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Letter from Samuel P. Shaw to James B. Finley
No full textSamuel Shaw is currently serving the London Circuit in the Lebanon District. Finley is the Presiding Elder of the district and also superintendent of the Wyandot Mission. Shaw writes to provide a report on the status of the circuit, which is generally healthy. The new society has been favorably received by a majority of the populace. He speaks about 300 subscribers, indicating that half of the money collected must go to the Missionary Society. The London brethren are working on a meeting house which they plan to have completed by next quarterly meeting. This is the building to which Finley should come for that meeting. Abstract Number - 837https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1324/thumbnail.jp
Writing and the rights of reality: usurpation and potentiality in Derrida, Plato, Nietzsche, and Beckett
No full textThe thesis critically evaluates Jacques Derrida's conferral of the rights of reality on writing, focussing on his theory of an arche-text in light of the speculative nature of this theory. The theory is initially considered in the context of Derrida's elucidation of the usurpatory status of writing within the Platonic and Nietzschean texts. This consideration reveals an admission of writing's usurpatory status by both writers while at the same time demonstrating their awareness of the intrinsically speculative nature of this view, the significance of writing lying in its ability to exteriorise the radically indeterminate status of consciousness m relation to reality rather than its ability to displace consciousness or reality The analyses, therefore, not only bring the Derridean hypothesis of a repressive or phonocentric metaphysical episteme into question but also exhibit the historical and philosophical role of potentiality in relation to writing, writing's ultimate significance lying in its capacity to exteriorise our existence as a mode of potentiality. Accordingly, in the second half of the thesis the Derridean theory of writing is countered with a specifically Aristotelian theory of the text as it is exhibited in the prose of Samuel Beckett, an author whose significance lies in his close alignment with Derridean theory within contemporary criticism. It is demonstrated that this identification has obviated an awareness of the significance of potentiality within the Beckettian text, his work consequently being appraised in the previously neglected context of Aristotelian metaphysics
Immanuel, or, A discovery of true religion [electronic resource] : as it imports a living principle in the minds of men, grounded upon Christ's discourse with the Samaritaness : being the latter clause of The voice crying in a wilderness, or, A continuation of the angelical life /
No full text"To the reader" signed: S.S. [i.e. Samuel Shaw]Errata: p. [45]Imperfect: pages creased and faded with some loss of print.Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.WingElectronic reproduction
Landscapes of Change Film
No full text‘Landscapes of Change’ is a ten-minute documentary that forms part of the 'Art and Climate Change' project led by Samuel Shaw (Art History, Open University) and Carla Benzan (Art History, Open University). The film asks viewers to consider the ways in which nineteenth-century landscape painters responded to the industrial revolution.
The film was written and presented by Samuel Shaw, and produced, directed, and edited by Elizabeth Penman, with funding from the Open University in association with the OU in Scotland and Glasgow Museums. The documentaries were launched at the Glasgow Science Festival in June 2022, and are part of a projected series of films exploring the role that historic collections can play in educating people about biodiversity and the global climate crisis. </p
Samuel Beckett and the Writers of Port-Royal
No full textIt has been observed that ‘the literary influences on Beckett have been far more important than has been acknowledged, and more important indeed, than the philosophical influences’ (Smith 2002: 3). The truth of this statement is evidenced by the description that scholars have given of Samuel Beckett’s relationship to seventeenth century French classicism. To date, critical interest has been limited for the most part to the figure of the philosopher René Descartes on the (fragile) grounds that Beckett was exclusively concerned with the Cartesian imperative of clarity and order, the fundamental dualism between body and mind, and Nominalism.
Together with the assumption that Beckett’s vision was essentially Cartesian, his literary filiation with Pascal was suggested by critics, but only in terms of Beckett’s formal approach to the theatre. In his short article on En attendant Godot in 1953, the playwright Jean Anouilh was among the first reviewers to suggest that Beckett’s drama synthesizes the encounter between ‘classicism’ and a ‘modern’ form of art. It is well known that Beckett retained a lifelong admiration for Pascal – indeed, Pascal was one of his ‘old chestnuts’ (Knowlson 1997: 653). Little attention has been paid, however, to the originality of Pascal’s thought, the specific nature of his prose, and the impact these might have had upon Beckett’s mature work, especially the trilogy and the subsequent short prose. Yet, in the literary and philosophical context of post-war France, Beckett’s filiation with Pascal, their corresponding preoccupations, were evident to his contemporaries, who identified Pascal as an underlying presence in his works
Art and Climate Change Trailer
No full textThis two-minute trailer introduces and previews a series of ten-minute documentary films that explore the importance of historic art and natural history collections across the UK in order to shift understanding about the global climate crisis.
The initial films focus on objects in Glasgow Museums and were written and presented by Carla Benzan (Open University, History of Art) and Samuel Shaw (Open University, History of Art). The films were produced, directed and edited by Elizabeth Penman, with funding from the Open University in association with OU Scotland and Glasgow Museums. The full documentaries will be launched at the Glasgow Science Festival in June 2022</p
The Polar Bears of Perth Film
No full textThe Polar Bears of Perth forms part of the Open University’s Art and Ecology project, founded by Dr Carla Benzan and Dr Samuel Shaw. The film uses objects from the collections of Culture Perth & Kinross and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society to explore debates surrounding the representation and circulation of polar bears in early-twentieth-century Scotland.Art and Ecology aims to change public understanding of today's ecological crisis through the art and visual cultures of the past. The project reconnects art and science, moving towards curiosity and active engagement as part of a more meaningful and sustainable solution. The film was directed by Libby Penman and filmed by Libby Penman and Mickey Sneedon at the Perth Museum & Art Gallery and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. It was released in 2024.Art and Ecology videos are open access. Please contact Samuel Shaw or Carla Benzan if you would like to provide feedback on the resource, or seek guidance as to how to use the video in an educational setting.</p
832799_Supplementary_Textbox_1 – Supplemental material for Clinicians’ perceptions of opioid error–contributing factors in inpatient palliative care services: A qualitative study
No full textSupplemental material, 832799_Supplementary_Textbox_1 for Clinicians’ perceptions of opioid error–contributing factors in inpatient palliative care services: A qualitative study by Nicole Heneka, Priyanka Bhattarai, Tim Shaw, Debra Rowett, Samuel Lapkin and Jane L Phillips in Palliative Medicine</p
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