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Prophetic promise: the lineal return of ‘lopp'd branches’ in Shakespeare's Cymbeline
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This paper identifies the early‐modern conception of prophecy as a word‐magic performed across generations, a verbal promise that anticipates its own realisation in posterity. Just as Francis Bacon upheld the generative power of prophetic utterances by noting their ‘springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages’, Shakespeare's ...
Rana Banna
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From Everyman to Hamlet: A Distant Reading
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The sixteenth century sees English drama move from Everyman to Hamlet: from religious to secular subject matter and from personified abstractions to characters bearing proper names. Most modern scholarship has explained this transformation in terms originating in the work of Jacob Burckhardt: concern with religion and a taste for ...
Vladimir Brljak
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Creditors’ claims in bankruptcy proceedings - issues and concerns
Ekonomski Vjesnik, 2013 A generally accepted rule in the bankruptcy law is that a bankruptcy creditor can file a claim against the debtor only in bankruptcy proceedings. This rule has a legal effect.
Viktor Palić +2 more
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Risk Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract The harmful effects of climate change have brought global warming into focus, prompting a growing body of research on its economic impact and the development of targeted climate policies aimed at mitigating these effects and promoting sustainability.
Ioanna Stylianou +3 more
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Crisis beyond the exceptional: the latent, everyday nature of the crisis perpetual
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.We are surrounded by declarations of crises, from climate to housing, debt and beyond. Crisis is everywhere and yet it remains exceptional. A crisis is imagined as a call to action, a repudiation of the old system, promising change if only the moment can be seized.
Kathryn Furlong
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Monetary Statecraft and the Bahamian SandDollar
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.Central banks across the globe are currently engaged in an array of experimental projects with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) that intervene in the digital transformation of payments. The Bahamas has been circulating the first‐issued CBDC since 2020, Project SandDollar (PSD), to advance financial inclusion in the archipelagic state.
Jing Chu
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2023 Presidential Address: Dignity and Denigration in Economic Life
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sociologists have long addressed the puzzles posed by dignity. In The Polish Peasant, families went out of their way to provide a decent burial for their loved ones, even when social workers and others schooled in financial literacy advised against it. In some communities suffering from fracking, those who arrived to advocate for environmental
Frederick F. Wherry
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