414 research outputs found
John Stuart Mill’s projected science of society: 1827-1848
No full textThe purpose of the thesis is to examine John Stuart Mill’s political thought from
about 1827 to 1848 as an exercise in intellectual history. It focuses, first, on Mill’s view,
formulated by the late 1830s, that contemporary society was ‘civilized’, and second, on
his project of a science of society, which he aspired to develop in the late 1830s and
early 1840s.
By the late 1830s, Mill came to the view that his contemporary society was a
‘commercial society or civilization’, dominated by the middle, commercial class. The
first part of my thesis, constituted by Chapters 2-4, discusses the way in which Mill
formed his notion of civilization, and what he meant by the term ‘civilization’. Mill paid
attention to the implications of the rise of the middle class, and regarded such
phenomena of contemporary society as the corruption of the commercial spirit and
excessive social conformity as an inevitable consequence of the rise of the middle class.
The second part of the thesis, constituted by Chapters 5-9, examines Mill’s
projected science of society. In the late 1830s and early 1840s, Mill attempted to
develop a new science of society whose subject-matter was the nature and prospects of
commercial, civilized society. This aspiration culminated in A System of Logic,
published in 1843. In examining Mill’s projected science, I pay particular attention to
the fact that he conceived new sciences of history and of the formation of character,
both of which were indispensable in his project, although he failed to give a complete
account of these sciences. My thesis shows that the implications of his interest both in
history and in the formation of character are more significant than Mill scholars have
assumed
Beauty for the Present: Mill, Arnold, Ruskin and Aesthetic Education
No full textThe present thesis examines the idea of aesthetic education of three eminent Victorians: John Stuart Mill, Matthew Arnold and John Ruskin. By focusing on the essence of what they meant with ‘the cultivation of the beautiful’ and, more importantly, the way their ideas of beauty informed their criticism of society, my study aims to contribute to our understanding of the idea of aesthetic education in the Victorian context and, further, to participate in a recent debate about the nature of beauty and aesthetic education.
Chapter One focuses on John Stuart Mill’s concept of ‘feeling’ in a series of essays. I will demonstrate how Mill’s idea of ‘aesthetic education’ was an ‘education of feelings,’ and moreover, how this idea was integrated into his literary criticism, his later critique of democratisation, his description of an ideal liberal society and even his own style of writing. Chapter Two contains a comparative study of Matthew Arnold and Friedrich Schiller. Through a rereading of Arnold, I will argue that his idea of aesthetic education is essentially Schillerian and that their resemblance consists primarily in their stress on the importance of aesthetic unity for modern life, which was becoming increasingly fragmentary and multitudinous. Chapter Three examines John Ruskin’s idea of aesthetic education and concentrates particularly on the cultivation of perception. Perception, as I shall show, was pivotal in Ruskin’s idea of aesthetic education. Just as what happened in Mill and Arnold, the emphasis on the education of seeing continued from his early writings well into his art and social criticisms. It not only differentiated him from his fellow art critics; the conviction that people should perceive with a pure heart also enabled him to link observation of artistic details with moral criticism of contemporary society and, thereby, to turn the cultivation of the beautiful into a moral-aesthetic experience
The christology of Alexander of Hales
No full textThis thesis is a study in the Christology of Alexander of Hales. I chose Alexander as a subject simply because I wanted to become acquainted with a theology not of my own tradition and there is no better period to choose for this purpose than the thirteenth century, the century of the scholastic giants. Having chosen the period the next question to be asked was "who could I study besides Thomas Aquinas"? The fact that there were good new texts available of Alexander's main works and the fact that he was a man of some stature in his own day together with the fact that most Protestants have never heard of him seemed a good reason to discover the source of his great reputation. There were problems about the text of the Summa in that there were doubts as to its genuineness but I hoped that these problems would be solved as I proceeded.
However, this was not to be so. Because of the
doubts about the genuineness of the Summa this thesis has
become a study in the Christology of Alexander which appears
in the Glossa on the Sentences of Peter Lombard. Together
with this there are discussions of the views of the
Quaestiones at the end of each topic in this thesis
Power, value, and the individual exchange: towards an improved conceptualization of terrorist finance
No full textThis thesis finds that the term ‘terrorist financing’ is a misnomer in that much of the activity encompassed by that term involves neither terrorism nor money. Instead, terrorist financing more accurately refers either to the flow of economic and material value to ‘terrorist’ actors or specific material expressions of support to ‘terrorism,’ however that contested term is defined. This finding not only directly challenges the dominant ways terrorist finance is now conceptualized, but also provides the first unified coherent conceptual framework capable of supporting systematic analysis of the topic. This thesis arrives at this conclusion by first critically examining the various – and often contradictory or incoherent – normative, legal, and political contexts that dominate ‘orthodox’ thinking on terrorism and terrorist finance, and then relocating the financing of terrorism squarely in context of the everyday realities of how terrorism and terrorist actors interact with global and local political economies. This thesis goes beyond existing critical works on terrorist financing, and constructs the necessary conceptual foundation for a vastly more coherent, systematic, and ultimately useful understanding of the financial and economic dimensions of terrorism
A necessary fiction: The ritualisation of stakeholder practices in New Zealand cinema
No full textThis thesis argues that stability of the concept ‘national cinema’ is located in the discursive positioning of individual films in such a way that they are connected to a national ‘common ground’, one which is ritually accessed via engagement with media such as cinema. This positioning, however, is not quantifiable and may not be identified as arising from any particular production practice, dimension of popularity, theme, style, characteristic of production personnel, and so on. By synthesising the work of several theorists and applying this synthesis to a selection of films, a framework of ideas (around the ritualised ‘flagging’ of the national via the expression of stakeholder interests) is applied to cinema in New Zealand. In particular, an ideoscape is ultimately mapped as a result of applying this framework of ideas. The normative assumptions of national cinema are examined in this way and found to be lacking despite the weight that the term ‘national cinema’ continues to have
2013 Kansas Performance Tests with Cotton Varieties
No full textThis publication presents the results of performance tests with cotton varieties. Descriptive information is presented with the results for each test. This information, including soil type, establishment methods, fertilization, pest control, irrigation, harvest dates, and growing conditions unique to that location, can help explain test and/or variety performance.
Contributors
Main Station, Manhattan, KS
Lucas Haag, Senior Author
Stewart Duncan
Kraig Roozeboom
Jason Waite
Cooperators
Stuart Briggeman, Cullison
Gary Cramer, Hutchinson
Lahey Farms, Moscow
Matt Smith, Winfiel
Methods for the measurement of hospital efficiency : a comparison of frontier estimation techniques in a sample of Victorian public hospitals
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Waipiata: A Practice-Led Exploration of Heterotopic Playwriting
No full textThis thesis proposes a heterotopic methodology for the dramatic treatment of a site and its histories. This practice-based research comprises a full-length playscript, entitled Waipiata, and an exegesis. In the exegesis I outline the heterotopic dramaturgical model that I developed, placing this in the context of theatrical precedents and other factors that informed the creation of the script. Cited by scholars such as Kevin Hetherington, Joanne Tompkins, and Mike Pearson, the concept of heterotopia is taken from Michel Foucault. I contend that those places described by Erving Goffman as “total institutions” function as heterotopias in Foucault’s sense. My central objective was to author a playscript dealing with the unique history and characteristics of a site in the Maniototo (South Island, New Zealand). This site was a tuberculosis sanatorium (Orangapai 1914-1960), a correctional facility for young men (Waipiata Youth Centre 1961-1980), and currently operates as a Christian retreat (En Hakkore). Waipiata is a historical fiction and it is the first time that these institutions have been afforded a dramatic treatment.
Heterotopia was the central concept employed in anchoring the multi-layered narratives suggested by the site and its histories. Heterotopia has previously been employed as a frame through which to read theatrical productions, or geographic sites. I build on this to compose a play that embodies what I term the heterotopic dramaturgical model. Such a model is particularly appropriate when producing theatrical works that deal with sites that are themselves heterotopic. Waipiata conveys the heterotopic and heterochronic characteristics of the site by employing a hybridity of stylistic and design elements. I conclude the thesis with a dramaturgical exposition of my play. Since heterotopic dramaturgy involves the dramatic placement of bodies and spaces, my script is written with scenographic and performative conventions in mind. These are drawn partly from Bertolt Brecht, Caryl Churchill, and Timberlake Wertenbaker. I outline these dramatic, scenographic, and dramaturgical elements so as to sketch a fully rounded portrait of the heterotopic dramaturgy of Waipiata; a model that others may adapt
Waipiata: A Practice-Led Exploration of Heterotopic Playwriting
No full textThis thesis proposes a heterotopic methodology for the dramatic treatment of a site and its histories. This practice-based research comprises a full-length playscript, entitled Waipiata, and an exegesis. In the exegesis I outline the heterotopic dramaturgical model that I developed, placing this in the context of theatrical precedents and other factors that informed the creation of the script. Cited by scholars such as Kevin Hetherington, Joanne Tompkins, and Mike Pearson, the concept of heterotopia is taken from Michel Foucault. I contend that those places described by Erving Goffman as “total institutions” function as heterotopias in Foucault’s sense. My central objective was to author a playscript dealing with the unique history and characteristics of a site in the Maniototo (South Island, New Zealand). This site was a tuberculosis sanatorium (Orangapai 1914-1960), a correctional facility for young men (Waipiata Youth Centre 1961-1980), and currently operates as a Christian retreat (En Hakkore). Waipiata is a historical fiction and it is the first time that these institutions have been afforded a dramatic treatment.
Heterotopia was the central concept employed in anchoring the multi-layered narratives suggested by the site and its histories. Heterotopia has previously been employed as a frame through which to read theatrical productions, or geographic sites. I build on this to compose a play that embodies what I term the heterotopic dramaturgical model. Such a model is particularly appropriate when producing theatrical works that deal with sites that are themselves heterotopic. Waipiata conveys the heterotopic and heterochronic characteristics of the site by employing a hybridity of stylistic and design elements. I conclude the thesis with a dramaturgical exposition of my play. Since heterotopic dramaturgy involves the dramatic placement of bodies and spaces, my script is written with scenographic and performative conventions in mind. These are drawn partly from Bertolt Brecht, Caryl Churchill, and Timberlake Wertenbaker. I outline these dramatic, scenographic, and dramaturgical elements so as to sketch a fully rounded portrait of the heterotopic dramaturgy of Waipiata; a model that others may adapt
The Independent Professional Point: Use of a recorded musical story, entitled The Point, for teaching English to speakers of other languages
No full textThis project discusses use of The Point, a recorded story of songs and narrations, as a TESOL tool. A brief summary of the story line is provided followed by why the author feels it has valuable TESOL application. Actual case studies, in which The Point was used, plus suggestions towards classroom applications are presented.
The following materials are included: letters to students which introduce The Point; a transcription of the recording; a comic book; a do-it-yourself dictionary; a cassette recording of The Point and an animated film suggestion.
The project encourages creative thinking and creative teaching
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