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Per una fenomenologia dell'immaginazione. Una rilettura di Merleau-Ponty = For a phenomenology of imagination. A rereading of Merleau-Ponty
No full textThis work explores the role of the imaginary in shaping how the I orients itself in the world. Drawing on Merleau-Ponty, neuroscience (notably D.J. Siegel), and Lacanian psychology, it defines the imaginary as part of the Real-a woven structure of meaning and possibility. The I is formed within this space, returning to the world as both sensing and sensed, embodying a dynamic chiasm. The study frames life as presence and absence, rooted in a transcendent yet immanent alterity. The imaginary, likened to space-time curvature, expands the I's ontological creativity. Identity is no longer fixed, but emerges through choices, expressing a unique, ever-becoming self
Inclusion and demarcation. The corona-pandemic as a border-/boundary marker in North Macedonia
Get PDFThe corona-pandemic has reminded us of territorial borders, i.e., national borders throughout the world. Moreover, surprisingly, these very borders have emerged as successful tools for hindering the spread of the virus. In many cases, the coronavirus “stopped” at national borders due to the massive closures targeting, especially migrants, as they were seen as potential carriers and transmission risk factors. This article concerns this context intending to expose the border-/boundary-behavior in North Macedonia. Drawing upon the pandemic, it aims to challenge the frequent statements by politicians from Germany and the US on how the virus knows no borders. By paying attention to a southeastern european region, the article intends to show how the spread of the virus/disease reveals multiple borders and boundaries in the country, and the present-day world
Didactic proposal for teaching English as a Foreign Language through the critical analysis of representations of gender and sexuality in Disney films
Get PDFThe Walt Disney Company is the world’s largest youth entertainment corporation. Its market share has made it one of the most significant ideological apparatuses in teen media today. This paper presents a didactic proposal for teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) that invites students to reconsider feminist and LGBTIQ+ concepts through two Disney films: The Little Mermaid(1989) and Frozen (2013). Youth should consider that many gender biases need to be reconstructed. Addressing this reality in the classroom would create an inclusive environment for all students, as advocated by Ley Orgánica de Modificación de la Ley Orgánica de Educación (LOMLOE) (32/2022, 33/2022) from Spain. This didactic proposal focuses on memorable songs of each film: “Poor Unfortunate Souls” (Carroll 1989), and “Let It Go” (Menzel 2013), respectively. In addition to working on linguistic (Chomsky 1965) and communicative skills (Hymes 1972; Canale, Swain 1980), this didactic proposal aims to reinforce critical reflection and social and ethical skills through a critical analysis of cisheteronormativity in which a queer re-reading (Butler 1999, 2011) of these two films will be proposed. Students will also practice and reinforce their critical and reflective spirit through productive activities, as the didactic proposal is designed based on Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT). Thus, and following the LOMLOE (33/2022), this work would promote gender equality, and the inclusion of all pupils and their rights. Moreover, it would offer an attractive and comprehensive educational process to pupils, due to the practice of digital competence and the treatment of civic, moral, and ethical values that would allow the consolidation of oral and written skills in EFL, always taking into account the current social context
Cartografías corporales en tránsito: Deseo e insumisión en Néstor Perlongher
Get PDFIn Néstor Perlongher. Por una política sexual (2015), Javier Gasparri highlights certain aspects of Perlongher’s writing, among them the gesture of “[...] arrebatar la hegemonía que ostenta la ‘moral y las buenas costumbres’ sobre la sexualidad, en complicidad con el Estado que las codifica y regula [...]”. Thus, discussing sexual politics in Néstor Perlongher's work means exploring insubordinate paths. This analysis proposes a reading and discussion of some of the reflections developed by the Argentine writer, particularly in O Negócio do Michê: a prostituição viril na cidade de São Paulo (1987) and Prosa plebeya: ensayos (1980-1992). In these texts, the rebellious movements of his writing are revealed, through which the Argentine seeks to subvert the perverse mechanisms of domination and the capture of desire perpetrated by the State. The different ways in which desire is contained are analyzed, as well as the writer’s attempts to chart a possible map of the various relationships that arise within the context of male prostitution
The Rhetoric of Imperial Orders: Napoleon Bonaparte, his family and their dream of the reconquest of Haiti
Get PDFThe impact of Napoleon’s invasion of Haiti had far reaching consequences for colonial history. It was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase by the United States in 1803 and the first successful slave uprising in the colonial New World. The failure of Napoleon’s campaign illustrated the weakness of his military strategies but also his dynastic claims that supported them. By engaging his brother-in-law, Emanuel Leclerc, Napoleon lost France’s most important Caribbean and North American territories. His presumed dynastic superiority was an echo of his claim to European white superiority over the rights of native and Afro cultures that was overturned for the first time in the history of colonial slavery. An examination of the roles of his family in this colonial catastrophe demonstrates the extent to which their claims to dynastic and European superiority dominated their racist social and political rhetoric which inspired their campaign to reclaim Haiti. Napoleon Bonaparte and his family participated in the mission to reconquer Haiti after its governor, Toussaint Louverture, declared its independence in 1801 by drawing up a new constitution. In response, Napoleon organized an invasion led by his sister, Pauline’s husband, General Emmanuel Leclerc in 1802. Napoleon’s rhetoric established a theater of imperial conquest and revoked both French Republic’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and Toussaint’s Haitian Constitution. Napoleon’s desire to reconquer Haiti was also inspired by his wife, Josephine’s creole identify and fantasy of plantation wealth she enjoyed as a child in Martinique. This fantasy of an elite plantation society was enjoyed again by Pauline in Haiti where she organized elaborate soirees for its upper echelons before the death of Leclerc from yellow fever. The rhetoric of social imperialism was practiced at her parties by her guests and reinforced the resurgence of the French colonial empire. The rhetoric of republicanism was sacrificed to the grandeur and culture of imperialism and colonialism by Napoleon and his family who sought to uphold his emerging empire and dynasty
