Cultural power and resistance
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We invite applications for our panel "Figuring It Out: Crises and Resistance in Graphic Novels, Comics, and Cartoons" at the XV Conference of the Italian Society for Middle Eastern Studies (SeSaMO). The conference will be held in presence... more
“Power is war, the continuation of war by other means”: Foucault’s reversal of Clausewitz’s formula has become a staple of critical theory — but it remains highly problematic on a conceptual level. Elaborated during Foucault’s 1976... more
The themes of ‘freedom’ and ‘resistance’ have histories and philosophical arguments that can be mapped across human history. This thesis uses these thematic concerns to explore the work of Irish artist Samuel Beckett. In so doing, this... more
Volume I Praca doktorska napisana pod kierunkiem Prof. UAM dr. hab. Arkadiusza Marciniaka Poznań 2015 2
Wayne Vucinic Book Prize 2007, "for the most important contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences." Endorsement by Slavoj Zizek: "Alexei Yurchak's Everything... more
We argue that the continued growth of the Internet, both as a form of mainstream media and as a tool for organizing democratic social interactions, requires that Internet politics be retheorized from a standpoint that is both critical and... more
Of the challenges confronting the nation-building project in Timor-Leste, the " generation gap " is one of the most important. The history of Timor-Leste, characterized by foreign occupations by both Portugal and Indonesia, has produced... more
This thesis examines the central driver of recent mobilizations to be the need felt by society to seek a reinterpretation of democracy. This need for change is seen to emerge due to the damages caused to the social fabric by the impact of... more
To refuse is to say no. But, no, it is not just that. To refuse can be generative and strategic, a deliberate move toward one thing, belief, practice, or community and away from another. Refusals illuminate limits and possibilities,... more
Artykuł przynosi reinterpretację Kopisty Bartleby. Historii z Wall Street-słynnej noweli Hermana Melville'a, której poświęcono niezliczoną ilość analiz. Autor przedstawia działanie "fabryki Bartleby'ego" i odnosi się polemicznie do tych... more
Over the past several decades, the neoliberal paradigm has dominated global economics and has marked a period of privatization, the supremacy of finance capital and the centrality of unaccountable global financial organizations. Since... more
Since 2009, 155 Tibetans inside Tibet have positioned themselves in public places and burned themselves alive, in what most understand to be a protest for Tibetan freedom and the return of the Dalai Lama. This article explores how... more
Whilst the condition of a damaged ethical life has received due scholarly attention to date, only rarely is resistance to it conceived as an actual possibility with the potential of real effects on a macro-social scale. This is not just a... more
Por meio da compreensão do ativismo de fãs como uma forma de resistência cotidiana cultural, econômica e criativa, o objetivo deste capítulo busca problematizar as relações entre participação, resistência e consumo de fãs do jogo on-line... more
A dialogue with Cecily Nicholson
et , cette recherche fournit une nouvelle approche théorique des difficultés de la fidélisation. Une étude qualitative conduite auprès de 40 consommateurs révèle qu'ils fondent leurs justifications sur une critique des logiques marchande... more
Why do some members keep silent, although the group counseling is based on interaction? Is this a way of participation or is oral participation too difficult as a skill to actualize in a group? This study handles the issue of silence and... more
The Spanish Civil War, fought between 1936 and 1939, was the first battle against fascism in Europe. Five months after the victory of dictator Francisco Franco in Spain the conflict moved to Europe with the outbreak of the Second World... more
The instance postcolonialism becomes hinged on liberalism, the liberating promise which postcolonialism propels considerably shrinks. This essay explains that in predicating the liberal ideology as a tool for self-determination, a... more
In Truth and Bright Water, Thomas King makes various metaphorical connections between the buffalo and the natives to reconfigure the prevailing Canadian cultural discourse surrounding native people. In this novel, King focuses on a... more
The apparitions in Medjugorje are an extremely complex phenomenon that produces different interpretations and evaluations. In this paper I will focus solely on the perspective of those who recognize the apparitions of Mary as a symbol of... more
Noken is an essential tool/bag/clothing in the lives of Indigenous people of West Papua, which is made from knitting thin strips of wood primarily from the Gnetum Gnemon tree. Raw materials required to make noken have become scarce due to... more
Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook
Volume 48, 2003
Volume 48, 2003
One of the most prominent, and well-studied, relationships in nineteenth-century Ireland is that of landlord and tenant, and for most of the century it was the traditional authority of the rural landed elite that dominated positions of... more
This thesis aims to explore the making of Kurdish publishing in Turkey by asking how that field emerged and has been developed under the conditions inimical to the use and reproduction of Kurdish literary language. My exploratory journey... more
This paper examines the affective dynamics surrounding street harassment encounters endured by women of colour in the transient spaces of London. The harassment will be framed as intersectional, combining racist and sexist oppressions in... more
The German invasion of the Netherlands on the 10th of May 1940 was not only a tragedy for the Dutch people; it was also a tragedy for Dutch literature. In a few weeks time, the intellectual leaders of an entire generation would disappear.... more
Nella collana Teoria sociale Orthotes Editrice pubblica esclusivamente testi scienti ci valutati e approvati dal Comitato scienti co-editoriale.
During the past two decades, a new immigrants’ rights movement in the U.S. has emerged, constructing a counterpublic that challenges hegemonic immigration discourses, policies, and practices. We show how a counterpublic is constructed in... more
The colonial project presupposes the existence of a binary between the colonizer and the colonized, master and slave. This binary is actually a form of hierarchy where the colonizer is pitted against the colonized which is similar to the... more
In their search for explanations for the so-called Tunisian paradox under Ben Ali -a country with comparatively high levels of socio-economic development, yet plagued by the absence of a civil society that could push for political... more
Panel 1 - Critique of history and history of critique with Christian Garland, Harry Cross & Matt Bolton
British Sociological Association (BSA), Durham University, 20th September 2017
British Sociological Association (BSA), Durham University, 20th September 2017
ABSTRACT This article investigates how Gabriele D’Annunzio’s The Triumph of Death brings together Nietzsche’s ideas and Wagner’s music and interweaves them with the motifs of literary Decadence and the author’s own particular sexual... more
Fabio Lo Bono intervista Pietro Piro sul libro: Francisco Franco. Appunti per una fenomenologia della potenza e del potere.
Dans les imaginaires collectifs, la marionnette est tour à tour assimilée à un emblème des rapports de domination et de manipulation. à une créature essentiellement frondeuse et irrévérencieuse, ou bien à un divertissement parfaitement... more
This paper, about cinema and the scaffolding of the protest movement in Egypt, depicts how Egyptian recent movies foresee 2011 25th Januarry Revolution. En Occidente, debido a la sesgada información que aportan los medios de comunicación... more
Beogradski ravnogorci monografija je koja je posvećena jednoj nedovoljno istraženoj temi u domaćoj istoriografiji- delovanju pokreta otpora u urbanim uslovima jedne okupirane prestonice. Autor se ne zadržava samo na istoriografskoj... more
A conflict transformation model can be used to characterise deep-rooted socio- political conflicts in which non-violent, creative and/or alternative methods are used to deal with complex and critical situations, to attempt to achieve... more