Jacques Maritain, Maurice Blondel, and the Ends of Art
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article reconsiders Jacques Maritain's philosophical poetics by situating it within his longstanding debate with Maurice Blondel over the nature and unity of intellect. I argue that Maritain's influential defence of artistic autonomy, first articulated in Art et scolastique (1920), is ultimately unsound.
Steven Toussaint
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Yugoslav tourists in the Czechoslovak spas during the interwar period (1918-1939) [PDF]
This study explores the overlooked phenomenon of Yugoslav tourists in Czechoslovak spas during the interwar period, employing archival research, travelogues, and contemporary periodicals. The tourist exchange, driven by rich economic relations, reveals a
Balalban Cakirpaloglu, Irena +2 more
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On Theology and the “Overcoming” of Metaphysics: Falque, Betz, Heidegger, and Marion
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract John Betz and Emmanuel Falque have recently defined “metaphysics” as something intrinsic to the Christian faith. This faith, they claim, has always spoken metaphysically, until lately challenged by the likes of Heidegger and Marion. However, when we consider Heidegger and Marion's account, we find a completely different approach to metaphysics.
Matthew C. Kruger
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Endowments vs market potential: what explains the relocation of industry after the Polish reunification 1918? [PDF]
How did the location of industry across interwar Poland react to the Polish reunification? After more than 120 years of political and economic separation, Poland was reunified at the end of 1918.
Wolf, Nikolaus
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Reproducing National Distinction: How Cultural Capital Shapes Estonia's Russian School Field
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on nationalism has long emphasized the homogenizing role of education in producing shared language, history and identity, while studies in the sociology of education have examined how cultural capital and social class structure school hierarchies.
Léo Henry
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Morbidity During the Early Interwar Period (1923-27): A Historical-Epidemiological Study of 15,146 Cases Treated at the "Agios Dimitrios" Hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Sergentanis TN +6 more
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Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
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Making Boundaries: Polish Memory, Identity and the Ukrainian Other
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Political elites use historical references abundantly when drawing national boundaries. Despite the prominence of such language, we know little about the ways in which ordinary citizens internalise historical narratives of the Other to construct their national identity.
Félix Krawatzek
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Middlebrow Aesthetics: An Explanation and Defense
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We offer a philosophical account of the middlebrow as a theoretical category to do explanatory and critical work in aesthetics. On our account, the middlebrow ought to be understood as aspirational popular art. That is, it is art which aspires both to be popular (in a distinctive sense), and at the same time to be something more than popular ...
Aaron Meskin, Jonathan M. Weinberg
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The “Professional Mortality” Problem in Early City Management: A Study of Organized Denial
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The early city management profession experienced appalling rates of attrition. This problem of “professional mortality” had been clearly recognized by the end of World War I: causes of attrition included threats and violence against managers, intense political interference in managers' work, and interpersonal missteps.
Ben Merriman
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