C. McGinn. Selfish Genes and Moral Parasites / trans. from Engl. A. V. Nekhaev by A. V. Nekhaev

“…The essay raises questions about the origins of altruistic behaviour. …”
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The Limits of Computer Science. Weizsäcker’s Argument by Olszewski Adam

“…The main purpose of this paper, which takes the form of an essay, is an attempt to answer the question of the limits of artificial intelligence (AI). …”
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Race, Gender, and Presentism in the Opera Studies Classroom by Esther M. Morgan-Ellis, Reba Wissner

“…When teachers help students interpret such works through a historical lens, they provide insight into the oppressive structures and forms of resistance that have always shaped the production and reception of musical theater. In this essay, we take Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (1904) as a case study. …”
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Youth as actors and mediators in Tuareg theater and social life (Urban Niger and Mali) by Susan Rasmussen

“…In particular, there is widespread preoccupation with what many refer to as the experience of youth. This essay analyzes enactments and reformulations of the meanings of youth and intergenerational relationships in popular play plots in Agadez, Niger, and Kidal, Mali, explores what it means to be culturally defined, among Tuareg, as “youth(s),” and examines the connections between acting and its performing specialists, many of whom are culturally defined as “youthful” in emerging new plays considered by many local audiences as “modern.” …”
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Apollo in the North: Transmutations of the Sun God in Walter Pater’s Imaginary Portraits by Lene Østermark-Johansen

“…Walter Pater’s fascination with the Hyperborean Apollo, who according to myth resided north of the home of the northern wind, is explored in two of his pieces of short fiction, ‘Duke Carl of Rosenmold’ (1887) and ‘Apollo in Picardy’ (1893). The essay discusses some of Pater’s complex dialogue with Victorian science, mythography and folklore in the texts, in an attempt to map the topicality of his fiction. …”
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THEATRICAL LIFE AND REPERTOIRE OF THE MARIONETTE THEATRE OF ESTERHÁZ by Kata ASZTALOS

“…The focal point of the essay is an analysis of the functioning of the marionette theatre based on date, authors and works. …”
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Unpacking the beast of burden: Joerges on the constitutional, political, and epistemological baggage of European integration by Turkuler Isiksel

“…Christian Joerges is a scholar whose work spills over the conventional boundaries between public and private law, social science and legal theory, law and public policy, empirical inquiry and normative philosophy. This essay brings into focus Joerges’s under-appreciated role as a prescient, critical intellectual biographer of European integration. …”
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Theorizing International Politics of Research, Science, and Technology: Implications for Global Governance, National Security, and Economic Growth by Julius Adinoyi

“… This article examines the value of understanding the international politics surrounding research, science and technology (RST) in today‟s world.It encompasses intricate connections between nations, international organizations, and multinational enterprises,which is essential for economic growth, social development, and national security.The significance of elements like anarchy, capitalism, welfare, and security that influences the global politics of RST is highlighted in the essay.In order to counteract technology misuse, the authors stress the significance of establishing ethical standards. …”
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes Stories: Crime and Mystery from the Text to the Illustrations by Christophe Gelly

“…This essay argues that the illustrations provided for the serial publication of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—mainly by Sidney Paget—constitute a significant supplement that both illustrates common ideological prejudices of the nineteenth century and undermines any complete containment of evil and crime by the investigator. …”
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“She who would refine the fabric:” Contexts for Reading the Embroidering and Writing of Florence Farr and Una Taylor by Jane SPIRIT

“…Both Florence Farr and Una Taylor were Arts and Crafts embroiderers and writers whose work was published in John Lane’s avant-garde “Keynotes” series in the eighteen nineties. This essay identifies the contexts within which their work can be most helpfully examined, beginning with representations of embroidering in another of John Lane’s publications from the mid-eighteen nineties, The Yellow Book. …”
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Des mages à Florence au Quattrocento. Autour de la fête de l’Épiphanie de 1443 by Pauline Duclos-Grenet

“…However, it is in Florence by the late Middle Ages that the production of meaning is the most powerful. The purpose of this essay is to draw the frame of this phenomenon and to understand how it pervades the minds of the period, through the urban rituals and pictural representations which structure the Florentine society. …”
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Naturalisierung im deutsch-jüdischen Spannungsfeld by Avraham Rot

“…The article reconstructs Gottfried Benn’s reception of Benedictus de Spinoza in his essay Goethe und die Naturwissenschaften, published in the Neue Rundschau in 1932. …”
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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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Nietzsche's Poethics: Poetry as a Way of Life in 'The Gay Science' by Philip Mills

“…To what extent is ethics dependent on poetics? In this essay, I argue that Nietzsche’s life-affirming ethics can be understood only in this poethical framework. …”
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Disseminating our knowledge in an inclusive society: An inaugural editorial statement by Kananga Robert Mukuna

“…Inclusive research is essential at all stages of research, including data collection and dissemination. This essay investigates how current literature and the practical application of inclusive practices in the academic setting illuminate this critical but often overlooked aspect of research. …”
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Saline obtaining and time standardization of prothrombin using thromboplastin of human placenta. by María de Jesús Sánchez Bouza, Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Albert Vera Razumova, Miriam Soto González, Deysi González Sarría, Junior Jáuregui Solís

“…<strong>Background: </strong>Determining prothombine ‘s time is an important lab test in the study of coagulation disorders. To develop this essay the main reactive was thromboplastin , a substance that is presented in tissue and that has been obtained habitually from the human brain or certain animals but its extraction in labs or its commercial acquisition is difficult at present. …”
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Intimità sacra e nuove appartenenze nella devozione dei Mauriziani induisti a Santa Rosalia (Palermo) by Eugenio Giorgianni

“…Through a participatory ethnography of the acchianata pilgrimage, the article examines Hindu Mauritians’ devotion to Santa Rosalia (‘a Santuzza’) in Palermo. The essay contributes to the existing literature on the participation of migrant group in the worship of Santa Rosalia by presenting the specificities of Hindu Mauritians’ ritual practices based on the features of their departure context. …”
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‘Our precious quand même’: French in the Letters of Henry James by Daniel Karlin

“…Nowhere is this more so than when the subject is James’s own art. The essay concludes with some examples of this more intense and deliberate practice.…”
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‘Trustworthy Allies’: International Organisations, Ernest Hemingway, Women Activists, and Spanish Republican Exiles in Cuba by Daniel Fernandez Guevara

“…Notably, if the literature on US private aid groups is scant for the Spanish conflict, the research is simply non-existent for refugees who made their way to Cuba or the women in the United States who facilitated aid for these refugees. Thus, this essay addresses a crucial lacuna in the historiography by examining how US aid groups dealt with the crisis on the island. …”
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Erich Neumann – Der mystische Mensch by Véronique Liard

“…At the beginning of his essay, Erich Neumann, a student and friend of C. …”
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