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The Imaginary
About: The Imaginary is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 4807 publications have been published within this topic receiving 87663 citations.
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TL;DR: The authors argue that although the 17th and 18th century scientific and social revolutions generated prototypes, metaphors, framings and related conceptions of time and space that pointed towards a global imaginary, there were deep-seated structural reasons for the 'nation' to become, at least temporarily, the central category of human existence and belonging.
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07 Oct 2013
TL;DR: The authors The Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Real Introduction to the Names of the Father Bio-bibliographical Notes Translator s Notes and references are extracted from the Appendix.
Abstract: Foreword by Jacques-Alain Miller The Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Real Introduction to the Names-of-the-Father Bio-bibliographical Notes Translator s Notes
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TL;DR: Using the Brussels black African gangs as an example, the authors proves that gang members nowadays take advantage of the new possibilities offered by technological innovation, such as the internet and more specifically weblogs, to communicate gang-ness.
Abstract: Using the Brussels black African gangs as an example, this article aims to prove that gang members nowadays take advantage of the new possibilities offered by technological innovation, such as the internet and more specifically weblogs, to communicate ‘gang-ness’. In recent years, Brussels, the Belgian capital, has witnessed the rise of several troublesome youth gangs, among which black African youth gangs have attracted most attention. Made up of migrants predominantly coming from the African Great Lakes Region, the Belgian police estimate that at least 13 black African gangs are active in Brussels, each with approximately 20–50 members. Their gang labels allude to skin colour, such as ‘Black Demolition’, to the neighbourhood surrounding the subway station of the same name, such as ‘Anneessens’ or to postal codes of Brussels municipalities such as ‘1140’, ‘1070 style’, ‘1050 Staff’. Although members are held responsible for extortion, drug trafficking and violent robberies, the foremost distinctive feature of black African gangs is their involvement in public black-on-black fights involving excessive violence, stabbings and occasionally homicides. In 2009 five gang-motivated homicides were recorded in Brussels – a figure that by Belgian standards is exceptionally high. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice 20 (2012) 165–180
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Dissertation•
01 Jan 2010
Abstract: The Land of the Fine Triremes:” Naval Identity and Polis Imaginary in 5 Century Athens by C. Jacob Butera Department of Classical Studies Duke University
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