Death  (tagged articles)

Aristocratism and Authoritative Politics in Behn's Oroonoko: The Existential and Socio-Political Semiotics of Death and Torture

Conner R. Hayes - Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko offers a complex representation of the semiotic and socio-political meaning of seventeenth-century torture and death and the intersectional manner in which physical agony coincides with authoritative colonial politics. The novella’... Keep Reading »
Photo: Alex Block SA-2

Addressing Shortcomings in Afro-Pessimism

Michael A. Barlow Jr. - Afro-Pessimism forwards a crucially important foundation with which anyone concerned with forming Black resistance strategy should navigate. It accurately understands that Black life exists outside of the traditional humanist metric, and Blackness is rather an ontological... Keep Reading »

"Irreversibility" and the Modern Understanding of Death

John Fortunato - Recent advancements in medicine have resulted in technology that allows us to have a better understanding of the essence of life. In turn, this has allowed us to more precisely identify the moment of death through certain criteria, whether through the cardiopulmonary... Keep Reading »

Power, Religion, and Capital Punishment: A Comparative Analysis Between Abolitionist Turkey & Retentionist Iran

Mariam Azhar - Turkey and Iran are both predominately Muslim-populated countries with a history of powerful political leaders who have shaped their societal values and perceptions towards capital punishment. Until the 1920s both countries employed a fairly punitive policy with regards... Keep Reading »
Photo: Dave Nakayama CC-2

The Populist Bind: Death Penalty Abolition as an Anti-Democratic Decision

Aubrey Rose - The continued application of the death penalty in the United States marks the country as an extreme outlier among its allies and like-minded nations in the 21st century. In order to explain America's retention of this criminal punishment, scholars have sought to first... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Death is tagged in the following 13 articles.

English Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Aristocratism and Authoritative Politics in Behn's Oroonoko: The Existential and Socio-Political Semiotics of Death and Torture
By Conner R. Hayes
Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko offers a complex representation of the semiotic and socio-political meaning of seventeenth-century torture and Death and the intersectional manner in which physical agony coincides with authoritative colonial politics... Read Article »
English Literature Aphra Behn Oroonoko Colonialism Race Death Slavery
Critical Theory
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
Addressing Shortcomings in Afro-Pessimism
By Michael A. Barlow Jr.
Afro-Pessimism forwards a crucially important foundation with which anyone concerned with forming Black resistance strategy should navigate. It accurately understands that Black life exists outside of the traditional humanist metric, and Blackness... Read Article »
Critical Theory Afro-Pessimism Anti-Blackness Blackness Whiteness Ontology Social Death Slavery Black History Black Culture
Bioethics
2013, Vol. 9 No. 2
"Irreversibility" and the Modern Understanding of Death
By John Fortunato
Published by Discussions
Recent advancements in medicine have resulted in technology that allows us to have a better understanding of the essence of life. In turn, this has allowed us to more precisely identify the moment of Death through certain criteria, whether through... Read Article »
Death Ethics Bioethics Medical Ethics
Capital Punishment
2013, Vol. 7 No. 1
Power, Religion, and Capital Punishment: A Comparative Analysis Between Abolitionist Turkey & Retentionist Iran
By Mariam Azhar
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
Turkey and Iran are both predominately Muslim-populated countries with a history of powerful political leaders who have shaped their societal values and perceptions towards capital punishment. Until the 1920s both countries employed a fairly punitive... Read Article »
Iran Turkey Capital Punishment Iranian Politics Turkish Politics Death Penalty Islam Islamic Law
American Politics
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
The Populist Bind: Death Penalty Abolition as an Anti-Democratic Decision
By Aubrey Rose
Published by Clocks and Clouds
The continued application of the Death penalty in the United States marks the country as an extreme outlier among its allies and like-minded nations in the 21st century. In order to explain America's retention of this criminal punishment, scholars... Read Article »
Death Penalty American Politics American Democracy Social Values Capital Punishment Populism
Shakespeare
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
Shakespeare's King Lear: The Promised End
By N B
William Shakespeare's King Lear begins with Lear ignoring the natural order of family inheritance by deciding to divide his kingdom amongst his three daughters before his Death.. Typical of human nature, Lear is swayed by the sycophantic flattery... Read Article »
Shakespeare King Lear Drama Death
Existentialism
2012, Vol. 4 No. 07
Finitude, Existence, and Community: Letting the Individual Die
By Nicole Billitz
Addressing finitude as it relates to existence and community, Jean Luc Nancy and Martin Heidegger recognize finitude to be both the impossibility of being at one with oneself and the radical fragmentation of Being, in terms of mortality. Nancy contends... Read Article »
Existentialism Finitude Community Death Jean Luc Nancy Martin Heidegger
Fairy Tales
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Exploring Time in Folktales: Analyzing "Youth Without Age and Life Without Death" and "Where There Is No Death"
By Iulia O. Basu-Zharku
Youth without Age and Life without Death and Where there is No Death present the theme of time in opposite ways: while in Youth without Age and Life without Death man cannot live outside history and linear time without missing it and meeting his... Read Article »
Romanian Fairy Tales Ukrainian Fairy Tales Folktales Folklore Youth Without Age And Life Without Death Where There is No Death Petre Ispirescu Mykola Zinchuk
The Holocaust
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Retelling the Stories of the Holocaust in 'Shoah' and 'Maus': Distorted Images of a Monstrous Past
By Jeremy S. Page
An artist, especially one who works with the visual media, is bound to come across obstacles in his creation of a work that represents or recollects images of the Shoah (i.e., the Holocaust). Precisely how does one represent an almost industrial... Read Article »
Holocaust Shoah Maus Comics Nazi Death Camps Art Spiegelmann World War II
Death Penalty
2010, Vol. 2 No. 09
The Death Penalty and Mental Retardation
By A. M. Foerschner
In 1981, Ricky Rector of Conway, Arkansas went on a shooting spree that resulted in the Death of one man and the injury of two bystanders. Ricky also shot and killed Officer Bob Martin, who had gone to the home of Rector’s mother after Ricky... Read Article »
Mental Illness Mental Retardation Death Penalty Insanity Defense Capital Punishment
The Holocaust
2010, Vol. 2 No. 09
The Sobibor Revolt: "Death to the Fascists"
By Ryan A. Piccirillo
Between 1942 and 1943, 250,000 innocent Jews were systematically murdered at the Nazi Death camp Sobibor (Blatt). An underground movement, composed of a select few courageous individuals, plotted and executed a plan of escape to avoid the otherwise... Read Article »
Sobibor Revolt The Holocaust Nazism Sobibor Death Camps Concentration Camps
Shakespeare
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
(Im)Mortality and the Poem: Comparing and Contrasting Marvell and Shakespeare
By Brian Richards
The meaning behind both Andrew Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” and Shakespeare’s sonnets has been debated since their respective publications. Marvell’s poem and specifically Shakespeare’s sonnets 55 and 60 have... Read Article »
Marvell Shakespeare Immortality Poetry Mistress Death Sonnets
Russian Literature
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
Ivan's Transformation and Coming to Terms in Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Illyich"
By Michael C. Wiseman
In Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illyich, the story's protagonist--Ivan--is dead before the story begins. The first chapter concerns itself with some of Ivan’s work associates. With the exception of a posthumous cameo, Tolstoy completely... Read Article »
Tolstoy Death Of Ivan Illyich Transformation Character Development Russian Literature

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