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This essay explores the symbiotic relationship between European modernity, its vision of woman and water. The union of these three metaconcepts is consecrated by the Ovidian story of Narcissus and his other, Echo. The West finally found itself completely through Hegel, the Ur-narcissist, who explains the immutable link between that European monopoly, history (by which he means the potential for becoming modern), and the sea. The narcissism of modernity is the great theme of Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto, which shows how the bourgeoisie seeks to remake the entire world in its own image. Psychoanalysis, through the writings of Ferenczi, joined in cementing the connection, likening woman to the primal sea to which the male ever yearns to return. And Foucault suggests a potential conclusion from this metaconceptual constellation: that Man, a Western creation, may well disappear like a face drawn on a sandy beach.

The transformations undergone by the communication system in Chile establish the disappearance of the public as a decisive component. Because of this concentration would be affecting the plurality and meaning of the social. However, it can be suggested that today there is a dimension of the public associated with new configurations and representations that depend on a governmentality of the media. She installs her work in the field of behavior and emotions and offers a narrative diversity to the identities that challenge the character of public policies. ; Las transformaciones sufridas por el sistema comunicacional en Chile establecen la desaparición de lo público como un componente decisivo. A causa de ello la concentración estaría afectando la pluralidad y el significado de lo social. Sin embargo, se puede sugerir que hoy se produce una dimensión de lo público asociado a nuevas configuraciones y representaciones que dependen de una gubernamentalidad de lo mediático. Ella instala su trabajo en el campo de la conducta y de las emociones y ofrece una diversidad narrativa a las identidades que ponen en discusión el carácter de las políticas públicas.

SummaryNarcissus poeticus L. is a notably variable species: this paper explores the history of the name 'recurvus' and attempts to shed some light on the issues concerning the correct naming of the variant of N. poeticus that exhibits reflexed or recurved tepals.

The paper shows that three heterogeneities in Freud and Kristeva (unconscious/conscious, semiotic/symbolic, and imaginary/symbolic) expose the historical emergence, significance, and demise of psychic structures that present obstacles to our progressive political thinking. The oedipal and narcissistic structures of subjectivity represent the persistence of two past, bad forms of authority: paternal law and maternal authority. Contemporary psychoanalysis reveals a humankind going through the loss of this past in a process that opens up a different future of sexual difference in Western cultures.

Trans_Konzepte dienen der Beschreibung kultureller Formationen, die gegen binäre oder dichotomisierende Ordnungsstrukturen Offenheit, Vernetzung und Prozesshaftigkeit setzen. Ein großer Vorteil dieses methodischen Zugriffs liegt darin, dass das Untersuchungsfeld des ›Trans_‹ weder kulturhistorisch noch geopolitisch gebunden ist und somit auch einen innovativen Zugang zu historischen und längst kanonisierten Texten eröffnet – oder aber bereits beobachtete, textinterne Bewegungen beschreibbar macht. So lässt sich auch Ovids 'Narcissus et Echo' als Szenario der Trans_Geschlechtlichkeit lesen. Sobald man den Fokus der Lektüre nicht auf die Autoerotisierung der Hauptfigur legt, sondern den Text von seinem Ausgangspunkt her – der Vergewaltigung von Liriope durch ihren Vater – begreift, werden weitere textimmanente Prozesse sichtbar, die eine Bewegung des ›Trans_‹ abbilden. So lässt sich Narziss als eine psychische Auslagerung seiner Mutter verstehen, die sich nach dem gewaltsamen Zugriff auf ihren Körper im geschlechtlich Polyvalenten einen neuen Existenz- und Wahrnehmungsraum schafft. Narziss erscheint darin als geschlechtlich entortet und anhand mehrerer Spiegelungen nicht auf eine eindeutige 'Substanz' oder 'Natur' zurückführbar.

This historical and archaeological study of USS Narcissus assesses how political and economic pressures experienced by the United States Navy during the American Civil War directly affected the Union's naval strategy and thus the decision to purchase specific types of vessels for use in the blockade. The results of this analysis validate the theory that the functional design and economic value of the screw-propelled tugboat led to the purposeful purchase of these vessels to serve as shallow-water blockade vessels and support craft. The archaeological investigation allowed archaeologists to identify this tugboat as the USS Narcissus. Specific measurements of the engine and hull remains allowed researchers to conclude that this type of vessel had an economical propulsion system and shallow draft that would have been best suited for a blockade ship in shallow water. Finally, an analysis of the historical and archaeological evidence enabled the author to suggest possible explanations for the catastrophic explosion that led to the demise of USS Narcissus. ; 2011-12-01 ; M.A. ; Department of Anthropology ; Masters