AW. Mar∂tānō

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AW. Martn

     

Metropolitaner Anspruch versus l?ndliche Realit?t

Tagungen und Kongresse

Metropolitaner Anspruch versus l?ndliche Realit?t     

La Société des Nations suppose la Société des Esprits: The Debate on Modern Humanism

This article focuses on the themes of the two conferences organized by the League of Nations—“Modern Man” and “The Foundations of Modern Humanism”—which were held in Nice and Budapest in 1935 and 1936, respectively. It was a time of deepening crisis, when the pervasive belief was that European civilization was declining. The more specific questions discussed in these conferences included the relation of modern man to the state, the impact of irrational theories on modern life, and the need for free education for everyone. Renowned writers and academics of the period participated in the debates, among them Thomas Mann, Jules Romains, Salvador de Madariaga, Alfred Zimmern, and Johan Huizinga. I present a critical overview of their debates, beginning with Paul Valéry, the initiator and chairman of these conferences, who coined the intriguing slogan “La Société des Nations suppose la Société des Esprits.”     

Why Aren’t Jewish Women Circumcised?

From Hellenistic to modern times, in the eyes of Jews and non-Jews alike, circumcision is a sign that marks the boundary between Jews and non-Jews. Jews are circumcised, gentiles are not. What, then, of Jewish women? Why are they not marked with a bodily sign attesting to their place within the covenant? Cohen argues that the Jews of antiquity seem not to have been bothered by this question probably because the fundamental Otherness of women was clear to them. Jewish women were Jewish by birth, but their Jewishness was assumed to be inferior to that of Jewish men. Jews and Christians, however, who opposed circumcision, used the non-circumcision of women as one of their supporting arguments.     

Sur une hétéroclisie verbale avestique

Résumé La métrique des textes avestiques indique que le participe présent de duus nc dérive pas d'un thème t bsiia-, mais tbsaiia-.     

Travail et société: Explorations d'une crise

Meda, D., Le travail: une valeur en voie de disparition (Aubier, 1995), 364pp., 120F., ISBN 2 7007 3659 1

Bidet, J., et Texier, J. (sous la direction de), La crise du travail (PUF, 1995), 272pp., 198F., ISBN 2 13 047001 7