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Women, Hospitality and The Intimate Politics of International Socialism, 1955–1965

In the 1950s, a commitment to democratic socialism connected networks of intellectuals, activists and political operators in both Europe and Asia. Many of these were women, who built informal and ... between men that remain underexplored. Apart from in Burma, the hub of the Asian socialist movement, Asian socialist parties were almost always in political opposition to mainstream nationalist parties. The

Cancer, Religious Philosophy, Death and Dying

This final issue of JORH for 2022 revisits the topics of (1) cancer, (2) religious philosophy, and (3) uniquely collates a number of papers discussing the theme of death and dying—which seems an ... /1568180291096793093. Cancer; Religious philosophy; Death; Dying; Queen Elizabeth II - Accepted: 14 September 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer

China, Gender Issues, Medical Philosophy and Measurement Scales

; Gender; Medical and religious philosophy; Measurement scales; J; S; Peale Introduction With COVID-19 still simmering, two other global issues continue to challenge international security, namely the ... Nigeria, and (16) factors challenging the spiritual rehabilitation of Iranian men affected by natural disasters. Medical Philosophy A small collection of articles in this issue present topics that relate

Doubt and the dislocation of magic: France, 1790–1940

. 10 Liam Kofi Bright, ‘White Psychodrama’, forthcoming in Journal of Political Philosophy. 11 Alexandra Walsham, ‘The Reformation and the “Disenchantment of the World” Reassessed’, Historical ... choosing, as he does, to see ‘belief’ as a colonizer of ‘neighboring epistemic categories’. Ibid., 282, 293. 7 See Ted Honderich (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, 2nd edn (Oxford, 2005), 193; D

Foucault and Rancière: learning and apprehending in dissent

philosophy. Agreements and particularities in their work are detailed, especially with regard to the possibilities of emancipation of individuals in the face of power.Keywords : modern philosophy; political

Solitude and Soul in Restoration Britain

Mackenzie made no secret of his political ambitions. Modern interpreters treat the debate as a literary joust, a playful display of mock argument in a classic late Renaissance mode. A letter from Evelyn to ... political events; his shrewd reflections on the arts, religion and science: all these make his Diary an invaluable source. Evelyn was an influential courtier and a polymath, a notable figure in his day. But

An (Un)Holy Trinity: Differences in Climate Change-Induced Distress Between Believers and Non-believers in God Disappear After Controlling for Left–Right Political Orientation

climate change, belief in God, and left–right political orientation. These constructs were measured slightly differently across the studies. Regardless of how these constructs were measured, believers were ... -believers, and with only a few exceptions, these differences disappeared after covarying political orientation (left-right or liberal-conservative). Contrary to those who argue that there is something

Thinking against dualisms: review of cyborg philosophy

In the condition of contemporary experience, the multiplicity of protheses, interfaces and machines immediately calls to think about the idea of cyborg as the concept which problematizes the relationships between nature and artifact. Cyborg bears diversity: it consists in a surgical intervention or an Organorg. Thierry Hoquet, the french philosopher, observes everyday artistic...

Some Remarks on Recent Formalist Responses to the Hole Argument

CB3 9DA , UK 1 Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford , Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG , UK In a recent article, Halvorson and Manchak (Br J Philos Sci, Forthcoming) claim that there is no basis ... .: Leibnizian space-times and Leibnizian algebras . In: Historical and Philosophical Dimensions of Logic. Methodology and Philosophy of Science , pp. 93 - 112 . Springer, Berlin ( 1977 ) 6. Earman , J.: A Primer

When Patients Talk Politics: Opportunities for Recontextualizing Ministerial Theory and Practice

Some chaplains and pastoral caregivers may regard political conversation in a care encounter as a distraction from spiritual work or a transgression of our professional role or ethical code. Yet ... political references in a care recipient's personal and social history can reveal grief beneath grievance, trauma in need of healing, and sources of meaning and strength; hence, it is possible to integrate a

On the Foundation of Space and Time by Quantum-Events

The true nature of space and time has been a topic of natural philosophy, passed down since the presocratic era. In modern times reflection has particularly been inspired by the physical theories of ... era this reflection has been part of natural philosophy, which aims to describe nature by the language of mathematics. Over time two main traditions have emerged. On the one side there is the position

An Alternative Foundation of Quantum Theory

famous measurement problem, can be enlightened using a new philosophy called Convivial Solipsism. The basic thesis is: Every description of the world must be relative to some observer. But different ... observers can communicate. Mathematically the philosophy rests upon Everett’s relative state formulation of pure wave mechanics [ 22, 23 ]; see also [24] for philosophical issues. The distinction between

Is It Harmful? A Thomistic Perspective on Risk Science in Social Welfare

epistemological concepts from scholastic philosophy. Aquinas’ anthropological concepts related to modern ‘risk science’ and his concepts of rationality, harm and prudence are applied to contemporary social welfare. ... Policy Studies, Ulster University , Belfast , Northern Ireland 2 Department of Christian Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Nicolaus Copernicus University , Toruń , Poland Probabilistic information is used

Gold Rushes, Universities and Globalization, 1840–1910

tendencies. The pre-gold city of Sydney, with a pre-rush population of 54,000, positioned itself at the top of the Australian colonies’ social and political food chain. Gold rushes upset this balance of power ... ’.53 In this case, the first university council in Melbourne saw revolutionary impulses and looked to re-create an Old World social hierarchy. Word of new political creeds in ascendance across the globe

Flows of History

articles reviewed date mostly from the year 2000 onwards, reflecting the growing importance of water to scholarly (as well as cultural, political and artistic) agendas in the previous two decades. We have ... and China and the staggeringly rapid melt of polar ice caps. At the same time, infrastructures around water reveal long legacies of political and environmental disfranchisement. To give but three recent

Digesting the indigestible: the political scatology of the Vomitaço

demonstration became popular during the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff. The essay debates the place occupied by Vomitaço in the national political scenario, and brings data from an ethnographic approach ... . 5, pp. 739-768, 2012. [ Links ] BENNETT, W. L. When politics becomes play. In: Political Behavior, Nova Iorque, v. 1, n. 4, pp. 331-359, 1979. [ Links ] BOULTON, C. In defense of “Slacktivism

Digesting the indigestible: the political scatology of the Vomitaço

targets’ posts with a puke sticker. The demonstration became popular during the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff. The essay debates the place occupied by Vomitaço in the national political scenario ... . 5, pp. 739-768, 2012. [ Links ] BENNETT, W. L. When politics becomes play. In: Political Behavior, Nova Iorque, v. 1, n. 4, pp. 331-359, 1979. [ Links ] BOULTON, C. In defense of “Slacktivism

Digesting the indigestible: the political scatology of the Vomitaço

demonstration became popular during the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff. The essay debates the place occupied by Vomitaço in the national political scenario, and brings data from an ethnographic approach ... . 5, pp. 739-768, 2012. [ Links ] BENNETT, W. L. When politics becomes play. In: Political Behavior, Nova Iorque, v. 1, n. 4, pp. 331-359, 1979. [ Links ] BOULTON, C. In defense of “Slacktivism

Nurturing Socioculturally and Medically Appropriate Palliative Care Delivery: Lessons Learned by Israeli Medical Faculty

Western countries. This study describes the current state of PC in Israel through examination of: (1) its current status, self-image and structural factors; (2) its relation to cultural and political ... , spiritual and cultural aspects, (8) political and economic aspects, (9) obstacles and weaknesses, and (10) prospects and goals of palliative care.  Participants perceive PC as an integrative healthcare

Surges of Political “Fake News”: A case study on Twitter.

; cascatas Abstract In this paper we propose an analysis of the so-called political “fake news” on Twitter, based on a case study. We examined fake news that circulated during the trial and ... os nós menos conectados. Referências ADAMIC, L. & GLANCE, N. The Political Blogosphere and the 2004 U.S. Election: Divided They Blog. March 2005. Disponível em: