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The German philosopher Martin Heidegger and the Serbian poet Vladislav Petković Dis differ in culture, language, vocation and, finally, in the views they had about the overall human reasoning and creativity. In this paper, the author tries to demonstrate that the creative personality of the Serbian poet in the author's opinion, a poet not recognized at his true Value fits in the profile of poetry defined by Heidegger when he writes about 'poor times'. The poetic language of Dis is not always unified, however, his poetry is the closest to the purpose of every art: the revelation of the meaning of creation and existence. Heidegger, in his philosophy, Vladislav Petković, in his poetry, both show that reflection and writing are in harmony and even have the same purpose the discovery of the essential truth.

This research article under titled Acehnese literature post-conflict and tsunami: between reflection of humanity and political cleanser. The purpose of this study is to analyze and to describe the Acehnese literary works post-conflict and tsunami as a sociological and psychological reflection of the Acehnese people that very useful for learning about the human values which seemed to be hegemony by various issues of Indonesian nationalism political interests. This research focused on Acehnese literary works from various genres in the era of post-conflict and tsunami. The Acehnese literary work here is positioned as a cultural product that is able to create a new awareness for its readers through the communication of the values contained therein. The methodology used in this research is descriptive-qualitative method where the data are collected and analyzed qualitatively. Furthermore, the results of the data analysis are presented descriptively. The results and discussion show that Acehnese literary work post-conflict and tsunami can be viewed as communication literature and media for conveying values, contemplation media and instruments of "political cleanser", as well as efforts to cultural struggles among the reading community.

In Animate Literacies Nathan Snaza proposes a new theory of literature and literacy in which he outlines how literacy is both constitutive of the social and used as a means to define the human. Weaving new materialism with feminist, queer, and decolonial thought, Snaza theorizes literacy as a contact zone in which humans, nonhuman animals, and nonvital objects such as chairs and paper all become active participants. In readings of classic literature by Kate Chopin, Frederick Douglass, James Joyce, Toni Morrison, Mary Shelley, and others, Snaza emphasizes the key roles that affect and sensory experiences play in literacy. Snaza upends common conceptions of literacy and its relation to print media, showing instead how such understandings reinforce dehumanizations linked to dominant imperialist, heterosexist, and capitalist definitions of the human. The path toward disrupting such exclusionary, humanist frameworks, Snaza contends, lies in formulating alternative practices of literacy and literary study that escape disciplined knowledge production.

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What does it mean to be human? The Brontë novels and poetry are fascinated by what lies at the core - and limits - of the human. The Brontës and the Idea of the Human presents a significant re-evaluation of how Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë each responded to scientific, legal, political, theological, literary, and cultural concerns in ways that redraw the boundaries of the human for the nineteenth century. Proposing innovative modes of approach for the twenty-first century, leading scholars shed light on the relationship between the role of the imagination and new definitions of the human subject. This important interdisciplinary study scrutinises the notion of the embodied human and moves beyond it to explore the force and potential of the mental and imaginative powers for constructions of selfhood, community, spirituality, degradation, cruelty, and ethical behaviour in the nineteenth century and its fictional worlds.

Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table Of Contents -- Introduction: Pain And Suffering -- Chapter One: Cruel And Unusual Punishment -- Chapter Two: Torture Endures -- Chapter Three: The Push For Human Rights -- Chapter Four: Blood On American Hands -- Chapter Five: Recovering From The Wounds Of Torture -- Chapter Six: Blowing The Whistle On Torture -- Critical Analysis -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Source Notes -- Selected Bibiography -- For Further Information -- Index -- Photo Acknowledgments -- About The Author -- Back Flap -- Back Cover