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Expansionism
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TL;DR: In this article, a comparative study of the works Poema de Chile and Los Reinos Dorados, by the Bolivian Homero Carvalho, published in 2007, in the light of the epic theory of discourse, by Silva, and reflections on the historical-geographical displacement as dual form of self-knowledge and mapping of the homeland, highlighting the role of the guide.
Abstract: Comparative study of the works Poema de Chile, by the Chilean Gabriela Mistral, published in 1967, and Los Reinos Dorados, by the Bolivian Homero Carvalho, published in 2007, in the light of the epic theory of discourse, by Silva, and reflections on the historical-geographical displacement as dual form of self-knowledge and mapping of the homeland, highlighting the role of the guide The approach, through a dialogue with some specialists, will take into account the tradition of colonizing expansionism, opposing it to nationalist expansionism, highlighting the characteristics of the two Latin American epic poems and the rescue of an epos that carries out the symbolic erasure of the conquest of the land by the warlike and acculturating force to put on stage the mythical rescue of Mother Earth and Mother Water, that results from trips motivated by the simultaneously loving and critical encounter with the Chilean homeland and the Bolivian homeland, respectivelyKEYWORDS: Epic Expansionism Los Reinos Dorados Poema de Chile Guide
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TL;DR: The role of modernism in literature is recognised as simultaneously an exposure of territorial and racial power factors at work in the European modernisation project, and as (to some extent) complicit in them.
Abstract: Summary This discussion begins by setting up a critique of the modernisation project of the West as closely entwined with territorial expansionism and the development of racial arrogance ‐ with reference to a range of theorists. The role of modernism (in literature) is recognised as simultaneously an exposure of territorial and racial power factors at work in the European modernisation project, and as (to some extent) complicit in them. The text used here to exemplify the paradoxical role of European modernism is Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Since Marechera in carnivalesque fashion parodies Conrad's novella in the opening pages of his novel Black Sunlight, discussing this text introduces the topic of Marechera's particular kind of postmodernism with its focus on the modernisation project, in the African context, as a form of betrayal. The rest of the essay examines The Black Insider ‐ a novel of debate in which the displacement of African intellectuals is addressed in a similar style of grotesque mockery b...
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TL;DR: Georges v United Nations as discussed by the authors is the most elaborate public law challenge to the principle of UN immunity from suit and private law attempt at procuring compensation from the UN for alleged malfeasance.
Abstract: This article concerns the recent case of Georges v United Nations, which constitutes, to date, the most elaborate public law challenge to the principle of UN immunity from suit and private law attempt at procuring compensation from the UN for alleged malfeasance. Despite the fact that it relates to people and events in Haiti, the case was brought by United States lawyers on behalf of US plaintiffs, was decided by US courts, used the US-style class action method, called for reparations of US proportions and was intervened in by the US government. The article addresses how the US legal culture of expansionism, litigiousness and charity have influenced the case. It asks whether, in drawing on this culture, the US legal system has overextended its extraterritorial engagement in international and foreign affairs.
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TL;DR: The search for medieval parallels and for medieval roots in New World history has become a fascinating genre as mentioned in this paper, with the Columbus centennial rushing toward us, we may expect more exercises in their spirit.
Abstract: The search for medieval parallels and for medieval roots in New World history has become a fascinating genre. My own university has produced one of the major figures in this field, Lynn White, Jr., and has recently honored another, Luis Weckmann. With the Columbus centennial rushing toward us, we may expect more exercises in their spirit. Such an approach is not farfetched or whimsical. We are the heirs of medieval technology and mentalities. In both, as White has reminded us, the United States may be "closer to the Middle Ages than is Europe." And the great historian Shelomo Goitein, after spending most of his working life in pre-Nazi Germany and then in Israel, upon moving to the United States was startled to recognize the medieval flavor of our social structures and mentalities; as a lifelong student of the Middle Ages, he found that "one feels quite at home" here.2 Our modem nation is more deeply rooted in the distant past than most Americans suspect. This genre can be fruitful especially on two levels: to further Comparative Studies in Society and History (to borrow the title of an eminent journal), where parallels catch the eye, and also to lend insight into remote influences that may actually have originated or shaped our moder responses. Parallels and continuities between our Pacific Northwest history and the medieval experience have often caught my eye. I began my professional career as a student of the epic confrontation between Indian and white in the Pacific Northwest from 1830 to 1890, attracted particularly by dimensions of
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