Similarities and Differences between Critical Traditions and the Traditions of the “Post” “Post”-traditions have developed as reactions and reflections of dramatically altered material and ideological conditions that have taken place over the last fifty years across the globe‚ such as the collapse of communism‚ the official demise of colonialism‚ the renewal of aggressive capitalism‚ the incredible speed of technological change and the terrifying possibilities of scientific inventions. All these
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How useful is postmodernism in understanding contemporary British fiction To examine the question of how useful postmodernism is in understanding contemporary British fiction‚ I will be using the example of ‘Sexing The Cherry’ written by Jeanette Winterson. The works that can be closely linked with this novel first published in 1989 are those of theorist and historian Michel Foucault. His ideas on sexuality mirror the ideas of sexuality used in Sexing The Cherry (Winterson. J 1989‚ 47-60). Postmodernism
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The Subject and Power Author(s): Michel Foucault Source: Critical Inquiry‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 4 (Summer‚ 1982)‚ pp. 777-795 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1343197 . Accessed: 26/09/2011 07:49 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and students discover‚ use‚ and
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Five Bases of Power Maria Mayorga BCom230 November 28‚ 2011 Jay Johnson Five Bases of Power Power is said to be ability of one person‚ group‚ or organization to control another person‚ group‚ or organization. Power is also refer to when one individual makes another do what the other wished through fear‚ force‚ persuasion‚ or reward. For example someone may be powerful because he or she could fire or assign a task someone does not like. Other could be powerful by having the ability to
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Sweetness & Power Power Pg. 178 “meaning and power touch this time….” Pg. 45 “sugar was a monopoly of a privilege minority” Pg. 186 “In this perspective‚ sugar was the ideal substance…” “Power” was sugar‚ being the ideal substance because its use provided many meanings‚ like what it meant to people and what people signaled by consuming it. These meanings were associated with differences like age‚ gender class‚ and profession. People cannot make sugar but it can be used and changed
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dtesis.univr.it/documenti/Avviso/all/all181066.pdf.) Mobility is channelled. It moves along routes and conduits often provided by conduits in space. It does not happen evenly over a continuous space like spilt water flowing over a table top. In Deleuze and Guatarri’s account of nomadology they point out that it is not simply a case of free‚ mobile nomads challenging the ‘royal science” of fixed division and classification. Mobility itself is ‘channeled’ into acceptable conduits. Smooth space (the
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Gilles Fontaine Dec.9.2010 By:Rutba Rahman Gilles Fontaine was born in 1948 at Lévis‚ near Quebec City. He went to school at Laval University in Quebec City. (AstroLab.2006) after he became an “Astroseismologist” which is an Astronomer who studies the internal structure of stars meaning to study the parts inside of the stars‚ by looking at changes in their light. Gilles Fontaine has won many awards like the BSC Physics award at Laval University in 1969 and the Marie-Victorian
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GILES LABORATORIES 1. What are the financial implications associated with closing the Columbus warehouse? Alternatives Cost Categories Retain Columbus Close Columbus Transportation: Michigan to Columbus (5‚000 cases x 25 lbs.) x 70 cents / cwt Indianapolis to Columbus (10‚000 cases x 25 lbs.) x 60 cents/cwt. $875.00/mo $1‚500.00/mo $2‚375.00/mo Michigan to Indianapolis (5‚000 cases x 25 lbs) x 70 cents/cwt Indianapolis to Columbus (15‚000 cases x 25 lbs) x 1
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Wrongful Conviction: Gilles LeClair 1. What was the crime(s) that the individual was convicted of? Where and when did this happen? Who was the victim (name and relation‚ if any‚ to the accused)? The crime that Gillles LeClair was convicted of is second degree murder. The crime took place in Ottawa‚ Ontario and it happened on August 13‚2003. The victim of this crime was Beverley LeClair. The relation she had to Gilles LeClair is they are spouses. 2. What was
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MAX WEBER ON CAPITALISM: Max Weber (1864 – 1920) was a left-wing liberal German political economist and sociologist. He despised the nobility and the seeking of power for its own ends. He studied capitalism in general and the part of religion in particular. Rise of Capitalism Some religions enable the march of capitalism‚ whilst others‚ such as Hinduism and Confucianism‚ do not. A key trigger in the Reformation was the removal of simple guarantees of being saved through belief‚ which led
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