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Concepts of "Female Inversion" and the "New Woman" in Rhoda Broughton’s "Dear Faustina" (1897)
No full textPublished in 1897, Rhoda Broughton’s fin de siècle novel "Dear Faustina" took an active part in the discursive production of two cultural figures: the New Woman and the Female Invert. Employing those identity constructs to negotiate conservative anxieties about social change, while at the same time commenting on a range of alternatives to Victorian middle-class lifestyle, the novel is clearly rooted in the discourses of transition that characterised the fin de siècle...
La storia ungherese in scena a Zagabria: il dramma kajkavo Familija Hunjadijanska
No full textThe phrase ‘old Kajkavian drama’ refers to the activity of school theatres in Northern Croatia (particularly in the Zagreb and Varaždin area) between 1606 and 1834. The earliest plays were staged in Jesuit educational institutions; they were usually written in Latin, and rarely in the vernacular, the Kajkavian-Croatian dialect. After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1772, a school theatre was set up inside the Kaptol seminary in Zagreb, where plays were staged between 1791 and 1834. Part of the theatrical production of the Kaptol seminary is extant. It consists of a corpus of about thirty-five plays written in the local Kajkavian dialect, and is usually referred to as anonimna kajkavska drama. All the plays were borrowed from foreign (mostly German) playwrights, whose works were translated and adapted for the Croatian audience. Most of these texts have survived in manuscript form, only a few having found their way to publication. This paper aims to discuss the drama Familija Hunjadijanska, a historical play which belongs to that corpus. The manuscript is now at the National Library in Zagreb, as part of the Tomaš Mikloušić fund. It is incomplete; furthermore, it gives no useful information about its author/adaptor or about the original foreign text, which was finally traced in 1962 by the Croatian scholar Olga Šojat. A comparison between the Kajkavian-Croatian text and its source is provided in this article, along with some hypotheses concerning the dating of Familija Hunjadijanska and the occasion on which this old Kajkavian play may have been staged at the Kaptol seminary theatre
FIN-UNMASKED 2021: Selvitys kasvosuojusten ja hygieniakäytäntöjen tehosta ja haitoista virusepidemian ehkäisyssä
No full textMaskien tehoa epidemian ehkäisyssä on arvioitu kautta linjan liian rajatusti, jonka lisäksi maskidebatti on pysynyt alkeellisena. Toinen ryhmä on maskien puolella ja heidän kantansa on syntynyt tehokkaan mainoskampanjan ansiosta. Toinen ryhmä on ollut alusta asti oikeassa – maskit ovat tehottomia, mutta perustelut pohjautuvat toisinaan virheelliseen tietoon. Maskien ominaisuuksien lisäksi olennaisia tekijöitä arvioidessa tehokkuutta ovat tartunta-annos, pisaroiden ja partikkelien leviäminen, tartuntatilanteet, ilmaantuvuus, pisaratartunnan todennäköisyys, maskin käyttötavat, terveyshaitat, rasite ympäristölle, tuotannon hinta ja inhimillinen kärsimys, sekä maskin symbolinen merkitys osana hygieniateatteria ja hysteriaa. Marginaalistakin hyötyä tulee punnita tätä kaikkea vastaan, jota ei ole tätä selvitystä aiemmin käsitelty kokonaisvaltaisesti.
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FIN-UNMASKED 2021: Study on the efficacy and harms of face masks and hygiene practices in the prevention of a viral epidemic
The efficacy of masks in epidemic has been assessed across the board too narrowly and the mask debate has remained rudimentary at best. The side that sees masks as essential protection have formed their opinion due to effective advertising campaign. The second group has been right from the beginning – the masks are ineffective, but the reasoning is sometimes based on incorrect information. Aspects that are relevant in evaluating efficacy of face masks include infectious dose, droplet and particle spread, situation, incidence rate, probability of droplet infection, habits related to use of mask, long-term and acute health hazards, environmental factors, cost of production of PPE including cost of suffering, and lastly the symbolic significance of masks as part of hygiene theater and hysteria. Even a marginal benefit must be weighed against all these factors, which has not been assessed comprehensively before this study.This review has been completed in its entirety and independently by one Finnish author between January to July 2021, Both the scientific analysis and essays are politically neutral and do not target any specific instance, person or organization unless this has been explicitly specified. The author will not participate even anonymously to potential public discussion, so that unnecessary speculation regarding this can be avoided
Picrite-basalt associated to Ethiopian-Yemeni CFB and their relevance to mantle plume processes
No full textThe Oligocene Northern Ethiopian-Yemeni LIP, represented by a CFB plateau extending ca. 700 km in diameter, is characterized by a well-defined zonal arrangement with increasing plume-related physico-chemical features of erupted magmas, such as thermal regime, incompatible element enrichment and specific Sr-Nd-Pb-He isotopic fingerprint, from the periphery to the central plateau area [1]. Two CFB volcanic piles in the Lalibela district (Northern Ethiopia, ca. 2 km thick) and in the Manakhah section (Northern Yemeni plateau, ca. 1 km thick) which erupted close to the Oligocene Afar plume axis, are similarly characterized by very high-Titransitional basalts and picrites (HT2, [1] [2]) that account for ca. 13% (40,000 km3) of the total Ethiopian-Yemeni CFB lavas. These magmas are characterized, in addition to the extremely high TiO2content (3-6 wt%) by a high MgO content (mostly between 8 and 18 wt%), and show striking compositional analogies with those from the Karoo province and the Siberian meimechites [3] [4]. Petrological modelling based on whole rock FeO-MgO and Ol composition [5] indicates that some of picrites (MgO 16-17 wt%) are near-primary magmas with olivine phenoscrysts up to Fo 90.4. Calculation shows that the primary melts have picrite composition MgO 19.8-20.7 wt% and were generated by polybaric melting in the pressure range 3-4 GPa at a potential temperature of 1570°C. Together with high-MgO lavas from Hawaii and Gorgona, these are the highest temperatures of any OIB and LIP lavas. The available data suggest that HT2 magma sources necessarily require the involvement of specific high-Ti (and Fe) deep-seated sublithospheric components which were entrained and remobilized by the rising plume. References: [1] Beccaluva et al. (2009), J. Petrol. 50, 1377-1403. [2] Beccaluva et al. (2011), GSA Sp. Paper 478, 77-104. [3] Ellam & Cox (1991), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 105, 330-342. [4] Heinonen et al.(2014), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.394, 229-241. [5] Herzberg et al. (2007), Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 8, doi:10.1029GC001390
High-MgO lavas associated to CFB as indicators of plume-related thermochemical effects: the case of ultra-titaniferous picrite-basalt from the Northern Ethiopian-Yemeni plateau
No full textA comprehensive petrological and geochemical dataset is reported in order to define the thermo-compositional characteristics of Ti (Fe)-enriched picrite-basalt lavas (HT2, TiO2 3-7 wt%), erupted close to the axial zone of the inferred Afar mantle plume, at the centre of the originally continuous Ethiopian-Yemeni CFB plateau (ca. 30Ma) which is zonally arranged with progressively lower Ti basalts (HT1, TiO2 2-4 wt%; LT, TiO2 1-3 wt%) toward the periphery. Integrated petrogenetic modelling based on major and trace element analyses of bulk rocks, minerals and melt inclusions in olivines, as well as Sr-Nd-Pb-He-O isotope compositional variations enables us to make several conclusions. 1) The phase equilibria constraints indicate that HT2 primary picrites were generated at ca. 1570°C mantle potential temperatures (Tp) in the pressure range 4-5 GPa whereas the HT1 and LT primary melts formed at shallower level (< 2 to 3 GPa, Tp 1530 °C for HT1 and 1430°C for LT). Thus the Afar plume head was a thermally and compositionally zoned melting region with maximum excess temperatures of 300-350°C with respect to the ambient mantle. 2) The HT2 primary melts upwelled nearly adiabatically to the base of the continental crust (ca. 1 GPa) where fractionation of olivine, followed by clinopyroxene, led to variably differentiated picritic and basaltic magmas. 3) Trace element modelling requires that the primary HT2 melts were generated - either by fractional or batch melting (F 9-10%) - from a mixed garnet peridotite source (85%) with 15% eclogite (derived from transitional MORB protoliths included in Panafrican terranes) that has to be considered a specific Ti-Fe and incompatible element enriched component entrained by the Afar plume. 4) The LT, HT1 and HT2 lavas have 143Nd/144Nd = 0.5131-0.5128, whereas Sr-Pb isotopes are positively correlated with TiO2, varying from 87 Sr/86Sr 0.7032 and 206Pb/204Pb 18.2 in LT basalts to 87Sr/86Sr 0.7044 and 206Pb/204Pb 19.4 in HT2 picrite-basalts. High 3He/4He (15-20 RA) ratios are exclusively observed in HT2 lavas, confirming earlier evidence that these magmas require a component of deep mantle in addition to eclogite, while the LT basalts may more effectively reflect the signature of the pre-existing mantle domains. The comparison between high-MgO (13-22%) lavas from several Phanerozoic CFB provinces (Karoo, Paranà-Etendeka, Emeishan, Siberia, Deccan, North Atlantic Province) shows that they share extremely high mantle potential temperatures (Tp 1550-1700°C) supporting the view that hot mantle plumes are favoured candidates for triggering many LIPs. However, the high incompatible element and isotopic variability of these high-MgO lavas (and associated CFB) suggest that plume thermal anomalies are not necessarily accompanied by significant and specific chemical effects, which depend on the nature of mantle materials recycled during the plume rise, as well as by the extent of related mantle enrichments (if any) on the pre-existing lithospheric section
Apprendre à penser, penser pour apprendre
No full text"Ce volume a été préparé par Stuart Maclure et Peter Davies"Bibliogr.: p. 269-278Bibliogr. à la fin des ptie
Philip III and the Stuart Succession in England, 1600-1603
No full textLoomie, S. J. Albert J. Philip III and the Stuart Succession in England, 1600-1603. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 43, fasc. 2, 1965. Histoire (depuis la fin de l'Antiquité) — Geschiedenis (sedert de Oudheid) pp. 492-514
La nobiltà friulana e il "processo di civilizzazione" (1530-1620): per una critica del modello di Norbert Elias
No full textPer discutere la teoria del processo di civilizzazione di Norbert Elias ho individuato un caso dove fosse chiaro fin
dall'inizio della mia indagine che mi trovavo di fronte a degli individui che appartenevano a due "configurazioni"
distinte. Ho scelto pertanto di studiare la nobiltà feudale friulana perché è una nobiltà suddita di Venezia, un principe
senza corte, e che a corte serve principi di cui non è suddita.
Concludo sostenendo che la teoria del processo di civilizzazione non prevede un fenomeno che, invece, accompagna
l'intero processo. I nobili friulani sanno sagomarsi con facilità a seconda delle situazioni ma non cambiano sul serio. È
difficile ad ogni modo teorizzare che relazione vi sia tra i cambiamenti "dell'economia pulsionale" e questa
disposizione ad adeguarsi ai contesti. Da un canto sembra che le pulsioni siano già sotto controllo, dall'altro pare che
non avvenga alcun mutamento radicale perché le biografie sono ricche di contraddizioni. S'è rivelato della massima
importanza comprendere quale fosse la verità minima nelle autorappresentazioni dei feudatari e dei cortigiani cercata da
Venezia e dai principi: apparire infatti è anche essere, mentre i numerosi esempi di comportamenti che infrangono gli
standard normativi costituirebbero infrazioni consentite.
In order to discuss Norbert Elias' theory about the "civilization's process", I've chosen the case of the friulan
nobility. This nobility belongs to two different "configurations": the republic of Venice as subjects and thè princes'
courts as courtiers.
I've realized that civilization's theory doesn't foresee a phenomenon strictly connected. The friulan nobles are able
to play successfully in different contexts but we don't know if they made a clear step on the civilization's way. On one
hand it seems that feelings are already controlied, on the other hand many biographies present strong contradictions and
the success of some careers depends for a precious skill in managing violence for the prince. But in any case, the guidecriteria
for my analysis was self-representation. By self-representation we can know what must not lack from
relationships between Venice and her feudal lords and between the princes and their courtiers, in spite of real
behaviours, because to seem is a little bit to be, and Venice and the princes were interested to this limited truth
Vita di Giuseppe Gaddi, comunista: una biografia, una generazione, una religione politica
No full textLa tesi prende in esame la vita di Giuseppe Gaddi (Trieste 1909 - Vienna 1982). Il percorso politico
di Gaddi è simile a quello di altri militanti della sua generazione: si iscrisse giovanissimo al Partito
Comunista d'Italia, fu arrestato e condannato dal Tribunale speciale; quando uscì dal carcere
espatriò in Unione sovietica e frequentò la Scuola leninista. Trascorse la seconda metà degli anni
Trenta in Francia, lavorando come giornalista, propagandista e organizzatore di partito. Dopo l'8
settembre 1943 fu mandato ad organizzare la lotta partigiana nelle montagne bellunesi e, dopo la
Liberazione, a costruire il Partito comunista in Veneto. Negli anni Sessanta diresse l'Associazione
Italia-Urss e poi, fino alla morte, la Federazione internazionale della Resistenza.
La biografia di Gaddi si intreccia con la riflessione sulle parole e sugli schemi narrativi con cui
raccontarla, e con cui Gaddi stesso lo fece nel corso della sua vita (lo fece in più occasioni, ogni
volta rielaborando in modo diverso il racconto autobiografico). Uno dei temi principali che
percorrono la tesi è infatti l'insieme di pratiche, riti e modelli discorsivi che si sono costruiti attorno
al racconto della militanza comunista di quella generazione.
Fin dal suo precoce ingresso nel Partito comunista, Gaddi è inserito in una rete di relazioni che fa di
lui un punto di vista significativo su quella generazione di militanti comunisti. L'epistolario e i suoi
molti altri scritti restituiscono una trama di rapporti che comincia a tessersi a metà degli anni Venti,
all'interno della Federazione giovanile comunista, e permarrà fino agli Ottanta, vigilia dello
scioglimento del partito comunista italiano.
Oltre a questo, la ricerca vuole ricostruire la mentalità, la personalità e le caratteristiche
"antropologiche" di questi militanti politici che furono definiti rivoluzionari professionali. Per loro
il comunismo fu una sorta di "religione politica", cioè un sistema di credenze, di miti, di riti, di
simboli capaci non solo di spiegare il mondo, ma anche di definire il significato e il fine ultimo
dell'esistenza individuale. Uno spazio significativo della tesi è dedicato alla concezione della morte
nella tradizione comunista, ai riti e alle parole ad essa connessi, e in particolare ai funerali di partito
come "riti di istituzione".
The dissertation deals with Giuseppe Gaddi's life (Trieste 1909 - Wien 1982). His politicai course is
similar to the one of other militants of his generation. He very early joined thè Communist Party of
Italy, was arrested and condemned by the Special Court. When he was released from prison, he
went abroad in Soviet Union and attended Leninist School. He spent the second half of Thirties in
France, working as a party organizer, propagandist and journalist. After the 8th of September 1943
he was sent to organize resistence war in the mountains near Belluno and, after Liberation, to build
the Italian communist Party in Veneto. In the Sixties he directed Italia-Urss Association and then
Resistance International Federation.
Gaddi biography is here twined with reflections upon thè words and narrative patterns that we could
use to teli it, and that Gaddi himself used during his life (he did often, every time making a different
autobiographical tale). One of the most important dissertation issues is thè whole of practises, rithes
and narratives grown around the communist militants of that generation.
Since his early entry in the Communist Party, Gaddi is linked to a network that makes him a
relevant point of view on that generation. His letters and many other writings show the relations that
began to be weft at the half of Twenties - inside the Italian Communist Youth Federation - and that
lasted to the dissolution of Pci. The researh would look into mentality, personality ad antropological
characteristics of this kind of politicai militants called "professional revolutionaries". For them,
communisme was a "politicai religion", that is a System of thoughts, mythes, rites, symbols able to
explain the world and to give meaning to individuai existance. A quite large part of the dissertation
is given up to the conception of death in communist tradition, to connected rites and words and,
particultarly, to party funerals as "istitution rites"
EDUCACIÓN PARA LA LIBERTAD EN STUART MILL
No full textEl presente artículo es un extracto de uno de los capítulos de mi Tesis Doctoral. Con el presente trabajo intento mostrar sintéticamente la importancia que tiene en el pensamiento de Stuart Mill la educación como punto de apoyo para que el individuo sea una persona libre. Desde una comprensión de la realidad diversa, en la que la persona también lo es en todos sus aspectos, por ejemplo, emotivos, cognoscitivos, morales, estéticos, éticos, la educación se alza, para Mill, como un elemento que contribuye a que el individuo alcance su fin, la felicidad, una felicidad que pasa por la presencia y difusión de máxima libertad
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