks at the circumstances and impact of the use of contract law, with attention on common law contract and market needs. Published in Amicus Curiae – Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by SALS at the IALS (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London)
The First of the Moderns or the Last of the Ancients? Bernardino Telesio on Nature and Sentience
No full textBernardino Telesio’s philosophy of nature marked a momentous change in the philosophical panorama of late Renaissance. By redefining the notion of sentience (sensus) as the ability, inherent in the two principle forces of the universe (heat and cold), to react and adapt to a reality in constant change, Telesio championed a view of nature and man that radically departed from the principles of Aristotle’s natural philosophy. In developing his new notion of sentience, Telesio insisted on the aspects of receptivity and awareness. Through the first, he stressed the primary role of pneumatic matter (spiritus), understood as a thin, supple and swift vehicle capable of accounting for all material changes in the universe ; through the second, he raised the property of self-perception to the level of a universal natural property. This allowed him to replace the key Aristotelian concept of unintentional teleology with the idea of a self-organising power inherent in nature and to endow the material spirit with the ability to feel and react to all phenomena occurring in the universe (spiritus omniscius omnino). By relying on subtly discerning tendencies of pursuit and avoidance, Telesio’s spirit was thus capable of preserving life at all levels, both higher and lower, physical and ethical
The Mapuche movement and the state: indigenous rights in 21st century Chile
No full textA dissertation submitted in part-fulfilment of the requirements of the M.Sc. in Globalisation and Latin American Development, Institute for the Study of the Americas, 2008. Some images included in the original thesis have been withheld
In what ways and to what intent can 'Dansons' by Zoulikha Bouabdellah be considered an expression of Franco-Algerian cultural memory ?
No full textA thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the MA in Cultural Memory, Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, 2009