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Apophasis, contemplation, and the kenotic moment in Anglo-Saxon literature [PDF]
, 2016 This thesis reveals the considerable influence of contemplation (sometimes referred to as mysticism) on Anglo-Saxon literature, manifested through the arrangement of narratives according to the theological concepts of apophasis and kenosis.
Tim Flight, Flight, Tim
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The World of Czech Intellectuals in the Life of Roman Dyboski
Acta Universitatis Carolinae Historia Universitatis Carolinae PragensisThe paper discusses the role of Czech (Czechoslovakian) intellectuals in the life of Roman Dyboski (1885–1945), professor of English philology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
Tomasz Pudłocki
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Tewdwr: Eponymous Ancestor of the Tudor Dynasty
History, EarlyView.Abstract The standard derivation of the dynastic name Tudor from Welsh Tudur, surname of the grandfather of Henry VII, is problematic on phonological grounds, as well as the fact that Tudur was never used as a surname by Henry himself, being attributed to him only by his enemies with implication of lowly origins.
DAFYDD JOHNSTON
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Finanças conjugais, desigualdades de género e bem-estar: Facetas de um Portugal em crise
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2016 Processes for controlling and managing joint incomes and their implications for allocating resources and well-being within the family are themes in multidisciplinary research that have received a great deal of attention in recent decades, particularly in
Lina Coelho
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the symbolic politics of state‐led gentrification and heritagization, focusing on how these processes serve to ‘glorify’ state power. Drawing on Agamben's political theology, Bourdieu's notion of symbolic power and space, and political heritage studies, we argue that the symbolic politics of state glorification can ...
Wouter van Gent +2 more
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Les « devoirs » : une pratique sociale à la croisée des espaces éducatifs ?
Recherches en Éducation, 2014 French research on homework are quiet recent. They complete the Anglo-Saxon literature on that topic which essentially considered homework in their statistical relationship to academic achievement.
Rémi Bonasio, Philippe Veyrunes
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Indo‐Caribbean groups, who settled in the Caribbean via the colonial system of Indian indentured labour, have long been marginal in discussions of diaspora and Caribbeanness. This paper explores how Indo‐Guadeloupeans—from Guadeloupe, a current French overseas territory—articulate post‐indenture identities by developing two interrelated ...
Manuela Latchoumaya
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Translation of Compounds with the Meaning ‘warrior’ in “Beowulf”
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsThe poem ‘Beowulf’, being an example of poetic creativity of the Anglo-Saxon period of English literature development, is of interest for linguists studying the process of linguistic transformation that takes place during interlingual translation.
Olga I. Prosyannikova, Kseniya V. Skorik
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Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2012 Besides analyzing capitalist societies historically and thinking of them in terms of phases or stages, we may compare different models or varieties of capitalism.
Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira
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Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Whether and why social processes support global HRM integration is an overlooked, yet increasingly relevant performance question in decentralized transnational work environments. Using social capital theory, we conceptualize the social dynamic and behaviors influencing global HRM integration.
Olga Tregaskis +7 more
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