身体丑陋与灵魂罪恶--理查三世身体的文化解读

莎士比亚笔下的理查三世既有着生理身体,又有着交往身体.他的生理身体的畸形使其周围世界不断地将其交往身体降格为生理身体,也使理查将自己的周围世界规定为一个生物世界.他的畸形的身体相反促发了他的强烈的身体体验,在身体与灵魂的关系上展现出了与柏拉图哲学传统不同的维度.理查形象展示了文艺复兴复兴古希腊精神的尴尬处境.     

艺术评论即“补救”

对于艺术评论,理查德·沃尔海姆提出了评论即"补救"的观点,也即恢复作品原状的观点。与文学评论的概念相比,这一观点具有更广泛的适应性。沃尔海姆主要从反正两个方面对该论点进行了论证,提出了"修正"、"细查"等观点。此外,他提出了认知储存的概念,并对其进行了分类。他还对创作过程和艺术家的意图进行了区分。     

《我们之间的河》:揭开美国“自由有色人”身份的神秘面纱

美国著名作家理查德·派克的小说《我们之间的河》以美国内战为背景,巧妙地将历史真相与虚构的故事相结合,描写了自由有色人鲜明的形象特征以及婚恋习俗,揭开了美国历史上“自由有色人”身份的神秘面纱。在种族歧视肆虐的社会背景下,自由有色人的身份危机比其他纯种族裔更加复杂。《我们之间的河》为读者认识美国复杂的种族历史提供了新的信息。     

Disappointing and deviant youth and the rage of the elders

A generalized adult hostility toward youth derives from the complexities of the parent/child relationship, often mirrored in the helper/client and therapist/patient dyads. Parents derive considerable or little narcissistic gain from the accomplishments of their offspring, and conversely, are disappointed or even mortified by their failures. This is particularly true of narcissistically vulnerable parents—helpers and therapists as well—and accounts for widespread attitudes of competition, disparagement, and outright hostility toward young people. In the extreme, the pathological situations of emotional exploitation, incest, and physical abuse occur, but lesser forms of exploitation, such as personally gratifying advocacy, political gain, cultism, and enhancement of professional status, point to similar, but seemingly less destructive, forms of narcissistic gain. Youth may respond by conforming, defying, disappointing, and deviating. Adults may be either pleased, or enraged.     

Curtains and the Soft Architecture of the American Postwar Domestic Environment

ABSTRACT

This article investigates the role of “soft architecture” and interior effects—including window treatments, textiles, and electric lighting—in the physcial and social construction of the postwar domestic environment in the USA. In this period the American home became an increasingly visual and visible space, defined more by the view out and the view in than by traditional conditions of domestic enclosure. Popular how-to columns and home decoration articles offered homemakers a variety of mechanisms for sustaining the appearance and psychological comfort of the modern domestic setting. Examining a range of popular decorative strategies used to mediate residential picture windows and window walls, this study challenges the deep-seated cultural and disciplinary biases associated with both the design and study of domestic architecture and interiors. Drawing upon historical documents and contemporary theorizations of the interior, this paper argues for the agency of “soft architecture” in the domestication of modern residential architecture.     

MILK BARS,STARBUCKS AND THE USES OF LITERACY

The starting point for this article is the passage on ‘The Juke-Box Boys’ in Richard Hoggart's The Uses of Literacy. This passage is often cited as evidence of Hoggart's residual, Leavisite suspicion of mass culture and his nostalgia for more ‘authentic’ working-class culture. This article moves beyond this critique by discussing Hoggart's account in relation to the broader historical shifts signalled by the development of milk and coffee bars in postwar Britain, and their more recent replacement by corporate fast-food and coffee chains. It argues that Hoggart's critique was not simply a knee-jerk fear of the new; it fed into more widespread anxieties which long predate the media invention of the ‘teenager’ or the emergence of organized youth subcultures. These anxieties were not simply about mass culture and Americanization, but also about cultural literacy, class, the relationship between the public and private sphere, and the losses and gains of rising affluence – concerns that have been increasingly submerged in post-Thatcherite political culture.     

李提摩太在"丁戊奇荒"时期的赈灾活动

英国传教士李提摩太积极参与"丁戊奇荒"赈灾.在他看来,赈灾是手段,传教才是最终目的.他提出根除灾荒的开矿、修路等理念,实质是传播西方文明.他的赈灾行为,直接使灾民受益,赢得了灾民的尊敬.他亲临实地的灾情报告警醒了《申报》,在《申报》的报道中,李提摩太等西方人成为赈灾的榜样.他救灾的善举得到了清朝官员的承认与支持.日后李提摩太之所以能够广泛涉足中国政治,与他赈灾获得的社会声望密切相关.     

关于李提摩太“庚款”办学问题的思考

山西教案期间,李提摩太因势利导,退让赔款,创办学堂,既出于传播基督福音的理想主义追求,以实现其长期以来热衷于推行教育变革和创办现代大学的理想,又在于对人类民瘼福祉的关切,其所创办的山西大学堂,既打开了山西认识世界的窗口,又对山西教育近代化乃至中国近代大学的创立和发展起了积极的推动作用。     

罗蒂本质上是一位保守主义者吗？

美国哲学家罗蒂的政治主张在中外学术界引起了大量争论。意见比较一致的是,罗蒂是哲学上的左派,其反传统知识论的立场非常彻底。对于罗蒂的政治主张“最低纲领的自由主义”到底隶属自由主义还是倒向了保守主义,大家看法不一。因为一方面罗蒂认为启蒙的政治谋划远未结束,另一方面,他又坚持认为资本主义制度的市场基础不可动摇,自由民主价值具有普遍价值。这种两面性使罗蒂的政治面孔变得模糊不清。揭开罗蒂的面纱,可以发现其激进的表述背后是保守主义的实质。