429 research outputs found
Anselm of Canterbury and the Development of Theological Thought, c. 1070-1141
No full textThis thesis explores the role of Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) in the development of theological thought in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. It aims to demonstrate that Anselm’s thought had a greater impact on the early development of scholastic theology than is often recognized, particularly in the areas of the doctrine of the incarnation and redemption, but also in his discussion of freedom and sin. Through his explanation of the economy of salvation in terms of making satisfaction for sin, and his rejection of modes of discussion that focussed on the rights and role of the devil, Anselm’s writing on the theology of the redemption provided a framework for the discussion of later authors such as Hugh of St Victor, Peter Abelard, Bernard of Clairvaux and authors associated with the School of Laon, among others. Such discussion often utilized Anselm as an explicator of difficult passages in patristic theology, notably Augustine, and his work was most controversial when he was thought to have contradicted earlier authority. Anselm was involved in contemporary polemics with both Jews and Christian theologians, as well as producing works that explored profound theological and metaphysical ideas. In his emphasis on the place and role of reason in divine questions, he crossed the boundaries between ‘monastic’ and ‘scholastic’ thought. Through an exploration of Anselmian elements in the thought of a variety of authors from the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, this thesis aims to contribute to a broadening understanding of the legacy of this great thinker
Book review: The theatrical public sphere, by Christopher B. Balme
No full textBook review of: The theatrical public sphere, by Christopher B. Balme. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014; ISBN 9781107006836 (£60.00)Publisher PD
Writing Biology at University
No full textCoordination: Virgínia Castillo, Enric Serra (UAB), Andreu Pulido (UdG); Author, Guide in Catalan: Mariona Ferrandiz, Ares Llop, Anselm Rodrigo, Anna Soler; English (Adaptation and Revision): Peter Redmond, Fiona KelsoPublishing date: December 2017Second edition (adapted to accessibility criteria): May 2023User guide to written communication in academic disciplines (in this case biology) for teachers and studentsGuia que ajuda els destinataris (professorat i alumnat) a comunicar-se, sobretot per escrit, en la seva disciplina acadèmica; biologia en aquest casAquest projecte ha rebut un ajut Interlingua de la Generalitat de Cataluny
Similar seed preferences explain trophic ecology of functionally distinct, but co-occurring and closely related harvester ants
No full textTo understand how food resource use and partitioning by closely related species allows local coexistence, it is key to determine whether a species’ diet reflects food availability or food preferences. Here, we analysed the diets, seed selection, and seed preferences of three closely related harvester ants: Messor barbarus, M. bouvieri, and M. capitatus. Sympatric within a Mediterranean shrubland, these species differ in foraging behaviour and worker polymorphism. For two years, we studied the ants’ diets and seed selection patterns as well as the local availability of seeds. Additionally, we performed a seed-choice experiment using a paired comparison design, offering the ants seeds from eight native plant species. The three ant species had the same general diet, which was primarily granivorous. Although they all consumed a wide variety of seeds, they mostly selected seeds from a small subset of plant species. Despite their morphological and behavioural differences, the ants displayed similar seed preferences that were highly consistent with their diets and seed selection patterns. Our results support the idea that the trophic ecology of these three harvester ants is driven by similar seed preferences rather than by their morphological and behavioural differences. Seed diversity and abundance was high near the ants’ nests, suggesting that seed availability is not limiting and could in fact favour local species coexistence.Fil: Pol, Rodrigo Gabriel. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Lázaro González, Alba. Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias; EspañaFil: Rodrigo, Anselm. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Centre de Recerca Ecológica I Aplicacions Forestals; EspañaFil: Arnan, Xavier. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Centre de Recerca Ecológica I Aplicacions Forestals; España. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasi
The German theatre in Oslo
No full textIn this essay, Heinrich traces the history of the German theatre in Oslo. The author starts by locating the role of Norway and the Norwegians in Nazi Germany’s political and racial theories before discussing the setting up and running of the German language theatre in Oslo in detail. Heinrich foregrounds its repertoire and funding arrangements and the discrepancies between significant political and artistic demands and a meagre theatrical output of questionable quality. Although this created uneasiness among the Nazi hierarchy, it did not question the principles on which this theatre was funded, i.e. that it will be able to create and sustain closer ties between Norway and Germany as nations whose populations belonged to the same racial family, according to Nazi theorists
St. Anselm of Canterbury on God and Morality
No full textThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Monist following peer review. The version of record Katherin Rogers, St. Anselm of Canterbury on God and Morality, The Monist, Volume 105, Issue 3, July 2022, Pages 309–320, https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onac002 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onac002. This article will be embargoed until 06/14/2024.Anselm of Canterbury, as a classical theist, does not hold that there is a moral, or value, order independent of God. What is good, indeed what is necessary and possible, depends on the will of God. But Anselm’s development of this claim does not succumb to the problems entailed by divine-command theory. One such problem addresses the question of whether or not the moral order is available to reason, bracketing Scripture and Church teaching. Anselm holds that to be just is to conform to God’s will. Nevertheless Anselm proposes a eudaimonistic ethical theory that allows reason to assess moral principles. And Anselm holds that the non-believer recognizes justice, even before he can appreciate the more general category of “good.
The Haunting of Image-Systems
No full textHarun Farocki's interest in image systems was above all an interest in the historical relationship between social struggles, technologies, myths and systems of domination. Taking Farocki and Sylvia Wynter as their point of departure, the artist Blaise Kirschner and the author and curator Anselm Franke examine the current reproduction and reconfiguration of the worldmaking, ‘mythopoeitic’ function of modern and a-modern image systems: materials for the anatomy of a newly consolidating fascism
The Haunting of Image-Systems
No full textHarun Farocki's interest in image systems was above all an interest in the historical relationship between social struggles, technologies, myths and systems of domination. Taking Farocki and Sylvia Wynter as their point of departure, the artist Blaise Kirschner and the author and curator Anselm Franke examine the current reproduction and reconfiguration of the worldmaking, ‘mythopoeitic’ function of modern and a-modern image systems: materials for the anatomy of a newly consolidating fascism
A forgotten account: Anselm Eckart and the 18th Century Amazon
No full textThe almost unknown "Additional notes on the description of the lands of Brazil", by German Jesuit Anselm Eckart (1721-1809), deserves great interest for Amazonian studies. Eckart, who joined for five years (1753-1757) the Maranhão and Grão-Pará missions, published his own observations appended to another author's book on Amazonian natural and social world. The "Additional notes" chapters concerning Indian tribes' customs and situation under colonial rule are here translated by Thekla Hartmann and are commented by the author
Faszination - Schrecken. Zur Handlungsrelevanz ästhetischer Erfahrung anhand Anselm Kiefers Deutschlandbilder
No full textSpecial commendation from the Hans-und-Lea-Grundig Prize by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation 2015 - - I - -
How do we perceive the world and pictures? The book is based around the hypothesis that we initially perceive the world as well as pictures by feelings and that there is a direct connection between the two. By debating fascination and horror, such as can be triggered by Anselm Kiefer´s Deutschlandbilder, the author discusses their consequences and conclusions for our cultural self-perception. The author develops a comprehensive theory on image and culture which is new in this field of research and also includes the special status of the art
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