The hunger artist and academic migration: On political depression and relational poverty
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This autoethnography presents fragments of an invisible life, an ordinary body navigating the terrain of ‘academic migration’ (2009–2025), from rejection as a PhD applicant to recognition as a high‐achieving graduate. Provoked by my recent pursuit of Fulbright Postdoctoral Award in the United States, I draw on Kafka's figure of the hunger ...
Dave Yan
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Critical Management Studies: From One‐Dimensional Critique to Three‐Dimensional Scepticism
Journal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 1637-1660, May 2026.Abstract Critical Management Studies (CMS) has largely relied on one‐dimensional critique which focus on the negation of a dominant social order. This strong focus has made the field increasingly stale and preoccupied with standard objects for critique.
Mats Alvesson, André Spicer
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The emptiness of this stage signifies nothing: the material as sign in modern theatre [PDF]
, 2007 Analysing the materiality of theatre, Cormac Power uses Brecht to analyse the modernist idealisation of the (supposedly) direct perceptual relationship between audience the material immanence of the actors onstage.
Power, Cormac
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British Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 65, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Populist leaders are known for engaging supporters through compelling rhetoric, sparking debate about what persuasive strategies they use to mobilize voters. While research shows that leaders creatively frame their communication, the role of social media–especially its multimodal affordances–remains poorly understood.
Jenni Jaakkola +3 more
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Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
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Material Semiotic Narratives of Finnishness Through a Mundane Object: The Case of the Plastic Bucket
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 461-472, April 2026.ABSTRACT This article explores how Finnishness is constructed in media texts with and through plastic buckets. By so doing, the article contributes to research on materiality and nationalism through examining the role of a mundane object instead of official national symbols.
Alma Onali
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The Maids, Nick---theatre of the absurd [Reviews of Jean Genet\u27s The Maids and Arthur Kopit\u27s The Questioning of Nick at the Studio Theater, Milwaukee] [PDF]
, 1971 None ...
Carter, Curtis
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The Camp of Reason: Spinoza's Ethics as Affirmative Excess
Nursing Philosophy, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Perhaps Spinoza's Ethics is the most austere text in Western philosophy: axioms, definitions, propositions, demonstrations, arranged with the composure of a Euclidean proof. Yet readers who persist report something closer to exhilaration than to the satisfaction of verification. This paper asks why.
Jamie Brian Smith
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The Polish Trial of Kafka. On the Reception of Franz Kafka and So-Called “Dark Literature” by the Censorship Board [PDF]
, 2016 The article discusses the reception of Franz Kafka’s novels and the so-called “dark literature”, popular after 1956, by the censorship board. It presents the discussions around Kafka’s work and various interpretational strategies used to secure this ...
Mojsak, Kajetan
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
Journal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 20-37, March 2026.The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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