La solidarité du politique et du poétique chez H. Arendt

Hannah Arendt est surtout connue pour avoir écrit une magistrale enquête historique sur le totalitarisme (Les origines du totalitarisme) et pour avoir défendu une conception exigeante de la politique développée dans un langage réputé pour être très hellénisant. Cette façon de concevoir la politique repose principalement sur le concept d’action qu’Arendt travaille à redéfinir au sein d’un contexte historique et d’une tradition qui témoignent, selon elle, d’un « oubli de l’action ». Ce qu’Arendt reproche au premier chef à la tradition de la philosophie politique est d’avoir confondu, dès ses premiers balbutiements, le faire et l’agir, interprétant ce dernier à l’aune de la fabrication (poiesis) et recouvrant du même souffle la spécificité de l’action (praxis). Sa propre théorie politique travaille ainsi à repenser l’action pour elle-même et à en faire de nouveau le centre de la vie politique. C’est donc notamment en se référant aux expériences politiques pré-philosophiques athéniennes qu’Arendt parvient à illustrer les potentialités que recèle l’action comprise comme spontanéité dévoilante. Or, il nous apparaît que ses efforts achoppent finalement sur le contexte moderne et que ce fait n’échappe probablement pas à Arendt elle-même. L’impasse suscitée par la modernité est ainsi à nos yeux l’occasion de mettre au jour un versant plus proprement poétique de l’œuvre d’Arendt, se dessinant en filigrane de sa théorie politique et qui n’est que très peu abordé au sein de la littérature secondaire francophone. Pour ce faire, nous proposons dans un premier temps d’interroger les efforts d’Arendt pour valoriser l’action politique afin de faire ressortir les ressources de ce concept. Dans un second temps, nous confrontons le concept d’action au contexte moderne tel que le conçoit Arendt pour montrer qu’il existe dans ses écrits un modèle alternatif de rapport au monde et à autrui que celui mis en avant par l’action et que cet autre modèle doit énormément au poétique.

Pour le maintien de la mémoire sociétale : la pertinence de l’évaluation à l’ère du numérique

Travail réalisé à l’EBSI, Université de Montréal, sous la direction de M. Yvon Lemay dans le cadre du cours SCI6112 – Évaluation des archives, à l'hiver 2016

Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, UM Men's Basketball, vs Duke, 1993

[Howard and King defending Grant Hill]

UM Football, 1962 vs Nebraska, #34 Dennis Steuwe of N.

[Steuwe led N with 60 yards rushing]; Defending for UM #46 Harvey Chapman, #60 Louis Pavloff, #69 Joe O'Donnell, #57 John Houtman]

The fable of the bees; or, Private vices, publick benefits.

"This edition is limited to 875 copies, of which 750 are for sale."

General Lee.

"In this volume the attempt has been made to imperfectly supply the great desire to have something from Robert E. Lee's pen, by introducing, at the periods referred to, such extracts from his private letters as would be of great interest. He is thus made, for the first time, to give his impressions and opinions on most of the great events with which he was so closely connected"--Preface.

Three tracts published at Amsterdam, in the years 1691 and 1692, under the name of Letters of General Ludlow to Sir Edward Seymour, and other persons, comparing the oppressive government of King Charles I, in the first four years of his reign, with that of the four years of the reign of King James II, and vindicating the conduct of the Parliament that began in November, 1640.

Each tract has special t.p. with original imprint; to the imprint of the second tract is added: And now re-printed at London, by Robert Wilks ... 1811.

Francisci Lamberti Auenionensis Theologi Commentarii De causis excaecationis multoru[m] saeculorum ...

Old marginalia.

Speaking for others: The pros and cons of group advocates using collective language

We examined how rhetorical style affects evaluations of group advocates, and how these evaluations are moderated by group identification. University students were given a letter to the editor defending student welfare. The argument was either constructed using personal language ('I believe') or collective language ('we believe'). Furthermore, the letter was either attributed to an official advocate (president of the student union) or an unofficial advocate (a rank-and-file member of the student body). Consistent with the social identity perspective, participants who showed strong identification as a university student thought that the group would feel better represented by official advocates using collective rather than personal language. Low identifiers, however, did not rate the rhetorical styles differently on representativeness. Furthermore, low identifiers (but not high identifiers) rated official advocates as more likable and more effective when they used personal rather than collective language. The discussion focuses on the conflict low identifiers might feel between (a) needing to homogenize with other group members in order to maximize the influence and political effectiveness of their message at the collective level, and (b) protecting themselves against categorization threat.

The cyclotide family of circular miniproteins: Nature's combinatorial peptide template

The cyclotides are a recently discovered family of miniproteins that contain a head-to-tail cyclized backbone and a knotted arrangement of disulfide bonds. They are approximately 30 amino acids in size and are present in high abundance in plants from the Violaceae, Rubiaceae, and Cucurbitaceae families, with individual plants containing a suite of up to 100 cyclotides. They have a diverse range of biological activities, including uterotonic, anti-HIV, antitumor, and antimicrobial activities, although their natural function is likely that of defending their host plants from pathogens and pests. This review focuses on the structural aspects of cyclotides, which may be thought of as a natural combinatorial peptide template in which a wide range of amino acids is displayed on a compact molecular core made up of the cyclic cystine knot structural motif. Cyclotides are exceptionally stable and are resistant to denaturation via thermal, chemical, or enzymatic treatments. The struclural features that contribute to their remarkable stability are described ill this review. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

O GLORIAR-SE EM 2 CORÍNTIOS 12, 7 - 21 Auto-Glorificação ou Defesa da Honra

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a utilização do gênero literário do gloriar-se pelo apóstolo Paulo, demonstrando como esta ferramenta foi fundamental para que ele se posicionasse de maneira inovadora e radical frente às acusações sofridas da comunidade cristã em corinto. A comunidade sob a influência de pregadores itinerantes, autointitulados apóstolos, procuraram desonrar o apóstolo em sua ausência. Sendo uma comunidade cristã primitiva no mediterrâneo do I século, o bem mais valioso era a Honra, esta deveria ser defendida acima de tudo. Para tanto, o apóstolo se utiliza do ato de gloriar, como um gênero literário de sua época, bem como de outros recursos da retórica na realização de sua defesa. Ao fazê-lo, o apóstolo resignifica o ato de gloriar, as características de um verdadeiro apóstolo, bem como trata do sofrimento como algo inerente ao fiel seguidor de Cristo. Desta maneira, o apóstolo além de defender-se expõe uma nova proposta no entendimento e vivência nas relações sociais, que deveriam passar pelo ato da renúncia ao status; constituindo uma comunidade igualitária.

ENSINAR AS MEMÓRIAS Exegese histórico-social de Deuteronômio 6,20-25

O presente estudo exegético tem por objetivo analisar o texto de Deuteronômio 6,20-25 numa perspectiva histórico-social. Para tanto, revisa-se algumas discussões exegéticas acerca do texto. Compreende-o como um ensino familiar, das famílias livres e possuidoras de terra em Judá, no século VII.a.C. Nele, narrativamente são apresentados os atos redentores de Javé: o êxodo, a dádiva da terra e das leis. Dentre esses atos, destaca-se o êxodo, como fundamento da liberdade, e sua articulação com as leis. Por sua vez as leis são a forma de manutenção da liberdade, por meio da defesa do direito dos socialmente enfraquecidos. Nessa dinâmica da catequese familiar, duas categorias são importantes, ensino e memória.

The value of intellectual property to firms and society

Economists view intellectual property rights (IPRs) as policy tools for encouraging innovation, but they recognize that they can also inhibit competition. There are many types of IPRs and institutions concerned with their administration. We begin by outlining how these complex and varied rights are supposed to work and how they interact with other characteristics of firms and markets. We then survey the available literature on patents, trade marks, and copyright to assess the value of these IPRs to firms and the costs to firms of acquiring and defending their rights. The paper concludes with suggestions for topics requiring further research to inform public policy better.

Depresión subclínica en España:prevalencia e impacto sobre la salud

INTRODUCCIÓN: La depresión subclínica es una condición prevalente que presenta importantes implicaciones para el funcionamiento y el bienestar de los pacientes. Sin embargo, faltan estudios que operativicen su definición y que profundicen en su significación clínica y su impacto en la salud. El presente trabajo analiza el impacto de la depresión subclínica sobre un indicador de salud compuesto por ocho dominios de funcionamiento, y su prevalencia en la población española. MÉTODO: La muestra se ha extraído de la base de datos de la Encuesta Mundial de Salud de la OMS, seleccionando las respuestas para España de personas con depresión subclínica y sin depresión. RESULTADOS: Controlando la interacción de las distintas variables demográficas, ser mujer resulta ser el único predictor significativo para la presencia de depresión subclínica. Un peor estado de salud se asocia significativamente con presentar depresión subclínica, ser mujer, tener una edad elevada, un bajo nivel de ingresos, un menor número de años de educación formal y ser viudo. La disminución resulta significativa en los ocho dominios de funcionamiento que conforman el índice. CONCLUSIONES: Se pone de manifiesto la necesidad de conceptualizar mejor la naturaleza de la depresión subclínica, profundizando en la línea de recientes propuestas que abogan por una definición basada en su significación clínica más que en el número de síntomas depresivos, con el objetivo de no patologizar el sufrimiento humano y el malestar inherente a muchas situaciones vitales. INTRODUCTION: Subclinical depression is a prevalent condition with important implications for patients' functioning and wellbeing. However, there is a lack of studies operationalising its definition and studying its clinical significance and health impact in depth. This work analyses subclinical depression impact on a health satus score derived from eight heath domains, and its prevalence in Spanish population. METHODS: The sample was selected from World Health Survey database, choosing the answers for Spain of people with a dignosis of subclinical depression and no depressive disorders. RESULTS: Controlling the interaction of the different demographic variables, being female was the only significant predictor for the presence of subclinical depression. A worse health status is associated with subclinical depression, being female, a higher age, lower incomes, less years of formal education and being widowed. The decrease is significant in the eight health domains composing the score. CONCLUSIONS: The necessity of a better conceptualization of the nature of clinical depression is highlighted, going in depth in different proposals defending a definition based on clinical signification rather than in the number of depressive symptoms, with the goal of avoiding the pathologization of human suffering and inherent distress to several vital situations.

Capabilities of Police and Military Forces in Central America -- A Comparative Analysis of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras an d Nicaragua

A difficult transition to a new paradigm of Democratic Security and the subsequent process of military restructuring during the nineties led El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua to re-consider their old structures and functions of their armed forces and police agencies. This study compares the institutions in the four countries mentioned above to assess their current condition and response capacity in view of the contemporary security challenges in Central America. This report reveals that the original intention of limiting armies to defend and protect borders has been threatened by the increasing participation of armies in public security. While the strength of armies has been consolidated in terms of numbers, air and naval forces have failed to become strengthened or sufficiently developed to effectively combat organized crime and drug trafficking and are barely able to conduct air and sea operations. Honduras has been the only country that has maintained a proportional distribution of its armed forces. However, security has been in the hands of a Judicial Police, supervised by the Public Ministry. The Honduran Judicial Police has been limited to exercising preventive police duties, prohibited from carrying out criminal investigations. Nicaragua, meanwhile, possesses a successful police force, socially recognized for maintaining satisfactory levels of security surpassing the Guatemalan and El Salvadoran police, which have not achieved similar results despite of having set up a civilian police force separate from the military. El Salvador meanwhile, has excelled in promoting a Police Academy and career professional education, even while not having military attachés in other countries. Regarding budgetary issues, the four countries allocate almost twice the amount of funding on their security budgets in comparison to what is allocated to their defense budgets. However, spending in both areas is low when taking into account each country's GDP as well as their high crime rates. Regional security challenges must be accompanied by a professionalization of the regional armies focused on protecting and defending borders. Therefore, strong institutional frameworks to support the fight against crime and drug trafficking are required. It will require the strengthening of customs, greater control of illicit arms trafficking, investment in education initiatives, creating employment opportunities and facilitating significant improvements in the judicial system, as well as its accessibility to the average citizen.