Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley +1 more source
Is Capitalism Bad for Democracy? A Review of Lisa Herzog's The Democratic Marketplace
Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In The Democratic Marketplace, Lisa Herzog offers a damning indictment of democratic capitalism. Among other things, she argues that capitalism has led to increased inequality, fosters an unhealthy culture of competition, that it is bad for the environment, and that it is ultimately bad for democracy itself.
Adam F. Gibbons
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Transforming popular romance on the edge of the World: Nítíða saga in Late Medieval and Early Modern Iceland [PDF]
, 2013 This thesis focuses on late medieval and early modern Icelandic literature and society roughly spanning the years 1400–1700, including the reception and reinterpretation of medieval Icelandic popular texts after the Icelandic Reformation in 1550.
McDonald Werronen, Sheryl Elizabeth
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‘reportless places’: Janet Malcolm and Collage
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Natalie Ferris
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Cognitive Testing Practices for Basic Military Training in the Nordic Countries: A Scoping Review
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Nordic countries have a long tradition of using general mental ability (GMA) tests as part of their military conscription process, a practice that began in the mid‐20th century. These Nordic tests were developed with a dual purpose—to filter out individuals unfit for military service and to rank individuals' GMA for military roles—and they
Emelie Wahlkrantz, Jeanette Melin
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Lopapeysa : the significance of patterns in the Icelandic sweater [PDF]
, 2017 The Icelandic sweater has a reputation of being “traditional” or “original”, even though the sweater’s history goes back only a bit over half a century.
Nykaenen, Lotta Kaarina, 1994-
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The World Economy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change can influence international trade through several mechanisms, including infrastructure damage, disruptions to energy systems and reductions in labour productivity. Recent evidence for the United States also suggests that energy consumption responses play a central role in transmitting the real effects of natural disasters. Using
Alejandra Martínez‐Martínez +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Best practices in Icelandic crisis communication during volcanic eruptions: development of a tentative framework [PDF]
, 2016 The objective of this study is to investigate what practices have been successful and what practices need improvement in official communication prior to, during and after volcanic eruptions in Iceland.
Bergþóra Njála Guðmundsdóttir 1969-
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The Seal Skin: An Interpretation of the Icelandic Folktale and its Motifs with regard to the Old Norse Symbolic Frame [PDF]
, 2020 This work presents an interpretation of icelandic narrative about the Seal Skin with regard to the Old Norse symbolic frame, so the possible paralel motifs and motivic "cores" could arise, even in spite of the temporal period between the origin of our ...
Nováková, Barbora
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Gods of the Shadows: Skaufhalabálkur and the Icelandic Fox [PDF]
, 2017 Þótt refurinn—eða hinn íslenski melrakki—sé eina upprunalega spendýrið í íslenskri náttúru, er varla hægt að segja að hann komi fyrir í elstu bókmenntum Íslendinga sem nokkru nemi.
Grayson Del Faro Stocks 1990-
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