No person or persons whatsoever, shall at any time print or cause to be imprinted, any book or pamphlet whatsoever [without prior certification by a government censor] that there is nothing in that book or books contained, that is contrary to Christian faith. . . to good life, or good manners. A Decree of Starre-Chamber, […]
День: 09.10.2015
Women’s Roles in Peace-making. in the Somali Community in. North Eastern Kenya
Dekha Ibrahim Introduction In the town of Wajir, in north eastern Kenya in 1993, a young Somali woman hid her first child under the bed to protect the infant from bullets that flew through the town each day in a fierce local inter-clan war. When she discovered that she had been hidden under a bed […]
PICKING UP THE GIST OF DEEP STRUCTURE
Kavesdropping is discussed only glancingly in the literature on the socialization of children, child development, and sociology of childhood, and in (lie growing literature on work and family life, so let me say a word first about how ii might fit in. The first three sets of literature take as their task the development of […]
PICKING UP THE GIST OF DEEP STRUCTURE
Kavesdropping is discussed only glancingly in the literature on the socialization of children, child development, and sociology of childhood, and in (lie growing literature on work and family life, so let me say a word first about how ii might fit in. The first three sets of literature take as their task the development of […]
Traditional peace-making and conflict reduction
Establishing a communication bridge between warring parties to help bring reconciliation and peace can be a vital stage in the process of transition from war to peace. It is a role women are well positioned to take on due to their position within the clan structure, and for which women are politically valued.14 Women are […]
Marx
There are several feminists whose work could be discussed here, but the most interesting is Dorothy Smith. In her early work she combined a Marxist analysis of macro-structures with an ethnomethodological take on micro-processes to create an innovative feminist sociology(Smith, 1972, 1973). Her later work is much less influenced by any male theorists, as she […]
QUEER SENSIBILITIES, QUEER THEORY
Just as Warhol’s deadpan swishiness helped to open up new aesthetic possibilities for Camp as a cultural practice, so ‘queer’ is also a term that has been virtually reinvented by gay critics and gay activists in recent years. Roughly speaking, ‘queer’ seems to have passed through three main phases. When the word first came into […]
Politics of Personality
To speak of personality as an object of politics is to tread on dangerous ground; the issue of totalitarianism is very close. Authoritarian regimes of all persuasions in the twentieth century have made sustained attempts to mould the upbringing and outlooks of their citizens. Liberal critics of ‘totalitarianism’ such as Hannah Arendt have their most […]
CHILDREN AS EAVESDROPPERS
In his classic novel about the Follet family in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1915, James Agee describes how six-year-old Rufus and his younger sister Catherine secretly sit on the staircase overhearing a conversation between their recently bereaved mother and Father Jackson, the unpleasant priest who is paying their mother a mysterious visit. Taking great care not […]
CHILDREN AS EAVESDROPPERS
In his classic novel about the Follet family in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1915, James Agee describes how six-year-old Rufus and his younger sister Catherine secretly sit on the staircase overhearing a conversation between their recently bereaved mother and Father Jackson, the unpleasant priest who is paying their mother a mysterious visit. Taking great care not […]