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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"post-modernism"”.
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Southern Post-Modernism, Anti-Romanticism and Gender Difference in Flannery O'Connor and Some Other Southern Contemporaries
… This paper discusses briefly the tenets of both Modernism and Post-Modernism as literary movements of the twentieth-century, then looks specifically at how O'Connor's fiction makes her a key hallmark figure in the movement known as Post-Modernism, but also as one of the first female southern …
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The establishment and use of cross border criminal intelligence under a European Criminal Intelligence Model in a period of modernism and post modernism societal change in the EU, and issues of accountability and human rights in the dissemination of such criminal intelligence exchange
… if our society has changed from modern to a postmodern society. In relation to the ECIM a reflection on this aspect is of crucial importance as a shift in the societal paradigm would also question the value of a ‘grand narrative’ like the ECIM, a single, monolithic tool that would be able to …
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Surveys
… painting with the conceptual features of Post-Modernism that I find particularly important, such as the Modernist notion of medium specificity and the Pictures Generation's skepticism toward originality. Combining these elements, I create work that transgresses the boundaries of these …
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Exploring folded space in urban Cape Town : unfolding the Strand / Adderley Street juncion
… and complexity in architecture. In short; Modernism sought to group, zone and separate different spatial programs which were often translated into pure geometric forms, Post-Modernism reacted against the monotony of Modernism by juxtaposing exaggerated oppositions in form and spaces. Today, …
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Exploring the Nature of Reality in Science Fiction through the use of Taoism and Advaita Vedanta
… Distances use non-dual philosophy to move beyond post-modernism, toward a recognition, appreciation, and reconfiguration of the boundaries of reality. The inclusion of Taoist and Advaitic philosophy in High Castle and Distances is not simply an aesthetic that lends itself to estrangement, but the …
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Korean art and the avant-garde dilemma
… attitude for the foundation of Korean post-modernism. A salient démarche is found when Korean political avant-garde artists meet this dilemma in the midst of the Korean Demonstration Era (1976-1989) that initiates the decline of aesthetical activism and Demonstrative Art. Several styles …
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On the epistemological significance of aesthetic values in architectural theory
… to bring to light a theoretical alternative to post-modernism in architecture that can enable us to explain the relationship of architecture to political power without abandoning the values of aesthetics, truth or rationality. My dissertation mediates between the disciplines of philosophy, …
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Medieval Japanese Zen: Catalyst for Symbol System Formation
<p>Post-modernism asserts that the world as we know it does not exist independently from the symbolic interpretations we formulate about it. This symbolic and ever unfolding interpretation of reality applies to our understanding of science as well as philosophy, to religion as well as art. In …
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Aura, craft and labour: the critical dialogue between photography and painting
… practice and challenge the ideals of high modernism. Yet this situation has engendered a compulsion to read Benjamin as a harbinger of post-modernism, a tendency responsible for severe miss-interpretations of his work. This is most evident in accounts of arguably his most famous thesis: the …
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Die skrifbeskouing van die vroeë kerkvaders uit Afrika (veral Tertullianus en Augustinus) en hulle relevansie vir Suidelike-Afrika (Afrikaans)
… to a variety of religious “isms.” The pluralism, post-modernism and post-Christian society of the 21st century, brings its own challenges. Words mean nothing and truth is relative. There are, however, unique resemblances with the pluralism, pre-modern and pre-Christian society of the patristic. …
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The Management of Oppression: Focussing on relationships between refugees and the British state in Newcastle upon Tyne
… and engages creatively with challenges from post-modernism and feminism. The methodology combines: theoretical research; secondary statistics and literature at an international level; interviews with key participants and archival research on local histories of migration and settlement, …
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Futurist Aeropainting: Extended Women and the Kingdom of the Machine
… notions of the body and the gaze found within post-modernism to argue that certain of its positions are prefigured within this area of production. The first chapter examines Futurism’s fascination with flight and argues that while many Futurist aeropainters sympathized with Fascism’s …
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Nature therapy : developing a framework for practice
… the last decade, along with the development of post-modernism, new therapeutic approaches emerged. Some of them, like the expressive-art therapies, seek to expand cognitive and verbal techniques to non-verbal and creative modes of working, emphasizing people's creativity and imagination …
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The Six Piano Sonatas of James Sellars: Aspects of Form, Rhythm, Texture, and Style
… neo-Romanticism, in his early days, through post-serialism and Dada to an eclectic, post-Romantic style utilizing popular elements including electro-acoustic techniques. His extensive catalog of over 150 compositions includes works for orchestra, opera, chorus, dance, chamber, voices with …
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Everyday Fascism in Contemporary Japan
… Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945) but also from the postwar days to date. Against various forms of culturalism that claim that the country is essentially totalitarian and its culture is innately violent, I will argue that the country has shared fascist conditions with those other countries and …
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Tussen mentors en minnaars: ʼn Voorstel vir ʼn nuwe leesmodel vir die lees van werke deur skrywers soos Peter Blum en lna Rousseau, waar ʼn persoonlike verhouding tussen die skrywers bestaan het
… Derrida is studied. After using the lens of modernism, the focus moves to a post-modernism reading of the work of Hennie Aucamp and Koos Prinsloo, as well as the conversation that originated between these two writers. An investigation of Johann de Lange as a rewriter of their work is also …
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From fable to court: tracing the curation of indigenous knowledge in a biopiracy case
… codification of existing indigenous knowledge (Post Modernism). The main themes emanating from the application of palimpsest as a framework present pressing issues such as de-contextualisation and re-codification of indigenous knowledge, resulting in the erosion of benefits for its originators.
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Surrealism since the Second World War with particular reference to surrealism in Czechoslovakia
… given. The theme is developed by outlining the post-war history of Surrealism in France. This is not the main area of research, but is contextually important to what follows. The main section is concerned with a critical history of Surrealism in Czechoslovakia. Within the Surrealist Movement the …
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Provocative Innocence: Deconstructing Youth Sexuality through a Patriarchal & Immanent Framework
The purpose of this exploratory study is to deconstruct dominant discourses of youth’s sexuality through the exploration of a cultural text. Patriarchal and immanent frameworks form the theoretical basis for a deconstructive textual analysis and systematic mise en scène analysis of the chosen text, …
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INVESTIGATING THE SOCIAL PROPERTY OF SENSE-MAKING AS A SOURCE OF NOVEL APPROACHES TO SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME
… paradigm but extends to include elements of post-modernism, pragmatism and critical realism. This lightly pluralist philosophical position acknowledges the role of positional power in determining reality and bounding understanding in the police. It further ensures that my research supports …
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