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Stevenson David, Armaments and the Coming of War Europe (1904-1914)
No full textJackson Peter. Stevenson David, Armaments and the Coming of War Europe (1904-1914) . In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°61, janvier-mars 1999. p. 159
Ascendant Doctrine and Resurgent Magic in Capitalist Southeast Asia. Paradox and Polarisation as 21st Century Cultural Logic
No full textIn contemporary Southeast Asia the fields of religious practice and adherence present the apparent paradox of a parallel efflorescence of radically opposing trends. Syncretistic, ritual-based magic and spirit mediumship are flourishing in many localities, while anti-supernatural doctrinal accounts of Buddhism and Islam are also influential in the societies in which these respective religions are influential. Despite claims by some of their respective proponents to adhere to historical tradition, these contrasting trends are both intimately associated with the modern world of commodified, market-based media and scientific technologies. Reflecting on a range of studies of post-Cold War religious expression, I present initial hypotheses on how orthopractic ritual and syncretism, on the one hand, and doctrinally orthodox fundamentalism, on the other, both emerge from the same matrix of techno-scientific, capitalist modernity. I argue that 20th century social theory fails to account for contemporary forms of religious expression and that contemporary religious diversification in Southeast Asia reflects a broader cultural logic of paradox and polarisation pervading early 21st century global modernity. I consider the diverse impacts of neoliberal capitalism, mass media and modernising state power as concrete forces underpinning religious efflorescence and divergence in both magical and fundamentalist directions. I conclude that in developing frameworks of analysis that adequately account for the multiple directions of religious change visible in this century we need “to be cognizant of the complexity of the world, to be accountable to its paradoxes”(Comaroff & Kim 2011, 176)
Ascendant Doctrine and Resurgent Magic in Capitalist Southeast Asia. Paradox and Polarisation as 21st Century Cultural Logic
No full textIn contemporary Southeast Asia the fields of religious practice and adherence present the apparent paradox of a parallel efflorescence of radically opposing trends. Syncretistic, ritual-based magic and spirit mediumship are flourishing in many localities, while anti-supernatural doctrinal accounts of Buddhism and Islam are also influential in the societies in which these respective religions are influential. Despite claims by some of their respective proponents to adhere to historical tradition, these contrasting trends are both intimately associated with the modern world of commodified, market-based media and scientific technologies. Reflecting on a range of studies of post-Cold War religious expression, I present initial hypotheses on how orthopractic ritual and syncretism, on the one hand, and doctrinally orthodox fundamentalism, on the other, both emerge from the same matrix of techno-scientific, capitalist modernity. I argue that 20th century social theory fails to account for contemporary forms of religious expression and that contemporary religious diversification in Southeast Asia reflects a broader cultural logic of paradox and polarisation pervading early 21st century global modernity. I consider the diverse impacts of neoliberal capitalism, mass media and modernising state power as concrete forces underpinning religious efflorescence and divergence in both magical and fundamentalist directions. I conclude that in developing frameworks of analysis that adequately account for the multiple directions of religious change visible in this century we need “to be cognizant of the complexity of the world, to be accountable to its paradoxes”(Comaroff & Kim 2011, 176)
Miller Michael B., Shanghai on the Métro: Spies, Intrigue and the French between the Wars
No full textJackson Peter. Miller Michael B., Shanghai on the Métro: Spies, Intrigue and the French between the Wars. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°55, juillet-septembre 1997. pp. 187-188
Miller Michael B., Shanghai on the Métro: Spies, Intrigue and the French between the Wars
No full textJackson Peter. Miller Michael B., Shanghai on the Métro: Spies, Intrigue and the French between the Wars. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°55, juillet-septembre 1997. pp. 187-188
Bangkok's early Twenty-First-Century Queer Boom
No full textThis chapter compares the boom in Bangkok queer cultures over the past decade with the sense of decline in some Western lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) scenes. It also examines the political, cultural, technological, and transnational forces that likewise contributed to the rapid expansion of queer markets in early twenty-first-century Bangkok
Young Robert J., France and the Origins of the Second World War
No full textJackson Peter, Kitson Simon. Young Robert J., France and the Origins of the Second World War. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°61, janvier-mars 1999. pp. 150-151
Embodied coaching practices: Exploring coaching, communication and a complexrealist case based research approach
Full text linkConsideration of the body as a mechanism in coaching is neglected in
coaching literature, although relevant theories of embodiment exist in areas
such as cognition, emotion and phenomenology, and there is a history of
body-oriented practices in psychotherapy. This exploratory, interpretive
comparative case study investigates embodiment in coaching by analysing
the work of three coaches working in the work/career domain and how their
own physicality and that of their clients plays a part in the coaching process.
The epistemological challenges of investigating the role of the body as a
discursive or meaning-making instrument in a complex practice context are
discussed. A multi-layered, multi-perspective approach to data and analysis
within a complex realist case framework is proposed. Data was gathered
from three video recorded coaching sessions from each of three coaching
dyads, participant reflections and a review of the developing analysis
through interview with the respective coach. Data was analysed through the
perspectives of a) the narrative of the coaching intervention’s purpose or
agenda, b) the characteristics of the coach’s embodied interventions, and c)
the functions of non-verbal communication in the interaction. This
approach to analysis is labelled a ‘complex hermeneutic’ and is proposed as
a model for similar study contexts.
Findings in relation to coaches’ practices include: that the use of embodied
practices reflects other attributes of coaches’ practice and approach and that
complex interactional functions within the dialogue can be carried out or
supported by bodily action. Patterns of embodied behaviours were found to
be significant in relation to cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of the
coaching interaction. It is argued that the understanding of embodiment in
coaching is hampered by the underdevelopment of embodiment in
contributory disciplines. A framework of four embodied coaching
interventions is proposed. The challenges of the complex hermeneutic are presented and discussed.
Implications for research, practice and education of coaches are outlined
The ambiguities of semicolonial power in Thailand
No full textThis chapter examines the history of Siamese/Thai attitudes to the West in relation to the situation of both colonized and other nominally independent societies. Drawing on postcolonial understandings of power, culture, and knowledge, it argues that while Siam/Thailand occupied a subordinate position in the Western-dominated world order, it was never a direct colony. The chapter also argues that the notion of semicolonialism provides an avenue to open a dialogue with postcolonial studies while recognizing the ambiguities of Western power in the Thai context
Bell P.M.H., France and Britain (1900-1940) : Entente and Estrangement, Londres, Longman 1996; France and Britain (1940-1994) : The Long Separation
No full textJackson Peter, Kitson Simon. Bell P.M.H., France and Britain (1900-1940) : Entente and Estrangement, Londres, Longman 1996; France and Britain (1940-1994) : The Long Separation. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°64, octobre-décembre 1999. Villes en crise ? pp. 157-158
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