When Feminists Don't Fit The Case of Pauline Hanson

The rise of the Far Right is a global phenomenon traditionally viewed as antithetical to feminism. However, in Australia from 1996–2001 Far Right politics was dominated by a woman, Pauline Hanson, thus calling into question the dynamics between organized feminism and the Far Right. A significant problem for Australian feminists trying to understand Hanson is that her ideology, activities and life-style are internally contradictory. This article draws on American analyses of similar women and examines the contradictions in Hanson's political philosophy and activism with a view to challenging current Australian feminist analysis of this controversial political woman.     

Of cracked lenses: cultural translation,opacity and the African novel

This article investigates the function of different languages in African fictional texts by focusing on the kinds of social relationships expressed by narratives that tell their stories bilingually, or even multilingually. I argue that the layers of different languages within a text invite translation, both literally and figuratively. Alongside the postcolonial reading, which interprets the juxtapositions of different languages by stressing the contestatory function of re‐placing language, the reading advanced by this article explores such devices as forms of cultural translation. Cultural translation, it is argued, can account for the counter‐discursive reading that analyses relations of power; it can also account for a reading that foregrounds less hierarchical forms of address and thus expresses the quest for alternative subjectivities and relationships. The latter, the article suggests by adapting Judith Butler’s theory of an ethics of opacity, is gestured towards in narratives whenever the limits of intelligibility or translatability are exposed.     

Eskalierendes Commitment bei Gruppenentscheidungen: Begünstigende Faktoren und Maßnahmen zur Reduktion

Escalating commitment to a course of action that is failing or incurring great costs is at least as prevalent in group decision making as in individual decisions. The first experiment studies factors influencing escalating commitment in groups in the context of social identity and dissonance theory. 36 3-person-groups had to decide about further investigations into a risky urban development project. The amount of investigations as an indicator of escalating commitment depended as well on social identity (strong vs. weak) as on the responsibility for initiating the project (high vs. low). The second study investigated the effectiveness of two interventions aimed at reducing escalating commitment: introduction of an advocatus diaboli and pre-information about psychological insights into escalating commitment. Further, interaction processes correlating with escalation or reduction of commitment are studied.     

Die Anwendung von Introvision zur Verringerung der Belastung durch Tinnitus und Verbesserung der Hörfähigkeit

The following article describes the first empirical study of the effectiveness of Introvision as a pedagogical – psychological intervention for tinnitus. Introvision is based on the theory of subjective imperatives and the theory of mental introference. The intention was to ceace dysfunctional automatical selfregulation- strategies. Studies of the past have shown that dysfunctional selfregulation- strategies are a cause of increased subjective strain of tinnitus. The following pilot study, accomplished within a bigger project was conducted with 13 elder persons suffering from light to moderate tinnitus in a six-week-intervention with Introvision. Comparison to a control group without intervention showed a significant reduction of the tinnitus in the introvision group (STI, p ≤0.022). At the same time the audiometrically measured hearing ability of the Introvisiongroup increased significantly compared to the controlgroup (p≤0.001) while a decrease of the subjective loudness of the tinnitus could be only partially ascertained.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">„Mönche aus Wien,bitte lüftets eure Geheimnisse</Emphasis>.“ Über die Abweichungen der Beratungspraxis von den Idealtypen der Organisationsberatung

A discrepancy between the explicit theories of organizational consulting and consulting in practice has to be assumed. This paper analyzes the difference between front stage and back stage in organizational consulting. Therefore the idealtyps of organizational consulting are reconstructed and put in contrast with actual consulting behaviour (on the basis of 48 interviews with consultants). As a result three thesis can be stated: Based on the clients’ expectations a divergence between the idealtyps and the consulting practice has been identified, which leads to convergence in the consulting practice (convergence thesis). For systemic consulting (in German: Systemische Organisationsberatung) this divergence is as significant and vast (value transfer thesis) that it doesn’t seem justifiable to take it as an independent approach on organizational consulting (three realtyps thesis).     

经验模式分解在QRS波群和T波检测中的应用

针对未经预处理的心电信号中QRS波群和T波,提出一种基于经验模式分解的检测算法。该方法首先采用结合端点延拓的经验模式分解方法对信号进行分解,然后通过适当选择分解后的固有模态函数和残余分量,不使用经验阈值能得到准确的检测结果。利用MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database中心电数据检测表明,QRS波群的检测率达到99%以上,T波的正确识别率也获得较大的提高。该算法中提出的端点延拓方法能有效地减少使用经验模式分解的次数,提高检测的实时性,具有较好的应用前景。     

刍议土地流转与我国农村社会保障问题

农村社会保障体系建设的不完善,使其没有完全取代土地对于农民的保障功能,导致现阶段我国土地流转存在着诸多阻碍因素,始终不能顺利进行。各级政府应结合实际情况想方设法加大农村社会保障资金投入,努力提高农村社会保障覆盖面和保障水平,逐步建立城乡统筹的社会保障体系,并认真贯彻落实新农合、新农保及农村最低生活保障等制度;同时还应加强法律保障和监督机制。只有形成完善有效的农村社会保障体系,土地流转政策实施才会顺畅,我国的农业生产力才会更快发展。     

从《荒原》看艾略特诗歌的后现代性

T.S.艾略特被公认为现代派诗歌的代表,但他的代表作《荒原》中将生死边界消融、宗教理想融合的观点体现了后现代所弘扬的多元统一的理念。而缺乏中心情节的断片式呈现,以及对神话传说的复制拼贴是后现代主义诗歌常用的技法。     

同年关系与北宋"庆历同年党"事件

"庆历同年党"事件是宋仁宗庆历初的宰相吕夷简为排击政敌宋庠等人而精心策划的一起"莫须有"的朋党事件.吕夷简利用了宋庠等人密切的同年关系及仁宗对朋党行为的忌讳心理,将宋庠与几位同年的私交关系指为朋比结党,从而以同年结党的名义将他们逐出朝廷.     

中介语可变性研究的两个社会心理模式

介绍中介语研究的两个社会心理模式 ,即拉波夫模式和言语调节理论。大多数中介语的文体变化研究是在拉波夫模式的理论框架内进行的 ,即根据学习者对语言形式的注意程度来研究中介语的文体变化。言语调节理论根据说话人在交谈时对听话人的社会、教育及种族状况的态度来解释中介语的变化