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Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci
01 Jan 2015-
TL;DR: The first selection published from Gramsci's Prison Notebooks to be made available in Britain, and was originally published in the early 1970s as discussed by the authors, was the first publication of the Notebooks in the UK.
Abstract: Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, written between 1929 and 1935, are the work of one of the most original thinkers in twentieth century Europe. Gramsci has had a profound influence on debates about the relationship between politics and culture. His complex and fruitful approach to questions of ideology, power and change remains crucial for critical theory. This volume was the first selection published from the Notebooks to be made available in Britain, and was originally published in the early 1970s. It contains the most important of Gramsci's notebooks, including the texts of The Modern Prince, and Americanism and Fordism, and extensive notes on the state and civil society, Italian history and the role of intellectuals. 'Far the best informative apparatus available to any foreign language readership of Gramsci.' Perry Anderson, New Left Review 'A model of scholarship' New Statesman
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TL;DR: The rankings paradigm is facing growing criticism and resistance, particularly in regions such as Latin America, where the systems are seen as forcing institutions into a costly and high-stakes "academic arms race" at the expense of more pressing development priorities as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In just a decade, the international university rankings have become dominant measures of institutional performance for policy-makers worldwide. Bolstered by the facade of scientific neutrality, these classification systems have reinforced the hegemonic model of higher education – that of the elite, Anglo-Saxon research university – on a global scale. The process is a manifestation of what Bourdieu and Wacquant have termed US “cultural imperialism.” However, the rankings paradigm is facing growing criticism and resistance, particularly in regions such as Latin America, where the systems are seen as forcing institutions into a costly and high-stakes “academic arms race” at the expense of more pressing development priorities. That position, expressed at the recent UNESCO conferences in Buenos Aires, Paris, and Mexico City, shows the degree to which the rankings have become a fundamental element in the contest for cultural hegemony, waged through the prism of higher education.
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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In the context of composition, context-sensitive discourse analysis as discussed by the authors has become a popular approach to address societal issues, seeking to show how people are manipulated by powerful interests through the medium of public discourse.
Abstract: Introduction. During the past 15 years or so, as the gap between rich and poor in our country has reached alarming proportions, many of us in the business of teaching composition have become increasingly concerned with the larger sociopolitical context in which our students, and we, live. One of the pleasures of teaching composition is that we can justifiably address these sorts of concerns in our classrooms. Indeed, in keeping with the original spirit of classical rhetoric, it is common practice in composition classrooms across the country to have students engage in critical thinking and writing about current issues. In this light, the need for context-sensitive forms of discourse analysis has become increasingly acute. Teachers, students, scholars, and others engaged in composition studies all stand to benefit from being able to analyze written texts and discursive practices in ways that encourage students to address and, ideally, act on important social problems. In recent years, several closely-related forms of discourse analysis have emerged which promise to satisfy this need: critical discourse analysis 1995). These three approaches embody the generic features that any critical rhetoric, 2 according to McKerrow (1989), must satisfy: They share " the same 'critical spirit' that is held in common among the divergent perspectives of Horkheimer, Adorno, Habermas, and Foucault " ; they " serve a demystifying function. .. by demonstrating the silent and often non-deliberate ways in which rhetoric conceals as much as it reveals through its relationship with power/knowledge " ; they are " not detached and impersonal, but rather have as their object something which they are 'against' " ; and they have " consequences " in the sense that they " identify the possibilities of future action available to the participants " (p. 92). In particular, these context-sensitive forms of discourse analysis all share the following distinctive characteristics: 1. They address contemporary societal issues, seeking to show how people are manipulated by powerful interests through the medium of public discourse. 2. They give special attention to underlying factors of ideology, power, and resistance. 3. They link together analyses of text, discursive practices, and social context. 4. They combine rhetorical theory and social theory. 5. They see genres as key structural elements. 6. They incorporate intertextuality, interdiscursivity, and other poststructural conceptions of discourse. 7. They take into account omissions, implicatures, presuppositions, ambiguities, and other covert but powerful aspects of discourse. 8. They take note of …
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24 Aug 2009TL;DR: The politics of knowledge: resistance and recovery as discussed by the authors has been studied in the context of science and technology, and it has been argued that intellectual property rights are a means and mechanism of imperialism.
Abstract: Part I. Biocolonialism as Imperial Science: 1. Imperialism then and now 2. Indigenous knowledge, power and responsibilities 3. Value-neutrality and value-bifurcation: the cultural politics of science Part II. The Human Genome Diversity Project: A Case Study: 4. The rhetoric of research justification 5. Indigenist critiques of biocolonialism Part III. Legitimation: The Rule and Role of Law: 6. The commodification of knowledge 7. Intellectual property rights as means and mechanism of imperialism 8. Transforming sovereignties Conclusions: the politics of knowledge: resistance and recovery.
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TL;DR: The authors demonstrates that Chinese feminism has drawn much attention in academe and popular media, yet its ontological roots and the politics of naming has largely escaped scrutiny, and this paper first demonstrates...
Abstract: Contemporary Chinese feminism has drawn much attention in academe and popular media, yet its ontological roots and the politics of naming has largely escaped scrutiny. This paper first demonstrates...
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TL;DR: This article explored both the personal narratives of a group of black and white undergraduate students and the institutional discourse at one historically white and Afrikaans medium university now UWC, in South Africa.
Abstract: This paper explores both the personal narratives of a group of black and white undergraduate students and the institutional discourse at one historically white and Afrikaans medium university now u...
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