Pionieri in paradiso by Simonetta Grilli, Fabio Mugnaini

“… The essay reflects on the processes of redefining the forms of living in a rural community, Trequanda (in the province of Siena), which has experienced a partial repopulation since the 1970s with the arrival of individuals (couples and families of various ages) from diverse socio-cultural and geographical backgrounds. …”
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Non-Fictional Interwar Narratives by English Writers by Barbara PUSCHMANN-NALENZ

“…George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia (1938) about the Spanish Civil War and the end of the 1930s connects his personal report about a war with his criticism of the conservative British establishment. His essay displays the writer’s engagement with politics and socialism added to his fascination with Spain. …”
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Estado e proteção social no Cone Sul da América Latina: um panorama do século XXI by Nayara Cristina Bueno, Lislei Teresinha Preuss

“…In order to reflect on the relationship between the State and social protection in the beginning of the 21st century, this essay presents an overview of the conflict between capital and labor to directing the State, through social protection / public social unprotection. …”
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The Drama of Hunting by Mátyás Szalay

“… In this short essay I demonstrate that the contemporary discussion on animal rights has some problematic presuppositions concerning the role of philosophy. …”
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Revisões da masculinidade sob ditadura: Gabeira, Caio e Noll by Idelber Avelar

“…In Brasil the Abertura period coincided with the consolidation of the gay movement, divorce laws, the beginning of the massive incorporation of middle- class women to the wage labor force, increasing visibility of transvestites, and overall the marked decadence of the ideal man promoted by the military regime. This essay discusses the ways in which Gabeira, Caio, and Noll remembered, anticipated, allegorized, cut through, and/or ignored that context, and thus situated themselves in different ways vis-à-vis the revision of masculinity that took place at the turn of that decade. …”
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Faire mémoire par le trait ou les tribulations latino-américaines de Charlie by Frédérique Langue

“…In an adverse context for freedom of thought in the so called public sphere (both in Europe and Latin America), this essay explores the sense that is supposed to have from Latin America one of the "recent disasters" of present times, as was the attack against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January 2015. …”
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La Société des Américanistes de Paris : une société savante au service de l’américanisme by Christine Laurière

“…In the third part, this essay sketches out the main geographical, disciplinary and subject trends of the articles published in the Journal.…”
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The Last and Latest Dickens by Clotilde De Stasio

“…The central theme is opium and drug addiction—a contemporary obsession: it is an interesting coincidence that an essay by Robert Tracy focusing on this aspect (‘Opium Is the True Hero of the Tale’) was published in the same year as The Last Dickens. …”
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The visual resonances of a Harari Qur’ān: An 18th century Ethiopian manuscript and its Indian Ocean connections by Sana Mirza

“…Focusing on the Khalili Qur’ān, this essay will explore Harar’s nuanced engagement and selective participation in networks of artistic circulation and exchanges and their role in the formation of a Harari visual idiom within the burgeoning globalization of 18th-century Ethiopia.…”
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The Issue of Faithful Translation According to Roman Ingarden by Piotr de Bończa Bukowski

“…According to Roman Ingarden in his essay “On Translation,” this concept may appear in a variety of different contexts – ethical, epistemological and aesthetic – allowing us to better understand the essential components of a faithful translation. …”
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Virginie Despentes et les récits de la violence sexuelle : une déconstruction littéraire et féministe des rhétoriques de la racialisation by Virginie Sauzon

“…Hence, this article focuses on the essay and fiction of Virginie Despentes, a major, yet controversial, figure in contemporary French feminism. …”
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Archivi della giustizia e Archivi della follia by Cecilia Tasca, Mariangela Rapetti

“…The essay analyses the events relating to the construction of the psychiatric unit of the new city public hospital of Cagliari, in Sardinia, through the cross-examination of sources. …”
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Writing Out of Place: Wordsworth and Woolf in London by Laurent Folliot, Juliana Lopoukhine

“…Although Wordsworth’s country rambles have often been associated with the kind of patriarchal culture epitomised by Woolf’s father Leslie Stephen (who even penned an essay entitled “In Praise of Walking”), the London perambulations recounted in Book VII of The Prelude present suggestive analogies, as well as contrasts, with Woolf’s Modernist city heuristics. …”
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How Investor Structure Influences the Yield, Information Dissemination Efficiency, and Liquidity by Hongli Che, Xiong Xiong, Juntian Yang, Wei Zhang, Yongjie Zhang

“…This essay focuses on the investor structure of the stock index futures market and uses agent-based computational finance method to discuss how the volume-synchronized probability of informed trading (VPIN) affects market absolute yield, information dissemination efficiency, and liquidity with different ratios of informed traders in the market. …”
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The problem of respect in environmental philosophy by Barbora Baďurová

“…The term respect is frequently used in ordinary communication however it also has a significant role in philosophical discussions focused on environmental ethics. This essay deals with the ambiguity of the term respect. …”
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Writing, Dreaming, and Freedom: Rokeya Hossain at the Limit of Reform in colonial Bangladesh by Parna Sengupta

“…Drawing on the work of Hélène Cixous, I look at Rokeya’s experimentations with genre through her use of the waking dream, a narrative frame which allows her to draw attention to the act of composition as related to forms of inspiration and states of consciousness that are not reducible to a discourse of rationality or reform. The essay then suggests that another entry point to understand the waking dream is its place within the Islamic tradition, where dreams are often the vehicles through which the pious receive revelation, guidance and knowledge.…”
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Christian gacaca and Official gacaca in Post-genocide Rwanda. by Philippe Denis

“…Lesser known is the Christian gacaca, a conflict resolution mechanism, also inspired by the traditional gacaca, which was established during the same period by the Catholic Church of Rwanda as part of the synodal process leading to the celebration of the 2000 Year Jubilee. This essay describes, on the basis of archival documents and oral testimonies, the genesis of the Christian gacaca and examines how it related to the official gacaca. …”
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A memória das cidades na sociedade digital: reflexões para São Paulo e o exemplo de ‘Quando a cidade era mais gentil’ by Martin Jayo, Diego Vasconcellos Vargas

“…Two decades after its publication, the essay On the Memory of Cities, by geogragher Maurício de Almeida Abreu, preserves all its relevance and continues to be widely quoted and acknowledged. …”
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Beach practices. Models for design-driven seaside regenerations by Vincenzo Cristallo, Ivo Caruso

“…Among these is the seaside environment, and the beach in particular, examined in this essay on the basis of the results of two research projects with field and desk contents, which recognize that seashores are an integral part of the very metaphor of inhabited space. …”
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Reflexões sobre as incidências tributárias no Brasil e suas relações com o desenvolvimento socioeconômico nacional by Luciano Henrique Fialho Botelho, Luíz Antônio Abrantes

“…This essay, based on theories of public finances and the optimal taxation model, sought to reflect on the national tax landscape. …”
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