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The author as actor: a defense of Quentin Skinner
No full textIn this thesis, I defend Quentin Skinner's work against some criticisms raised by three of his interlocutors: John Keane, Kennet Minogue, and Joseph Femia. All three of these critics take issue with Skinner's author-centered approach to the historical interpretation of texts. Femia, invoking Roland Barthes 'death of the author' thesis, argues that Skinner's attempt to recover the intentions of authors is impossible. While Minogue and Keane do not dispute the possibility of recovering an author's intentions, they question the unity of such an enterprise. In order to answer Femia's criticism of Skinner, I draw an analogy between Skinner's figure of the author, and Arendt's figure of the political actor. I argue that just as it is possible for someone to know what a political actor is doing in performing a political act, it is similarly possible for an intellectual historian to understand what political acts an author was doing in writing his or her text. To refute Minogue's and Keane's claims that a Skinnerian approach to intellectual history is of no use to the political theorist, I point to three examples of how Skinner's recovery of forgotten political discourses have been applied to contemporary debates in political theory.Graduat
Drawing Sacred Forests and Courtyards in South Benin
No full texthttps://drawingmatter.org/drawing-sacred-forests-and-courtyards-in-south-benin/The following conversation between the editors of Accattone and Quentin Nicolaï was first published in Accattone 6 (2019). It documents research carried out by Quentin Nicolaï in Abomey, Benin, between January 2014 and June 2018.Drawing Matter would like to thank the author and the magazine’s editors for allowing us reproduce the essay on www.drawingmatter.org.info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublishe
Les auteurs
No full textMaria Bigday, docteure en science politique à l’Université de Strasbourg (SAGE) ; Isabelle Boucobza, professeure de droit à l’Université Paris-Ouest-Nanterre (CREDOF-CTAD) ; Larbi Chouikha, professeur de droit à l’Université de la Manouba (Tunisie) ; Quentin Deforge, doctorant en sociologie à l’Université Paris-Dauphine (IRISSO) ; Nicolas Fischer, chargé de recherche au CNRS (CESDIP, Université Versailles-Saint-Quentin) ; Clément Fontan, professeur de politiques économiques européennes à l’Un..
Features of auteur cinema in Quentin Tarantino's works
No full textMultimediju komunikācijaInformācijas un komunikācijas zinātnesMultimedia CommunicationInformation and Communication SciencesBakalaura darba tēmas nosaukums ir “Autorkino iezīmes Kventina Tarantīno daiļradē.”
Pētījumā izvirzītā hipotēze apgalvo, ka režisora Kventina Tarantīno (Quentin Tarantino) filmās ir
atrodamas autorkino iezīmes.
Bakalaura darba mērķis ir noskaidrot autorkino iezīmes Kventina Tarantīno sešās
ietekmīgākajās un skatītāju atzītākajās filmās, kuras tika atlasītas pēc Internacionālās filmu datu
bāzes. Darbā tiek apskatītas un analizētas sešas no Kventina Tarantīno filmām, kuras ir “Trakie
suņi” (Reservoir Dogs), “Lubene” (Pulp Fiction), “Nogalināt Bilu: 1. daļa” (Kill Bill: Vol. 1) un
“Nogalināt Bilu: 2. daļa” (Kill Bill: Vol. 2), kas pēc paša režisora uzskatiem ir, viena vesela, filma
sadalīta divās daļās, kā arī filmas “Bēdīgi slavenie mērgļi” (Inglorious Bastards), “Atsvabinātais
Džango” (Django Unchained) un “Reiz Holivdā” (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood).
Darba mērķa izpildei teorētiskajā daļā tika aplūkots autorkino jēdziens, Holivudas
klasiskais kino stils, kino valoda, kā arī Kventina Tarantīno biogrāfija, lai palīdzētu izprast un
analizēt atlasītās filmas. Par pētījuma metodi tika izvēlēta kvalitatīvā kontentanalīze.The title of the bachelor's thesis is "Features of auteur cinema in Quentin Tarantino's
works" The study’s hypothesis states that directors Quentin's Tarantino's films have the features
of an author.
The purpose of the bachelor's thesis is to find out the influence of author cinema on Quentin
Tarantino's six most influential and audience-recognized films selected from the International Film
Database. Work is discussed and analyzed in six of Quentin Tarantino films, which are “Reservoir
Dogs”, “Pulp Fiction”, “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” and “Kill Bill: Vol. 2”, which the director says is a whole
movie divided into two parts, as well as “Inglorious Bastards”, “Django Unchained” and “Once
Upon a Time ... in Hollywood”.
The theoretical part of the paper explored the concept of author cinema, Hollywood classic
cinema, film language, and the biography of Quentin Tarantino to help understand and analyze
selected films. Qualitative content analysis was chosen as the research method
Saint-Quentin et sa région
No full textThe author insists on the seriousness of the trade depression in Saint-Quentin last years (ten per cent workmen out of work, unemployed period above eleven months.). Metallurgy is the principal industry and «Motobécane» the first firm, making the famous «Mobylette» since 1951. Therefore, the difficulties of «Motobécane», of the engineering industry, have effects on the social situation. The town is, from now on, the starting point of an urban emigration. Old fortress on the right bank, protecting the crossing of the river Somme, Saint-Quentin has been destroyed during the first World War and rebuilt without large transformation. The town keeps an heptagonal shape with cross-roads on the both sides of the valley, canal and railway. The attraction area is, to-day, smaller than the Vermandois, very industrialized and populated region. For the future, Saint-Quentin shall have to expect : the «A-26 » motorway, the négociation of an employment agreement («Contrat de Bassin d'Emploi») and, later, the construction of the large-gauge canal «Seine-Nord» from Compiègne to Valenciennes.L'auteur insiste sur la gravité de la crise de remploi à Saint-Quentin aujourd 'hui (taux de chômage supérieur à 1 0%, durée moyenne de chômage supérieure à 11 mois). L'industrie est dominée par la métallurgie et celle-ci par la firme «MOTOBECANE» qui fabrique depuis 1951 les fameuses «mobylettes». Aussi les difficultés de Motobécane ou de l'industrie de la manutention rejaillissent-elles immédiatement sur la situation sociale. La ville est désormais le point de départ d'un véritable exode urbain. Ancienne place forte gardant, sur la rive droite , le passage de la Somme, presque complètement détruit en 1918, mais reconstruit largement à l'identique, St-Quentin a hérité d'une double structure heptagonale et en «patte d'oie» de part et d'autre de la coupure majeure de la vallée de la Somme (canal et voie ferrée). Son aire d'attraction s'est réduite par rapport à la région qui l'entoure, le Vermandois, relativement peuplé et industrialisé lui-même. Pour l'avenir, St-Quentin doit compter surtout, sur l'arrivée de l'autoroute A 26 et sur les efforts qui s'inscriront dans un «Contrat de Bassin d'Emploi», et, à long terme sur la liaison fluviale à grand gabarit «Seine-Nord» utilisant le tracé du canal de St-Quentin.Oudart Paul. Saint-Quentin et sa région. In: Hommes et Terres du Nord, 1981/2. Spécial Picardie. pp. 43-56
La fabrique transnationale du politique : Une sociologie historique du champ réformateur de la "gouvernance" (1961-2019)
No full textResearches from different social science disciplines have brought to light the transnationalization of politics in southern countries, ie the participation of international actors in areas such as, for example, the organization and observation of elections. Based on these researches, in an approach of historical sociology, this thesis shows how international "experts", under the label of "governance", have managed to impose themselves in the national political spaces to carry out activities considered as pertaining to the internal affairs of states (elections, parliaments, constitutions, etc.). Based on a survey made of the study of archives, observations, and interviews among the three poles that structure this form of transnational public action (UN, World Bank, USAID), we look more specifically at the processes by which these activities led to the production and mobilization of government knowledge. In contrast to an approach that would focus on "democracy promotion", we show that this legal, administrative, economic and political knowledge, all mark different frontiers between "administration" and "politics". Taking an interest in professional and academic struggles as to the uses of this knowledge then makes it possible to show how the same object of transnational public action (for example parliaments) is the subject of different and sometimes quite opposite problematization. During the first period studied, from 1961 to 1989, these activities remain limited and confined to distinct social spaces. But from 1989, the collapse of the Soviet bloc, ending diplomatic competition towards “third world” countries, opens the possibility of carrying out large-scale activities aimed at reforming state institutions and gathers these social spaces. A transnational field of "governance" reforms then emerges between more stabilized transnational social spaces, such as human rights, development, and international economic cooperation. The rapid increase in funding in the 1990s has led this field of reforms to differentiate itself into sectors ("electoral assistance", "parliamentary strengthening", "public financial management", etc.) within which the professionals of the various organizations collaborate, despite different professional and disciplinary habitus that oppose them on the object and form of interventions. These different activities of "governance" are institutionalized internationally and are imposed within national spaces on a fuzzy border between "administration" and "politics". The thesis then shows how it is a logic of professionalization that brings "experts" from different sectors to produce knowledge, norms and models of public action with universal vocation, to reaffirm permanently their authority in the field of reforms as in national spaces. The thesis shows, finally, how this form of public action which consists in sending international "experts" within the States is devalued by the arrival in the years 2010 of activities based on organizations local non-governmental organizations that conduct campaigns for the "transparency" of state institutions.Des travaux issus de différentes disciplines des sciences sociales ont mis au jour la transnationalisation du politique dans les pays du Sud, c’est à dire la participation d’acteurs internationaux dans des domaines comme, par exemple, l’organisation et l’observation des élections. En s’appuyant sur ces travaux, dans une approche de sociologie historique, cette thèse montre comment des « experts » internationaux, sous le label de « gouvernance », sont parvenus à s’imposer dans les espaces politiques nationaux pour mener des activités pourtant considérées comme relevant des affaires internes des États (élections, parlements, constitutions, etc.). En s’appuyant sur une enquête faite de l’étude d’archives, d’observations, et d’entretiens parmi les trois pôles qui structurent cette forme d’action publique transnationale (ONU, Banque mondiale, USAID), il s’agit plus particulièrement de s’intéresser aux processus par lesquels ces activités ont mené à la production et à la mobilisation de savoirs de gouvernements. A l’opposé d’une démarche qui essentialiserait l’objectif de « promotion de la démocratie », on montre que ces savoirs juridiques, administratifs, économiques et issus du conseil politiques, marquent tous des frontières différentes entre « administration » et « politique ». S’intéresser aux luttes professionnelles et académiques quant aux usages de ces savoirs permet alors de montrer comment un même objet de l’action publique transnationale (par exemple les parlements) fait l’objet problématisations différentes et parfois tout à fait opposées. Sur la première période étudiée, de 1961 à 1989, ces activités restent limitées et confinées à des espaces sociaux distincts. Mais à partir de 1989, l’effondrement du bloc soviétique, en mettant fin aux concurrences diplomatiques qui portent sur les pays du Sud, ouvre la possibilité de mener des activités de grande ampleur visant à la réforme des institutions d’État dans les pays du Sud, et précipite la jonction de ces espaces sociaux. Un champ réformateur transnational de la « gouvernance » se forme alors à l’interstice d’espaces sociaux transnationaux plus stabilisés, comme les droits de l’homme, le développement, et la coopération économique internationale. L’accroissement rapide des financements dans les années 1990 amène ce champ réformateur à se différencier en secteurs (« assistance électorale », « renforcement parlementaire », « gestion des finances publiques », etc.) au sein desquels les professionnels des différentes organisations collaborent, malgré des habitus professionnels et disciplinaires qui les opposent sur l’objet et la forme des interventions. Ces différentes activités de « gouvernance » s’institutionnalisent alors à l’échelle internationale, et s’imposent au sein des espaces nationaux, sur une frontière floue entre « administration » et « politique ». La thèse montre alors en quoi c’est une logique de professionnalisation qui amène les « experts » des différents secteurs à produire des savoirs, des normes et des modèles d’action publique à vocation universelle, afin de réaffirmer en permanence leur autorité dans le champ réformateur comme au sein des espaces nationaux. La thèse montre, enfin, en quoi cette forme d’action publique qui consiste à envoyer des « experts » internationaux au sein des États est dévalorisée par l’arrivée dans les années 2010 d’activités visant au contraire à s’appuyer sur des organisations non-gouvernementales locales au nom d’une mobilisation pour la « transparence » des institutions
A Hundred Years of Photo Wallets:Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration's Book of the Month
No full textAn interview with Annebella Pollen, author of More Than a Snapshot: A Visual History of Photo Wallets, which was selected as the May 2023 Book of the Month by the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
Quentin Meillassoux: Facticity and Scientific Methods
No full textThis paper examines Quentin Meillassoux’s critique of correlationism, specifically focusing on the Principle of Factuality and the mathematization of hyperchaos as tools to access the "ancestral." While acknowledging Meillassoux’s significance in overcoming Kantian limits, the author argues that his refusal to return to metaphysics stems from political hesitation rather than ontological necessity. The text critiques the concept of the "God to come" as an ideological compromise. Instead, the author advocates for an "experimental metaphysics" grounded in scientific method, positing that science offers rational access to the absolute and effectively resolving the tension between facticity and the thing-in-itself
Quentin Meillassoux: Facticity and Scientific Methods
No full textThis paper examines Quentin Meillassoux’s critique of correlationism, specifically focusing on the Principle of Factuality and the mathematization of hyperchaos as tools to access the "ancestral." While acknowledging Meillassoux’s significance in overcoming Kantian limits, the author argues that his refusal to return to metaphysics stems from political hesitation rather than ontological necessity. The text critiques the concept of the "God to come" as an ideological compromise. Instead, the author advocates for an "experimental metaphysics" grounded in scientific method, positing that science offers rational access to the absolute and effectively resolving the tension between facticity and the thing-in-itself
A Hundred Years of Photo Wallets:Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration's Book of the Month
No full textAn interview with Annebella Pollen, author of More Than a Snapshot: A Visual History of Photo Wallets, which was selected as the May 2023 Book of the Month by the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
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