Main issues in the scientific work of Giovanni Jervis (1933-2009), psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and psychologist, are outlined. Although he was one of the leading members of the movement for abolishing the psychiatric institutions in Italy from the '50s to the '70s, he distinguished himself for his critical and rigorously scientific approach to the problem. His research was characterized by an historical view of the development of psychological processes and psychopathological phenomena, and according to him psychology and psychiatry theories (and especially psychoanalysis) should always be considered as historically-determined attempts to understand the human mind. In the last period of his scientific activity, Jervis was particularly engaged in a critical analysis of postmodern and relativistic theories of science, and strenuously attacked at second-hand ways of dealing with scientific, social and political questions. Key words: Antipsychiatry – Postmodernism – Psychoanalysis – Psychology - Relativism
This article draws upon some recent repatriation claims for Tasmanian human remains in British and European museums to examine debates concerning the authenticity of identity in the 21st century, and to reflect on the construction and representation of Indian identities in the colonial period. I discuss how authenticity can be seen as a process, used instrumentally, rather than a static quality, focusing on how authenticity is asserted, negotiated, performed, or rejected through social and political interaction. The negotiations of the Tasmanian Aboriginal groups for recognition of their status as authentic Aborigines provides a kind of prism or lens through which we can take a fresh view of the competing claims to authorship of India's filmic heritage.
The study is devoted to the analysis of the state of Ukrainian theatrical art on the territory of the Crimean peninsula in the second half of the 19th – early 20th century. Even in our time, we have to refute the assertion that anything Ukrainian in Crimea was absent until the middle of the 20th century or even before the early 1990s. From reports in magazines of the 19th – early 20th centuries, which were published in the territory of modern Ukraine, controlled at that time by the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires, as well as from archival sources, we can obtain data that indicate that in that period the inhabitants of different regions of Crimea, mostly large cities, showed interest in Ukrainian culture, one of the brightest exponents of which was theatrical art. Both touring and local Ukrainian theater groups led by prominent directors performed theatrical productions of famous playwrights in Crimea. It is traditionally believed that the Ukrainian theater gained popularity in Crimea in the 1870s–90s due to the activities of the luminaries of the stage – Marko Kropyvnytsky, Mykhailo Starytsky, the Tobilevych brothers, etc. However, we can say that the roots of the Ukrainian theater on the peninsula date back to the 1840s – to the appearance in Sevastopol of the first stationary municipal Crimean theater, which periodically staged works by Ukrainian authors. The notable place of presentation of the Ukrainian theatrical art in Crimea was the nobiliary theater of Simferopol. Also, Ukrainian theater troupes toured Sevastopol, Yalta, Yevpatoriia, Feodosiia, Kerch. Over time, local amateur and semi-professional groups began to emerge in these cities, introducing the audience to examples of Ukrainian drama and gaining the support of prominent theatrical figures. The Crimean press often published not only reviews of Ukrainian theatrical productions in the cities of the peninsula, but also reviews of plays presented on local stages not only by the most talented but also by lesser-known artists that performed in front of the inhabitants of Crimea and staged at completely different ideological and artistic levels. For the most part, Ukrainian performances were highly popular in Crimea.
Abstract. Auguste Walras' interest in and contribution to economic theory were prompted mainly by his quest for a valid theory of property. After a critical analysis of the current theories of value, he singled out scarcity as the only significant cause of value. He concluded that land was scarce in a very special sense and, hence, should belong not to single individuals but to society as a whole. This is not, however, incompatible with private ownership of non‐land capital. His famous son. Léon Walras, not only adopted this theory but also proved the feasibility of a laissez‐faire type of economy in which land is nationalized. His debt to his father is also evident in his analysis of general economic equilibrium in which he makes use of valuable economic ideas and tools devised or inspired by Auguste Walras.
This paper contributes to the comparative studies of population policies and discourses with the intention of finding such teleologically not biased interpretative frameworks in which both Western" and "Eastern" histories can be linked to each other without setting up Eurocentric or West centric comparative structures. In other words we look for such interpretative grounds, which do not fix "Western" arrangements as norms to be followed by other regions of the world or as ones having superior characteristics.
