The Political Slogan in Communist Czechoslovakia (1948–89)

This article employs an interdisciplinary approach to evaluate the role of the political slogan in Communist Czechoslovakia, with reference to Bakhtin’s concept of hierarchically superior texts, as developed by Alexei Yurchak and Michal Pullmann. It argues that the slogan performed a much wider range of temporally specific functions than has been generally recognized, and that its repetitive and ritualistic character had a major psychological effect on people’s memory and perception of reality (see C. Atkinson and R.M. Shiffrin, and David I. Kertzer). A clear distinction is drawn between denotative and connotative meaning, with detailed attention paid to J.L. Austin’s speech act theory, as elaborated by John R. Searle. The first two sections of the article define the concept and the functions of the ‘political slogan’, with special significance accorded to the use of language to establish a binary opposition between ‘us’ and ‘them’ (à la John B. Thompson’s notion of fragmentation). The third part identifies the sources and methodology adopted, and lists the principal word tokens identified. Following a brief contextualization of the slogan in the next section, the main body of the study uses corpus-assisted statistical analysis to evaluate the development of different thematic, lexical and semantic referents over three broad time spans (1948 to the mid-1950s, the mid-1950s to 1968, and 1969 to 1989).     

地理的空间与文学的意象——以贾平凹小说创作为例

人地关系对文学创作具有深刻影响。贾平凹其人其文在创作理念、叙事方式、人物形象等方面都具有鲜明的地域性特征。本文以贾平凹代表性小说作品为例,考量了商州的地域文化地理要素对贾平凹小说创作产生影响的机制。论文认为,自然地理环境能够构成文学创作的自然意象,人文地理环境能够生发文学创作的民俗文化意象、丰富其地域文化意象,并促成便于营造意象的艺术风格及其嬗变。     

THE IMPLICATIONS OF ROBERT BRANDOM'S INFERENTIALISM FOR INTELLECTUAL HISTORY

Quentin Skinner's appropriation of speech act theory for intellectual history has been extremely influential. Even as the model continues to be important for historians, however, philosophers now regard the original speech act theory paradigm as dated. Are there more recent initiatives that might reignite theoretical work in this area? This article argues that the inferentialism of Robert Brandom is one of the most interesting contemporary philosophical projects with historical implications. It shows how Brandom's work emerged out of the broad shift in the philosophy of language from semantics to pragmatics that also informed speech act theory. The article then goes on to unpack the rich implications of Brandom's inferentialism for the theory and practice of intellectual history. It contends that inferentialism clarifies, legitimizes, and informs intellectual historical practice, and it concludes with a consideration of the challenges faced by inferentialist intellectual history, together with an argument for the broader implications of Brandom's work.     

千手观音造像主尊残损手型考证——以主尊4-7-S1、4-6-S1号手为主的初步考察

宝顶山千手观音主尊形象可谓是同题材中的奇葩.考察发现,在主尊形象中,以佛经为基础,在面数、手的数量、器物等方面较多遵循着佛典的要求.同时,在具体的表现形式上,具有自身的一些特点,如在布局、细节处理等方面,特别是通过以第4-7-S1、4-6-S1号手为主的初步考察,可见千手观音造像在巴蜀地区,甚至于国内的同题材作品中,具有自身独特的创造性特点.     

董邦达《四美具合幅图》的创作、陈设及其意涵

本文以图像、文献和档案为基础,试图藉诸种材料的分析,阐述董邦达奉乾隆皇帝之命绘制《四美具合幅图》的缘由,以及作者对绘画主题、题材、风格、构图的选取,通过分析作品从母本到成品的制作过程,力求揭示出皇帝、词臣和画家在创作中的意愿和互动。作者试图借助个案分析,揭示词臣画家在乾隆宫廷内艺术风格的形及其发展过程中的种种复杂性。此外,作者对绘画史研究     

从卜辞看洹北商城一号宫殿的性质

将卜辞中有关宗庙的祭祀活动和祭祀场所资料与洹北商城一号宫殿基址的祭祀遗存相对照,内涵基本相合,从而证明洹北商城一号宫殿为商王的宗庙.     

Analytical study of Roman and Arabic wall paintings in the Patio De Banderas of Reales Alcazares’ Palace using non-destructive XRD/XRF and complementary techniques

A portable XRD/XRF system and complementary laboratory techniques were employed to improve the knowledge of the procedures used to create Roman and Arabic wall paintings. Integrated physico-chemical investigations were conducted on fragments of artworks collected from the archaeological excavation of the Patio de Banderas in the Reales Alcazares’ Palace of Seville (Spain), and a comparative study on the pigments from both historical periods was performed. As a result, pigments such as vermilion, red ochre, yellow ochre, green earth, Egyptian blue, carbon and phosphor-based black pigments were detected in Roman samples; however, in the Arabic fragments, only haematite was observed. In addition, the size and shape of the particles of the wall paintings were studied with an XRD 2-dimensional detector and SEM-EDX.     

Studying Public Policy through Immigration Policy: Advances in Theory and Measurement

This essay provides a critical review of the field of immigration policy studies from the perspective of measurement and modeling. It serves to contextualize and broaden the views presented in the special issue. As such, we combine insights from American and comparative politics, pinpoint key limitations and challenges in the field, and identify areas of strength within each subfield which could inform theory and measurement development for the other. Ultimately, the concerns about conceptualization, definition, and measurement that we identify and discuss herein, do not apply only to immigration policy studies but to policy studies writ large.     

Weathering the Storm: Social Policy and the Great Recession

This review discusses recent challenges to the welfare state arising from the Great Recession (GR). The GR was a significant event for social policy analysts, as it tested the responsiveness of welfare systems in the midst of a recent trend toward austerity politics in advanced economies. Social policy changes were part of the toolkit advanced democracies used to respond to the GR, and the welfare state mitigated the consequences of the GR. However, a stark limitation of the social safety net in the United States was the failure to assist immigrant households. The nexus of immigration and social policy is likely to be a significant controversy as we consider the meaning of social citizenship.