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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Historical Violence"”.
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The fate of universal history: on the task of philosophy of history between Kant and Benjamin
… distinct treatments of the problem of historical violence. Where idealism explains the conceptual coherence of historical processes in a specifically teleological unity (no matter how critically modified), materialist theories of universal history reject such a teleological model of …
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Nonlinearity as Care: Black, Feminist, and Queer Temporalities of History
… forecloses futures that disrupt patterns of historical violence. I argue that the creation of futures that are otherwise requires a radical reimagining and reshaping of the temporality of history, such that it is grounded in the embodied gesture of return. To that end, I explore the rich …
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"That Hateful Prairie Wind": Violence and Ecophobia in Twentieth Century American Gothic
… Gothic novels often represent patterns of historical violence. Therefore, analyzing moments of ecophobia within these novels allows me to draw a connection between harmful constructs of nature and human oppression.</p>
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'A Place Called Slaughter Race': Spectres of conflict in contemporary Disney animation
… the fantastical diegeses of the films and their historical dimensions in order to produce an account of their critical potential. The history of violence haunting the United States through to the present day provides the extradiegetic touchstone for my analysis, which reflects on the entwinements …
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Warriors and Healers of the Eastern Band of Cherokee: Peoplehood, Survivance, and Military Service in World War I (1917-1924)
… of Cherokee culture in the face of historical violence and cultural suppression.
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Contribution of civilians towards the liberation struggle in Oshikoto and Ohangwena regions, Namibia, 1966 - 1989.
… Despite facing challenges like curfews and violence-related laws, civilians exhibited resilience and adaptability, underscoring their unwavering commitment to the liberation cause. Challenges encompassed heightened insecurity, shortages, legal restrictions, and communication difficulties, …
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An Analysis of Socioeconomics and Education in American Literature: The Impact of Geography on Education
… McCarthy and My Antonia by Willa Cather. The historical oppression of women in the Appalachian region will also be examined along with the lack of education and economic opportunities for women in this region in application to Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God. The historical violence towards …
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Pinnip pinainthu kidakkum oorangattthalkalai kattudaiththal: Reimagining social activism with intersectional subaltern activist consciousness
… these are deeply rooted and intertwined with historical violence, colonisation, and generational pain and suffering. Every instance of marginalisation and oppression, especially in the North and the East of this war-torn ‘teardrop island’ in the Indian Ocean, is a product of multiple crimes …
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Masking the Past: Trauma in Latin American and Peninsular Theatre
… products respond to the regions' legacy of violence and crisis. These studies have attempted to identify how culture reflects violence and functions as historical memory. A fairly recent field of research dedicated to understanding cultural production related to the Holocaust has argued for …
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Narratology, Rhetoric, and Transitional Justice: The Function of Narrative in Redressing the Legacy of Mass Atrocities
… through the stories we tell. Juxtaposing three historical cases that have constituted transitional justice according to divergent ideological paths, Narratology, Rhetoric, and Transitional Justice compares and cross-references the final reports on three high-profile transitional justice cases: …
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Unsettled Landscapes: The Narrative and Material Capacities of Landscape in the Post-War Croatian Hinterlands
Historically, conflicts concerned with ethno-national identity, culture and borders have tended to take place in urban situations. Cities are thus distinct targets for group-based hostilities, and this has been the focus of a growing body of literature. Within the discourses on the legacy of …
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How does the US utilize Islamophobia in Counterterrorism Policy
… the ideas of Islamophobia. The understanding of violence, as shown by Asad, created within the state influences this thesis greatly because of its connection to how the state reacts to attacks. The state has historically targeted minority groups as an "other" that can be targeted with policy and …