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Genres of Paradoxical IS Theorising: Of Chaos–Puzzles and Spear–Shields
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Paradox is a powerful lens for theorising information systems (IS) phenomena. However, as scholars apply the term to fundamentally different phenomena, ‘paradox’ risks dilution. Much confusion stems from conflating two concepts under the same English label ‘paradox’: chaos–puzzles (seemingly impossible ideas, aligned with the Chinese term ‘bei
Blair Wang +2 more
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Nothing and Everything: Samuel Beckett’s Drama Extends the Edges of Absurdism to Global Dimensions
, 2015 This research involves an analytical study of Samuel Beckett\u27s drama and how he captured critical attention to be included in what Martin Esslin called The Theater of Absurd. Many critics have questioned Beckett\u27s never-ending drama, a theater of
Alshihry, Ahlam Faiz
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The Irony of Liberation in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest vividly portrays the tragic consequences of repressive psychiatric authority. The film was—and remains—one of the most memorable and well‐known products of anti‐psychiatry sentiment. Opponents of American psychiatry from the time period of Cuckoo's Nest objected to what they saw as social control ...
Laura Hirshbein
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Rick, Morty, and Absurdism: The Millennial Allure of Dark Humor
, 2018 The purpose of this paper is to investigate the millennial generation’s appeal to dark and absurdist forms of humor, using the show Rick and Morty as a primary example.
Koltun, Kim
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The Meritorious ‘Other’: The Interconnection of Merit and Race in EU Migration and Asylum Law
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Adopting a law‐in‐context approach, this article suggests that merit‐based migrant selection in the European Union (EU) is implicitly shaped by racial dynamics. With a focus on EU law and more specifically on cases from the Netherlands and Germany, it argues that the growing emphasis on merit enables a limited number of ‘racialised others’ to ...
Sarah Ganty +3 more
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This C-essay aims to investigate the use and endorsement of what it calls Camusian absurdism within the first two novels of the famous The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.
Postma, Tjelvar
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, 2019 The purpose of this thesis paper is to describe my current studio practice and research. Using humor and play, I invite the reader to question the reality of what it means to be a contemporary American.
Corgan, Candice Malyn
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Beyond the Sober State: The Work of Drunkenness in British Bureaucracy
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reports the drinking stories of British civil service clerical workers based at a large civil service office complex located in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1968 and 1993. It uses these stories to develop an account of state formation that takes seriously the place of joy, solidarity, contention, and exhaustion within public sector
Michael Vine
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