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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
wiley   +1 more source

Decomposing the automorphism group of the surreal numbers

We study the automorphism group of the field of surreal numbers. Our main structure theorem presents a decomposition of this group into a product of five significant factors. Using the representation of surreal numbers as generalized power series via their Conway normal form, we apply results on Hahn fields and groups from the literature in order to ...
Kaplan, E. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5542-2863, Krapp, L., Serra, M.   +2 more
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Political Fictionality: Vladislav Surkov and the Rise of the Authorial State

The Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article introduces the concept of political fictionality as a theoretical framework for analyzing the convergence of literary authorship and political power in Russia during the Putin era, using Vladislav Surkov—a longtime presidential advisor and ideologue as well as fiction writer under the pseudonym Natan Dubovitskii—as its principal ...
Ekaterina Vassilieva
wiley   +1 more source

“Who here is a volunteer?” Peacebuilding, brokerage, and moral authority in Papua New Guinea

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is a critical examination of the global peacebuilding industry as it has operated in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and is based around the author's experience as a volunteer broker to the United States Agency for International Development Papua New Guinea Peace Project.
Michael Main
wiley   +1 more source

Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley   +1 more source

Windy Metropolis—Part 1: Animation as method

Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Based on fieldwork in Stuttgart from 2022 to 2025, the animation Wind Witnesses is a fictionalization of the sweeping wave of microclimate protests in the 2000s, demanding the protection of fresh air corridors (Frischluftschneisen) as nonhuman entities threatened by the conversion of ostensibly empty spaces into buildings. This companion essay
Indrawan Prabaharyaka
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal and electroencephalography dynamics of surreal marketing. [PDF]

Front Neurosci, 2022
Wang RWY, Liu IN.
europepmc   +1 more source

Surreal Numbers: A Study of Square Roots

Formalized Mathematics
Summary This paper sets out to formalize the concept of the square root as proposed by Clive Bach in the section entitled Properties of Division in Conway’s book. The proposed construction extends the classical approach to the square root of real numbers to include both ...
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Disciplining the “Queen of the World”? Responsible Innovation as a Way of Life

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 3713-3724, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a critical reflection on the concept of responsible innovation as defined during the last decades. We argue that the emphasis on innovation as a process risks neglecting the very goals of innovation, namely societal desirability and acceptability. Thus, we suggest reconsidering the role of imagination, the “Queen of the world”
Xavier Pavie, Ghislain Deslandes, Monika Kostera   +2 more
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Amidst (waste) abundance: world‐making and struggles in hosting a municipal landfill in the Bolivian lowlands Au milieu de l'abondance (de déchets) : fabrication du monde et luttes liées à la gestion d'une décharge municipale dans les basses terres de Bolivie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 907-926, September 2026.
In recent decades, solid waste has proliferated worldwide, becoming a pressing global issue. This article explores the role of Indigenous people dwelling within and upon emerging waste scenarios, with a specific focus on involved forms of sociality and ontological contestation. Drawing on the case of a municipal landfill sited on a Guarani community in
Vanesa Martín Galán
wiley   +1 more source