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Competing models of socially constructed economic man : differentiating Defoe's Crusoe from the Robinson of neoclassical economics
No full textDaniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe has seldom been read as an explicitly political text. When it has, it appears that the central character was designed to warn the early eighteenth-century reader against political challenges to the existing economic order. Insofar as Defoe’s Crusoe stands for "economic man", he is a reflection of historically-produced assumptions about the need for social conformity, not the embodiment of any genuinely essential economic characteristics. This insight is used to compare Defoe’s conception of economic man with that of the neoclassical Robinson Crusoe economy. On the most important of the ostensibly generic principles espoused by neoclassical theorists, their "Robinson" has no parallels with Defoe’s Crusoe. Despite the shared name, two quite distinct social constructions serve two equally distinct pedagogical purposes. Defoe’s Crusoe extols the virtues of passive middle-class sobriety for effective social organisation; the neoclassical Robinson champions the establishment of markets for the sake of productive efficiency
Studies Presented to David Moore Robinson, on his Birthday. Vol. II. Edited by George E. Mylonas and Doris Raymond
No full textDorsinfang-Smets A. Studies Presented to David Moore Robinson, on his Birthday. Vol. II. Edited by George E. Mylonas and Doris Raymond. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 23, fasc. 1, 1954. p. 303
Histories, Raymond-Rushforth
No full textThe Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Phillips Camp biographies (circa 1940-1974) is a collection of biographical sketches of Utah pioneers submitted to the Phillips Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, in Kaysville, Utah. The individual sketches give insight into the socioeconomic status of European, as well New World, converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the nineteenth century. They contain biographical and genealogical information, as well as descriptions of experiences crossing the Atlantic to America and traveling across the plains to Utah. Minute details of pioneering life in Davis County, Utah, and other frontier outposts of settlement are illuminated. Described also are individual occupations and survival techniques along with information on offices held in, and services to, the church and the community. Biographies include: Celia Hall Raymond (1825-1898), 1 page; Grandison Raymond (1818-1898), 3 pages; Lemuel Hardison Redd (1836-1910), 6 pages; Samuel Whitney Richards (1824-n.d.), 3 pages; George Roberts (1848-1930), 2 pages; Maria Ann Dallimore Roberts (1847-1935), 2 pages; Charles Burtis Robbins (1834-1905), 3 pages; Martha Allen Robbins (1844-n.d.), 2 pages; Susannah E. Ellison Robins (1855-n.d.), 4 pages; Lucinda V. Robinson (1838-1917), 4 pages; Phebe Ann Rodeback (1835-1903), married David King Crafts, 1 page; Thomas F. Roueche (1833-1903), 4 pages; Margaret Comish Roueche (1834-1893), 3 pages; Samuel Rushforth, Sr. (1830-1905), 6 page
Studies Presented to David Moore Robinson on His Seventieth Birthday, vol. II, ed. by George E. Mylonas and Doris Raymond, 1953
No full textMarcadé Jean. Studies Presented to David Moore Robinson on His Seventieth Birthday, vol. II, ed. by George E. Mylonas and Doris Raymond, 1953. In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 57, 1955, n°1-2. pp. 159-171
Mary C. Robinson Correspondence
No full textEntries include brief biographical information, a handwritten letter on personal stationery explaining that copies of her book are not for sale and circulate among her friends presented with a biography, and her hopes to gain the attention of author Laura E. Richardson whose daughter Robinson had met at Maine Teachers Conventions
FILOCTETES E ROBINSON CRUSOÉ: MITOS DE HERÓIS SOLITÁRIOS
No full textO objetivo do artigo é fazer uma comparação entre o mito grego do arqueiro Filoctetes, como apresentado na tragédia Filoctetes (409 a.C.) de Sófocles, com o romance Robinson Crusoé (1719) de Daniel Defoe. Para a análise, é utilizado o conceito de mito literário de Raymond Trousson, bem como as contribuições de George Minois sobre a historicidade da solidão. O artigo examina contrastes entre a solidão de Filoctetes e a de Robinson Crusoé, além de destacar pontos de encontro entre os dois textos, mostrando como outros autores estabeleceram comparações entre o náufrago e o arqueiro. Refletir sobre a solidão tem se tornado essencial em um mundo ressignificado pela experiência da pandemia
Pandemia e a nova (?) estrutura de sentimento: uma reflexão baseada em Kim Stanley Robinson e Raymond Williams
No full textThis paper is part of a broader research and seeks to understand critical assessments of artistic production and broader societal movements in the face of the catastrophe represented by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To that end, this essay reflects on the figuration of catastrophe and the strategies that humanity has forged (desired and executed) to deal with it in art and in criticism. The focus is on the pandemic that spread across the world in early 2020 and its impacts on the critical reflection by Kim Stanley Robinson, an American science fiction writer whose comments on the pandemic are analyzed here. The theoretical support of the discussion is based on the concept of structure of feeling, by Raymond Williams, as well as on his discussion of science fiction, drawing consequences from the perspective of Ailton Krenak’s indigenous epistemology as well, including data analysis from pandemic management around the world (such as the number of vaccines applied in different countries). This study considers that science fiction provides a privileged space for the elaboration of humanity’s fears and hopes in the face of catastrophe, with great potential for the production of knowledge.Este artigo faz parte de uma pesquisa mais ampla e procura compreender avaliações críticas da produção artística e dos movimentos mais amplos da sociedade diante da catástrofe representada pela pandemia do novo coronavírus (COVID-19). Com esse intuito, reflete sobre a figuração da catástrofe e das estratégias que a humanidade tem forjado (desejado e executado) para lidar com ela na arte e na crítica. O recorte aqui privilegiado foca na pandemia que se alastrou pelo mundo no início de 2020 e seus impactos na reflexão crítica de Kim Stanley Robinson, escritor estadunidense de ficção científica cujos comentários sobre a pandemia são analisados. O suporte teórico da discussão apoia-se no conceito de estrutura de sentimento, de Raymond Williams, bem como em sua discussão acerca da ficção científica, e também tira consequências da perspectiva da epistemologia indígena de Ailton Krenak e de uma análise de dados do próprio gerenciamento da pandemia pelo mundo (tais como a quantidade de vacinas aplicadas em diferentes países). Este estudo considera que a ficção científica proporciona um espaço privilegiado para a elaboração dos medos e das esperanças da humanidade diante da catástrofe, com grande potencial de produção de conhecimento
Deception and Britain's road to war in Iraq
No full textEver since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, there has been a widely shared public perception in the UK and beyond that the British government lied in making the case for war. One major theme has been the view that the Blair government lied about the strength of the intelligence about alleged Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the extent of the WMD capabilities claimed by that intelligence. A second theme that has received less attention has been the view that the Blair government lied in claiming that its actions at the United Nations (UN) were aimed at securing peaceful Iraqi compliance with its disarmament obligations. Instead, most think that the UK was actually committed to a policy of regime change by force and did not want the ‘UN route’ to produce a peaceful outcome. The article argues that the conceptual focus of the discussion needs to be broadened from lying to also considering deception by omission and deception by distortion as part of a campaign of organized political persuasion. It argues that, on the WMD intelligence, it is now apparent that a campaign of deceptive organized political persuasion was conducted by UK officials. With respect to the UN route, there is mounting evidence that the Blair government ran a campaign of deception on this issue as well to pave Britain’s road to war in Iraq
Robinson's poetical characters.
No full textIn this thesis one will be given a brief introduction to the characters that appear in E. A. Robinson's poetry. The title of the examined study has been called "Robinson's Poetical Characters." An investigation of this nature is worthy of attention for two reasons (1) to show the author's importance as a poet; and (2) to show his power of portraying characters who live as indubitably as did the man who created them
Chemical applications of escience to interfacial spectroscopy
No full textThis report is a summary of works carried out by the author between October 2003 and September 2004, in the first year of his PhD studie
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