The Representation of Poverty and the Poverty of Representation by Pablo J. Boczkowski

“…In this essay I draw upon both my reporting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, United States, and my ethnography of the digitization of mental health work in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to examine the representation of poverty and the poverty of representation in contemporary social and political discourse.…”
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Akinwumi Isola. Treasury of Childhood Memories. Translated by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith. Austin, TX: Pan­ African University Press, 2016. 192 pp. by Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“… Review essay of Akinwumi Isola's Treasury of Childhood Memories. …”
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Tourism and Erotic Imaginaries in Wartime Paris: French and Germans during the Occupation, 1940-1944 by Bertram M. Gordon

“…This essay focuses on the intersections of tourism, war, and erotics in occupied Paris during the Second World War. …”
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On Uncertainty and Uncertainty Reduction by Ugo Corte

“…This essay introduces a Debate Section of Sociologica discussing Patrik Aspers’ book Uncertainty: Individual Problems and Public Solutions (Oxford University Press, 2024). …”
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La finesse du paysage by Franco Farinelli

“…In “The arguzia del paesaggio”, the article presented here in translation (which is part of an essay published in I segni del mondo, 1992) F. Farinelli presents a critical and a historico-philosophical analysis of the concept of landscape as it was developed in geographical sciences (particularly in the reflection of Humboldt) and as considered today (though the article was published in 1991) in the social sciences.…”
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What is spirituality? by K. Waaijman

“… This essay provides, first of all, a historical perspective on the nature of spirituality by investigating its early forms, followed by a discussion of two approaches in the last century. …”
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Marianne Moore and the Lessons of Multiplicity by Heather Cass White

“…The intrinsically multiple work of American poet Marianne Moore (1887-1972) presents special challenges to her editors, as evidenced by the ever-increasing number of editions of her work. In this essay the author, editor of three such editions, reflects on questions about poetic making and representation that underlie editorial work, focusing in particular on the virtues and pitfalls particular to print and digital editions.…”
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Friedrich Creuzer (1771-1858) à l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres by Sotera Fornaro

“…This essay is an overview of the cultural and personal context, that determined the fortune of Friedrich Creuzer's (1771-1858) work Symbolik und Mythologie. …”
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Brava gente brasileira e o “Brasil 500”: o espetáculo do descobrimento by Kátia da Costa Bezerra

“…Based on studies of Diana Taylor, Anthony Pagden and Jean Starobinski, this essay examines how the film Brava gente brasileira, dramatizes some of the conflicts present in the reenactment of the discovery during the celebrations of the “Brazil 500.” …”
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Farm Cultural Park as an urban regeneration lab by Fausta Occhipinti

“…A lot of Italian old town centers are wilderness because of their inability to adapt to the different ways of contemporary living and it represents an urgency that needs compelling solutions. This essay shows the importance of the fieldwork and the involvement of the persons to renew the forsaken town centers through the example of the Farm Cultural Park, a driving force of a cultural, social and economical rebirth of the Sicilian town of Favara.…”
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The use of scripture in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis by J. Huls

“… This essay investigates the use of Scripture in The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. …”
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Voix du Sud : étude de trois autobiographies de femmes esclaves by Dominique Aurélia

“…This essay examines the presence of the half-muted and marginalized women slaves’ voices which nevertheless inform the audience of the time as well as the contemporary scholar on their desire to inscribe their being within the public sphere as they question the issue of identity and emancipation through their texts. …”
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Thabo Mbeki’s Decolonial Idea of an African in the African Renaissance by William Jethro Mpofu

“… In this essay, I deploy a liberation philosophical perspective in order to understand Thabo Mbeki’s decolonial imagining of an African in the African Renaissance. …”
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Zwischen Sprechen und Singen. ›Performative Formgebung‹ in den Chansons von Edmund Nick und Erich Kästner aus der Münchner Schaubude by Daniel Ernst

“…. // The idea that chansons only become suitable objects of study through being performed serves as the starting point for this essay which focusses on aspects of text, musical setting, and interpretation. …”
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Who gets to define flourishing? Disentangling social science from theology in flourishing measurement and policy prescriptions by Sarah S. Willen, Abigail Fisher Williamson, Colleen C. Walsh

“…In this essay, we advance a conversation initiated on these pages by the recent special issue on “Flourishing and Health in Critical Perspective: An Invitation to Interdisciplinary Dialogue” (Willen, 2022; Willen, Williamson, and Walsh 2022), followed by a response from VanderWeele and the Human Flourishing Program team (VanderWeele et al., 2023). …”
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The Economics of Immortality: The Demi-Immortal Oriental, Enlightenment Vitalism, and Political Economy in Dracula by J. Jeffrey Franklin

“…Intending to add a new interpretation to this long list, the current essay argues, first, that Dracula belongs to a character-type that I will define as the “demi-immortal Oriental.” …”
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Raphael’s Religious Paintings and Their Early Restorations: Devotional Attention or Aesthetic Appreciation? by Cathleen Hoeniger

“…This essay explores whether early restorers responded to the cult status of Raphael’s paintings, since Vasari records that several of his religious works carried spiritual power. …”
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O não espaço em Wesley Peres: narrativas líricas em deslocamento by Rosane Carneiro Ramos

“…This essay aims to address the issue of space in Wesley Peres‟ Casa entrevértebras (2007), by showing how the lyrical narrative, through non referentialand metaphorical language, can introduce new questions to the subject.Furthermore, ina broader perspective, it intends to briefly present sometheoretical principles of lyricism in narratives and the displacement undergoneby lyrical novels in national literary historiography as well.…”
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Awe and respect in the Psalms by K. Waaijman

“… This essay discusses the motif of awe in the Psalms in terms of Buber’s outline of mystical awe. …”
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Actualité du roman archéologique by Philippe Dufour

“…Some scholars like Anne Green have shown that Flaubert in his historical novel, Salammbô, frequently alludes to contemporary history in spite of the obvious difference between the Carthaginian civilization and the modern world. In this essay I will try to grasp the shift in referenciality through a small description (a meeting between the wealthy), inspired by Aristotle’s Politics: Hugolian images of decadence from Les Châtiments appear superimposed on it, so that the archeological novel turns into an allegorical satire on the Second Empire.…”
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