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Is esprit de corps the secret engine of history?Unveils the hidden and conflicting ideologies at stake behind the concept of esprit de corps and its contemporary uses Focuses on the discursive uses of esprit de corps in various transnational contexts and in the long term, from 1700 to present times Combines intellectual history, cultural history, philosophy, history of ideas, discourse analysis, political theory and labour history Offers a fresh look into the modern dialectics of individualism and collectivism, structure and agency, laissez-faire and corporatismDeepens our understanding of the history of corporate capitalism and its military influences, as well as to understand the current revival of occidental nationalismEsprit de corps has played a significant role in the cultural and political history of the last 300 years. Through several historical case studies, Luis de Miranda shows how this phrase acts as a combat concept with a clear societal impact. He also reveals how interconnected, yet distinct, French, English and American modern intellectual and political thought is. In the end, this is a cautionary analysis of past and current ideologies of ultra-unified human ensembles, a recurrent historical and theoretical fabulation the author calls 'ensemblance'

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic served to remind us that despite our Cartesian fantasies of control, naturing nature (natura naturans) is still active in the form of an untamed Other. The dominant reaction on most political sides was anthropocentric: if we do something– a doing generally framed within the scope of technique and management – nature shall go back to the kind and submissive non-viral neutrality that we appreciate in 'her' as a supposedly passive resource for productivism. How could humanity – a pandemic species itself and not only metaphorically – be better attuned with the powers of naturing nature, in a posture of co-creation rather than of a reactive technocratic war against the non-periodic or 'monstrous' aspects of life? This question is a matter of philosophical health: the future of humanity does not depend on statistics and logistics, but on the possibility of a philosophical (re)generative politics, a trustful care for creative singularity rather than an anxious control and production of regularity. Humanity's collective health presupposes this reconciliation with naturing nature and the deployment of a global shared cosmology based on the creative healing-growth flux of originative creativity. This regenerative and life-affirming creative Real is here termed 'Creal', and we call 'crealectics' the generative philosophical health that favours healing growth.

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic served to remind us that despite our Cartesian fantasies of control, naturing nature (natura naturans) is still active in the form of an untamed Other. The dominant reaction on most political sides was anthropocentric: if we do something– a doing generally framed within the scope of technique and management – nature shall go back to the kind and submissive non-viral neutrality that we appreciate in 'her' as a supposedly passive resource for productivism. How could humanity – a pandemic species itself and not only metaphorically – be better attuned with the powers of naturing nature, in a posture of co-creation rather than of a reactive technocratic war against the non-periodic or 'monstrous' aspects of life? This question is a matter of philosophical health: the future of humanity does not depend on statistics and logistics, but on the possibility of a philosophical (re)generative politics, a trustful care for creative singularity rather than an anxious control and production of regularity. Humanity's collective health presupposes this reconciliation with naturing nature and the deployment of a global shared cosmology based on the creative healing-growth flux of originative creativity. This regenerative and life-affirming creative Real is here termed 'Creal', and we call 'crealectics' the generative philosophical health that favours healing growth.

To portray populism purely as a threat to democracy is to fail to recognise that it expresses widespread feelings of discontent with the current system, which is in systemic crisis. This has expressed itself through both anti-foreigner (nationalist) and anti-elites (class) sentiment.
The left needs to focus on a class-based strategy, and to organise in particular among the new working class, which is ethnically diverse and composed mostly of well-educated service workers in London and the large cities. Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn sought to mobilise these constituencies,
as well as their more traditional constituencies, along class lines. Though they did not succeed electorally, in the longer run, the fact that the new working class is predominantly young and increasingly attracted by an alternative and socialist vision of economy and society may be a cause
for some optimism.

In 2018, the Cuban economy grew by only 1.2%[1] in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), lower than the planned 2%. In such a way, a situation close to stagnation is observed, since in the period 2012-2018, the average annual growth was only 2.1%, far below the country's development needs and the figures planned by the government. The manufacturing industry had a negative performance in the 2012-17 period, with an average annual variation of -0.2%, affected by technological obsolescence and decapitalization. The agricultural sector had an average annual growth, in the same period of only 2.4%. Meanwhile, gross capital formation oscillated between 12.9% and 15.6% of GDP, which represents an excessively low figure for any developing economy and is illustrative of a situation of stagnation, close to recession. ; En 2018, la economía cubana creció solo un 1,2%[1] en su Producto Interior Bruto (PIB), inferior al 2% planificado. De tal forma, se observa una situación cercana al estancamiento, ya que en el período 2012-2018, el crecimiento promedio anual fue de solo 2,1%, muy por debajo de las necesidades de desarrollo del país y de las cifras planificadas por el gobierno. La industria manufacturera tuvo un desempeño negativo en el período 2012-17, con una variación promedio anual de -0,2%, afectada por la obsolescencia tecnológica y la descapitalización. El sector agropecuario tuvo un crecimiento promedio anual, en el mismo período de sólo 2,4%. Mientras tanto, la formación bruta de capital osciló en 12,9% y 15,6% del PIB, lo cual representa una cifra excesivamente baja para cualquier economía en desarrollo y es ilustrativa de una situación de estancamiento, cercana a la recesión.

On June 28, the president of the Cuban government, Miguel Díaz-Canel, announced several economic measures in the conclusions of a working visit to the city of Pinar del Río, among which stands out a long-awaited increase in salaries for workers in the so-called budgeted sector. ; El pasado 28 de junio, el presidente del gobierno cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, anunció varias medidas económicas en las conclusiones de una visita de trabajo realizada a la ciudad de Pinar del Río, entre las que se destaca un largamente esperado aumento de salarios para los trabajadores del llamado sector presupuestado.

The multiple-choice video game Life is Strange was described by its French developers as a metaphor for the inner conflicts experienced by a teenager in trying to become an adult. In psychological work with adolescents, there is a stark similarity between what they experience and some concepts of existentialist philosophy. Sartre's script for the movie Les Jeux Sont Faits (literally "games are made") uses the same narrative strategy as Life is Strange—the capacity for the main characters to travel back in time to change their own existence—in order to stimulate philosophical, ethical, and political thinking and also to effectively simulate existential "limit situations." This article is a dialogue between Sartre's views and Life is Strange in order to examine to what extent questions such as what is freedom? what is choice? what is autonomy and responsibility? can be interpreted anew in hybrid digital–human—"anthrobotic"—environments.

The development and international diffusion of total quality management (TQM) as a normative theory are examined. It is shown that the main concepts associated with TQM contain an implicit Darwinist view of society made up only of institutions struggling to survive against increasingly ruthless competition. It is also shown that their development was the result of a process in which universities, large corporations, and government interacted to develop a response to the increasingly serious economic challenge that Japan presented to the United States from the 1960s to the mid-1980s. The TQM paradigm was taken up by U.S. multinational corporations and the leading business and management schools of the United States and disseminated throughout the world. It is concluded that TQM has an ideological dimension designed to help diffuse to private and public service institutions throughout the world the dominant U.S. view of society and economy at the end of the twentieth century.

Resumo: A partir do livro Critical autoethnography: intersecting cultural identities in everyday life (2014), organizado por Robyn Boylorn e Mark Orbe, proponho neste artigo uma discussão onde empreendo a importância de analisar a autoetnografia desenraizada da matriz civilizatória, exclusivamente ocidental, na qual é normalmente inserida como um método útil somente para expressar as experiências localizadas nas diferenças ou na instância de se reconhecer a diversidade. Além disso, trago algumas indagações provenientes das limitações impostas a práxis, pois, se estamos falando de uma supremacia que exerce sua dominação sobre grupos/povos e, consequentemente, sobre o conhecimento, narrativa e a verdade, o que significa "qualquer coisa"? Por quais parâmetros o "bem escrito" é avaliado? Como quantificar a criatividade? Qual é a função da autoetnografia se nem todos os relatos são considerados apropriados? Dessa forma, interessa-me demonstrar que as autoetnografias têm a possibilidade de interpelar os estereótipos e as narrativas hegemônicas, de criar espaços vastos de reflexão e de auxiliar no aperfeiçoamento das nossas incessantes negociações no campo do conhecimento. Portanto, através de uma perspectiva interdisciplinar, crítica e corporalmente implicada (experiência pessoal), busco tecer e contribuir para a ampliação da presente discussão que, por sua vez, é inesgotável e atravessada por inúmeras complexidades.
Palavras-chave: Narrativas Pessoais; Metodologia; Pesquisa qualitativa; Autoetnografia.

O artigo tem como objetivo analisar especificidades que compõem a estrutura de restrições e oportunidades para os conflitos socioambientais decorrentes da implantação de empreendimentos eólicos no Brasil, na etapa de seu licenciamento ambiental. Para isso, apresenta algumas particularidades da implantação desta tipologia de empreendimentos de geração de energia, tanto em relação aos impactos quanto à legislação associada a eles. Por fim, sugere que sua divulgação vinculada à ideia de desenvolvimento sustentável implica grande aceitação social e, portanto, desmobiliza as resistências iniciais a sua instalação. Tais condições impõem restrições e oportunidades singulares para o engajamento na ação coletiva e demandam o desenvolvimento de novos repertórios confrontacionais que reivindiquem o não subdimensionamento de seus impactos e a devida atenção à legislação associada a esses empreendimentos.

Este artigo tem o objetivo de analisar como a audiência do programa Bem Estar, exibido pela Rede Globo,participa do programa, transformando-se em co-autora das narrativas sobre saúde veiculadas diariamente na emissora de maior audiência do Brasil. Com base em uma experiência etnográfica e na análise de episódios do matinal, discute-se como essa interação, cuja particularidade é a mediação entre o saber popular e o saber médico, é um recurso recorrente e fundamental na estrutura narrativa do programa. A análise indica ainda que a seleção das questões está alinhada ao que o roteiro oferece como forma e conteúdo, mas acaba por hibridizar o popular às histórias médicas veiculadas a cada edição.