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Humanitarian Assistance and Propaganda War: Repatriation and Relief of the Nationalist Refugees in Hong Kong’s Rennie’s Mill Camp, 1950-1955 人道救援與宣傳戰爭: 香港調景嶺國民黨難民之 接運與救濟, 1950-1955 年
Authors: Yang Dominic Meng-Hsuan
Published: November 2014

In 1949, the world witnessed a tidal wave of involuntary migration out of China when the Chinese Communists came to power. Among this vast sea of human misery were tens of thousands of exiled Nationalist supporters in Hong Kong — common soldiers, low-ranking civil servants, and their families. In June 1950, a minor clash occurred between the Nationalist refugees and the pro-ccpelements in the colony. To prevent further political upheaval, the British authorities transported the former to a remote location called “Rennie’s Mill” or Tiu Keng Leng and built a temporary internment camp to house them. The initial plan was to gather the Nationalist supporters in the colony and shipped them to Taiwan as soon as possible. Yet Chiang Kai-shek’s government was reluctant to receive these people for both economic and security reasons. As the repatriation process dragged on, the Nationalists used the refugee camp as an international showcase in their propaganda war against the People’s Republic of China (prc) much to the chagrin of the British. Consequently, a considerable number of the Nationalist refugees were stranded in Hong Kong. They became victims of their own government under the pretense of humanitarian assistance. This paper examines the early history of Rennie’s Mill community with an emphasis on the interplay between humanitarian relief, propaganda war, and international politics. It sheds light on the actual lived experiences of Rennie’s Mill refugees against the conflicting ideological constructions and humanitarian discourse surrounding them.
From Resettlement to Rights Protection: The Collective Actions of the Refugees from Vietnam in China since the Late 1970s从安家到维权：二十世纪七十年代末以来在中国的越南难民的集体行动
Authors: Xiaorong Han
Published: November 2014

This article provides a general survey and some brief case studies of the collective actions of the refugees from Vietnam in China. The author argues that the collective actions of the refugees fall into two major categories — those aimed at reaching an ideal site of resettlement; and those caused by social and economic discontent. The article presents the collective actions of the refugees as a result of interactions between some peculiar features of the refugee community and the general conditions of China during the reform era, and an important aspect of the refugees’ adaptation in China.
The Disobedient Diaspora: Overseas Chinese Students in Mao’s China, 1958-66不歸順的流散者: 僑生在毛澤東時代中國 (1958-66)
Authors: Chan Shelly
Published: November 2014

Between 1950 and 1966, about 60,000 overseas Chinese youth, officially known as qiaosheng, entered the People’s Republic of China (prc) as students and refugees from Southeast Asia. In the state archival record, qiaosheng appeared collectively “disobedient” to socialism, first cast as “capitalist” during the Great Leap Forward (1958-60) and later as a “two-faced” threat during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Not to be taken as face value, their supposed “disobedience” illustrated the broad and complex challenges that the diaspora posed to Mao’s China. Even as the Party-state valued the mobilization of overseas Chinese resources, a combination of massive inflows of refugees from abroad and radical transformation at home produced many conflicts over qiaosheng across the 1950s and 1960s. Thus, the narrative of “disobedience” revealed not only an unstable relationship between China and the diaspora, but also how the diaspora functioned as a key site whereby differences between socialism and capitalism were worked out.
Northeast Asian Perspectives on UN Peacekeeping
Authors: Howe Brendan , Kondoch Boris
Published: November 2014

Peacekeeping operations are the most visible activity of the United Nations and widely considered an important tool for conflict resolution. For historical, cultural, and political reasons, however, states from Northeast Asia have been hesitant in their support, and limited in their contributions. Yet Northeast Asian regional actors are no longer as resistant to collective security and international governance initiatives as they have historically been portrayed. With the exception of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (dprk), a rogue regime often at loggerheads with the United Nations (un), and the Republic of China (roc) in Taiwan, a province currently denied independent un membership, the three remaining regional powers, the People’s Republic of China (prc), Japan, and the Republic of Korea (rok), have become increasingly engaged in regional and global peace operations. This engagement has picked up pace since the end of the Cold War in 1991. This article, therefore, examines the contributions to un peacekeeping operations by these three Northeast Asian powers. It further explores the motivational impetuses for policy changes and increasing contributions. Finally the paper assesses both the obstacles to, and the potential for future peacekeeping contributions emanating from the region.
ramsi Ten Years On
Authors: Dinnen Sinclair
Published: November 2014

The archipelagic nation of Solomon Islands in the sw Pacific experienced a debilitating internal conflict between 1998 and 2003. What began as an ethnic conflict evolved into a wider breakdown of law and order that led to the progressive collapse of government, closure of commercial enterprises and threat of national bankruptcy. In mid-2003 the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (ramsi) was mobilised and deployed under the auspices of the Pacific Islands Forum. Led and largely funded by the Australian government, ramsi sought to restore security and stability to the troubled nation through a combination of policing and law enforcement, institutional strengthening with central government agencies and measures aimed at reviving and growing the national economy. Ten years later and the mission is undergoing drawdown and the transition of its development programs into regular bilateral and multilateral aid programs. While ramsi has made a substantial contribution to the restoration of security and stability in the aftermath of conflict, many outstanding challenges remain. These include issues of political economy and how these are impacting on the quality of governance, service delivery and nation-building, as well as longstanding structural issues with the formal economy, set against prevailing patterns of population growth and internal migration. These challenges are examined in the context of Solomon Islands socio-economic characteristics and recent history with a view to assessing the country’s prospects for enduring stability in the post-ramsi era.
All-Japan Approach to International Peace Operations
Authors: Uesugi Yuji
Published: November 2014

This article discusses the development and features of the All-Japan approach that can be restated as integrated inter-agency/civil-military coordination, which has been placed in Japan’s policy for international peace cooperation (ipc), and has a potential to constitute Japan’s unique contribution to international peace operations. The article provides an overview of Japan’s recent involvement in international peace operations such as in Timor-Leste, Iraq, Haiti and South Sudan, paying special attention to inter-agency/civil-military nexus in each operation both at the strategic/policy level and the operational/field level. It argues that the All-Japan approach can offer a framework for better coordination among Japanese actors on the ground, and thus it can make Japan’s contribution more ‘visible’ to the local community and populations concerned. At the same time, it also seeks to present a warning that such an approach may infringe on the unity of the mission, especially if it is a un peacekeeping operation, and disturb the coherence of multilateral efforts on the ground. Furthermore, the All-Japan approach can jeopardize genuine decision-making of Japanese actors on the ground because of the unspoken pressure from their government to formulate All-Japan activities. In short, the All-Japan approach may become an end itself rather than a means.
French Imperialism and the Vietnamese Civil Service Examinations, 1862–1919
Authors: Gadkar-Wilcox Wynn
Published: November 2014

This article describes how the Civil Service examination system in Vietnam responded to the crisis French military aggression posed to that nation in the late 19th Century, and how it adapted to the French protectorate in the early 20th Century. It presents evidence that contests the notion that the examination declined in relevance along with “Chinese influence” over Vietnam, and that adoption of European-style modernity led to its elimination. Instead, this essay proposes that officials adapted the examination to fit with the circumstances of the time. Furthermore, the changes within the examination were not a realignment in emphasis from “China” to “Europe” but rather a shift from envisaging a universalistic world to imagining a particularistic, nationalist one. In support of this central argument, it will consider specifically the way that examination answers represented France. The examinations of 1862, 1877, and 1904 will receive particular attention as case studies demonstrating this shift.
Qi Jiguang’s “Oral Instructions from the Podium”
Authors: Ng Pak Shun
Published: November 2014

Until the later half of the twentieth century, Western studies of Chinese military thought have used as their source texts mainly the translations of the “Seven Military Classics,” six of which were written before the Tang dynasty. Military scholarship in the later periods was deemed to lack the strategic weight of these venerated classics. However, the Ming dynasty witnessed several key developments in military affairs that have been documented in Chinese military texts. According to surveys of important Chinese military treatises written before the twentieth century, several Ming military texts are highlighted for their significant value to Chinese military history and tactics. Unfortunately, only a few such texts have full or partial translations in European languages to facilitate in-depth study by Western scholars. This paper provides an English translation of a key Ming military text that had hitherto been unavailable in the public domain to facilitate a more holistic understanding of China’s military past. The source text is Qi Jiguang’s Record of Military Training (Lianbing shiji練兵實紀) Part Two, Chapter 4, entitled “Oral Instructions from the Podium” (Dengtan koushou登壇口授). This chapter has been chosen for translation based on its significant documentary value and conceptual contributions in describing four themes of Qi’s thoughts on military strategy: deliberate calculations, active defence, concentration of force, and combined warfare.
Descriptions and records of Cladiopsocidae and Dolabellopsocidae (Insecta: Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’) from Valle del Cauca and National Natural Park Gorgona, Colombia
Authors: CALDERÓN-MARTÍNEZ NADIA R. , GONZÁLEZ-OBANDO RANULFO , ALDRETE ALFONSO N. GARCÍA
Published: November 2014

The results of a survey on the species diversity of the families Cladiopsocidae and Dolabellopsocidae (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Psocomorpha: Epipsocetae) in Valle del Cauca and in the National Natural Park (NNP) Gorgona, Colombia, are presented. The specimens studied were collected in the context of two scientific projects, in which 12 species in the two families were identified, five in Cladiopsocidae and seven in Dolabellopsocidae. In the first family, Cladiopsocus presented a new record in the country and four new species; in the latter, two genera were identified, Dolabellopsocus, with three new species and two new records, and Isthmopsocus, with two new species. This study presents the description of the nine new species from Valle del Cauca and NNP Gorgona, the new records for Colombia and identification keys to the neotropical species of both families.
New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cameroon
Authors: Niedbała Wojciech , Starý Josef
Published: November 2014

Altogether 24 species of ptyctimous mites were found in sifting litter samples from the Cameroon. Twelve new species of the ptyctimous mites, Indotritia montkoupensis sp. nov., Acrotritia furca sp. nov., Acrotritia quasidivida sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus kumboensis sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus reticulatus sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus spinus sp. nov., Steganacarus (Rhacaplacarus) quaternarius sp. nov., Austrophthiracarus bicarinatus sp. nov., Protophthiracarus diatropos sp. nov., Protophthiracarus korupensis sp. nov., Protophthiracarus preptos sp. nov., Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) gibbus sp. nov., from the Cameroon are described and figured. Seven species are recorded for the first time for the Cameroon oribatid mite fauna. A comparison of morphological similarities with the most closely related species is presented. Taxonomical notes and additional information for two ptyctimous species: Acrotritia ardua (C.L.Koch, 1841), Arphthicarus sculptilis (Niedbała, 1988), were added. Keys for Afrotropical species of genera Hoplophthiracarus and Protophthiracarus are presented.
Three new species of the bee genus Ruizantheda sensu lato (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Caenohalictina)
Authors: COELHO BEATRIZ W. T. , FELIZARDO SHERLEM P. DE SEIXAS , ENGEL MICHAEL S.
Published: November 2014

Males of Ruizantheda Moure sensu lato differ from males of other Caenohalictina in having the outer gonostylar plate with a large membranous region that extends to the ventral region, and the ventral gonostylus in the form of a retrorse lobe. These features permit the placement of three new species described here in the genus in this broader sense. However, despite having simple mandibles, they do not have the traits considered as apomorphies of Ruizantheda s. str. or Ruizantheda + Oragapostemon Cure by earlier authors, and neither do they possess features of Ruizanthedella Moure. Moreover, in the new species, the outer gonostylar plate is short, ending before the apex of the main gonostylar lobe and has long setae on its dorsal surface, while in other Ruizantheda, the outer gonostylar plate extends beyond the apex of the main gonostylar lobe and lacks setae. Additionally, two of the new species have a distribution different from those of most Ruizantheda—Ruizantheda inca n. sp. is found in Ancash, Peru and R. aerugineus n. sp. in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Instead of including the three species in a new genus, we believe that it is more reasonable to maintain the status of Ruizantheda sensu Michener and until a new phylogenetic analysis of the entire subtribe, inclusive of the species newly established here, is completed. The three new species, known only by the male, are described and illustrated, and a key to the species of Ruizantheda s. l. is provided. The homologies between the gonostylar structures, mainly those related to the dorsal gonostylar process, of males of Ruizantheda, Caenohalictus Cameron, and Pseudagapostemon Schrottky are discussed.
Aspidochirotida (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the northeast coast of Brazil
Authors: PRATA JÉSSICA , MANSO CYNTHIA L. C. , CHRISTOFFERSEN MARTIN L.
Published: November 2014

This is a taxonomic work on the aspidochirotid sea cucumbers from shallow waters in Northeast Brazil. We studied 165 specimens, classified into 2 families, 3 genera, 7 subgenera and 9 species. Descriptions, illustrations and literature data are included for each species, in addition to ecological notes and information on their distribution in the northeast coast of Brazil. A taxonomic key is provided for the identification of the species.
Democracy and Power
Authors: Chomsky Noam
Published: November 2014

Noam Chomsky visited India in 1996 and 2001 and spoke on a wide range of subjects, from democracy and corporate propaganda to the nature of the world order and the role of intellectuals in society. He captivated audiences with his lucid challenge of dominant political analyses, the engaging style of his talks, and his commitment to social equality as well as individual freedom.

Chomsky’s early insights into the workings of power in the modern world remain timely and compelling. Published for the first time, this series of lectures also provides the reader with an invaluable introduction to the essential ideas of one of the leading thinkers of our time.
Morskie i zamorskie podróże idei antropologii
Authors: Ulicka Danuta
Published: November 2014

The maritime and overseas journeys of the idea of anthropologyThis article discusses the very concept of anthropology, which was born at the end of 19th century, termed the “history of ideas”, and still exists in contemporary literary theory, especially as part of what is referred to as “spatial turn”. As with the similar concept proposed earlier by Ernst Curtius, it is focused on topics treated as the autonomous component of an anonymous, unpersonal, and in fact unhistorical discourse. On the contrary, the article tends to prove that travelling theories were always strongly connected with travelling theorists. In contrast, the author attempts to consider the interrelations between the two conceptions of anthropology: the philosophical and the linguistic, taking into account the material left in texts connected with the journey from Göteborg to New York by Roman Jakobson and Ernst Cassirer. The reconstruction of their possible discussions on board proves that the boundary between their projects, usually drawn in the history of culture, is weaker than could be supposed. Morskie i zamorskie podróże idei antropologiiArtykuł podejmuje dyskusję z koncepcją antropologii kulturowej wyłonioną po tzw. zwrocie spacjalnym i skupioną na wędrówkach pojęć. Ze względu na depersonalizację rozważanego materiału wciąż mieści się ona w modelu XIX-wiecznej jeszcze proweniencji, bliska historii idei i topice. Dyskusja została przeprowadzona na materiale nielicznych świadectw wiążących się z podróżą morską z Europy do USA, a w istocie ucieczką przed kolejną falą nazizmu, podczas której doszło do przypadkowego spotkania Romana Jakobsona i Ernsta Cassirera. Rekonstrukcja ich możliwych dialogów podczas piętnastu dni rejsu, wsparta na metodologicznej propozycji historii domyślnej wyprowadzonej z praktyki filologicznej Tadeusza Zielińskiego, pozwala odkryć silne związki między ich projektami, a tym samym między koncepcjami antropologii filozoficznej i antropologii lingwistycznej. Wyłaniające się ze świadectw tekstowych konwergencje podważają rozgraniczanie obu tych modernistycznych projektów, zwykle dokonywane w historii dyscypliny. Pozwalają także na reinterpretację rozpowszechnionych ujęć postawy profesjonalizmu uznawanej za typową dla uczonego nowoczesnego i utożsamianej z politycznym i społecznym niezaangażowaniem.
Wędrująca idea tolerancji
Authors: Burszta Wojciech
Published: November 2014

The travelling idea of toleranceAs an idea, “tolerance” belongs to a category of notions that can be seen as a subjective phenomenon in the sense that the underlying semantics of its assumptions are greatly varied and variable. Tolerance is a travelling idea exactly because of this primary reason, for which the practice of verbalising tolerance influences the way it is being understood. Tolerance always forms a relation with a wide palette of similar notions, which decide on its particular semantic understanding. These include for example the notions of universality, relativity and cosmopolitism. Against this background, the difference between tolerance in theory (subjective) and tolerance in practice (objective, pragmatic) also becomes evident.The paper presents several important episodes from the specific journey of tolerance-as-an-idea in the history of European culture – beginning with the Ottoman Empire and ending with modern disputes on the status of tolerance in liberal democracies. Wędrująca idea tolerancjiTolerancja należy do tych idei, które można traktować jako zjawisko podmiotowe w tym sensie, że semantyka założeń, leżąca u podstaw jego rozumienia, jest bardzo zróżnicowana i zmienna. Tolerancja jest ideą podróżującą w czasie i przestrzeni właśnie z tego podstawo­wego powodu, że sposób jej werbalizacji decyduje każdorazowo o sposobie, w jaki rozumie się to pojęcie. Tolerancja zawsze wchodzi w związki z całą paletą pokrewnych pojęć, w ramach których tworzy się konkretna semantyka tej idei. To m.in. pojęcia uniwersalności, relatyw­ności i kosmopolityzmu. Na tym tle dobrze widać także różnicę między tolerancją w sensie teoretycznym (podmiotową) a tolerancją praktyczną (przedmiotową, pragmatyczną).Artykuł przedstawia kilka najważniejszych epizodów wędrówki tolerancji-jako-idei w historii kultury europejskiej – począwszy od Imperium Osmańskiego, a skończywszy na dzisiejszych sporach o status tolerancji w demokracjach liberalnych.
The flood and global warming: Who is responsible?
Authors: Geller Mark
Published: November 2014

The flood and global warming: Who is responsible?The essential difference between ancient versions of the Flood (including the biblical Noah account) is whether mankind brought the cataclysm on itself through immoral behaviour. In a second disaster story of the Tower of Babel, misuse of technology was responsible for the Tower’s failure. Both of these narratives may be represented on a unique Babylonian mappa mundi, which might also show the topography of biblical Eden. Potop i globalne ocieplenie: gdzie leży odpowiedzialność?Zasadnicze różnice między różnymi starożytnymi wersjami mitu o Potopie (w tym biblijnej historii Noego) dotyczą pytania, czy to ludzkość ściągnęła na siebie kataklizm niemoralnym życiem. W innej opowieści o katastrofie – micie Wieży Babel – przyczyną runięcia Wieży jest złe wykorzystanie technologii. Obie narracje da się umieścić na unikatowej babilońskiej mappa mundi, która może również przedstawiać topografię ogrodu Eden.
„Przeszłości ślad dłoń nasza zmiata”. Refleksje na marginesie wybranych tekstów literackich z obszaru słowiańskich krajów demokracji ludowych
Authors: Juda Celina
Published: November 2014

“Wiping clean the slate of the past”. Reflections on the fringes of selected literary texts from Slavic People´s RepublicsFormulas of “forgetting” in the totalitarian half-century as well as post-1989 have changed shape and intensity. Strategies of disavowal and rejection of the proximate and distant past differ depending on the intensity of the ideologising processes in the structure of the phenomenon. The systemic mechanism of ritual burial and announcement of the end of “bad past, bad times” includes a number of phases (from construction to reconstruction).This paper examines the strategies under the first of these phases (1944–1956), during which the process of incorporating an external matrix created in revolutionary conditions (Soviet culture) into local culture/literature was the strongest. The practice consists of an unconditional transfer from the model of a maximum number of factors which sanction acts of disavowing the proximate and distant past and legitimise subjection to the chosen / ideal system (denial/discreditation of the old world order, new genres, a new way to explain the past, clear vision of the future). „Przeszłości ślad dłoń nasza zmiata”. Refleksje na marginesie wybranych tekstów literackich z obszaru słowiańskich krajów demokracji ludowychFormuły „zapominania” w półwieczu totalitaryzmów, ale także po 1989 roku, w dekadach post-, zmieniały kształt i natężenie. Strategie dezawuowania i odrzucania bliskiej czy odległej przeszłości różnią się w zależności od stopnia natężenia procesów ideologizacji. Systemowy mechanizm rytualnego grzebania i głoszenia końca „złej przeszłości, złego czasu” przechodził kilka faz (od konstrukcji do rekonstrukcji).W artykule została podjęta próba opisu najstarszej fazy zjawiska, gdy do kultur lokalnych zostaje inkorporowana matryca zewnętrzna, wypracowana w warunkach rewolucyjnych (wzorzec sowiecki). W praktyce oznaczało to bezwzględne przeniesienie z „wzorca” maksy­malnej liczby czynników sankcjonujących akty dezawuowania przeszłości, a legitymizujących podległość wybranemu/idealnemu systemowi (wyparcie, dyskredytowanie starego porządku świata, nowe gatunki, formy, sposoby tłumaczenia przeszłości skutkujące zrealizowaniem idei „świetlanej przyszłości”).
Experiencing historical time: Apocalypse and authoritarianism in inter-war Bulgarian existential philosophy
Authors: Dimitrova Nina
Published: November 2014

Experiencing historical time: Apocalypse and authoritarianism in inter-war Bulgarian existential philosophyThis article deals with the sense of the pace of time as reflected in the works of Bulgarian philosophers from the “philosophy of life” school, and of other thinkers active in the humanities. It is shown that the feeling of “condensed” time among the authors of the inter-war period is inevitably associated with Biblical imagery – the “reduction” of time foresees the end of time. Several authors left a lasting mark on Bulgarian intellectual history due to their sensitivity to the sharp turns of the age, and their awareness of the intense “flow” of time.The most prominent among tchem were Spiridon Kazandjiev and Yanko Yanev, authors with right-wing political leanings. This article reveals how the end of time provoked in them not only distress and anxiety but also exhilaration at what lay ahead, as if it were the realisation of a longcherished dream. Doświadczanie czasu historycznego. Apokalipsa i autorytaryzm w bułgarskiej filozofii egzystencjalnej okresu międzywojennegoNiniejszy artykuł poświęcony jest doświadczeniu tempa czasu, odzwierciedlonemu w twórczości bułgarskich filozofów sytuujących się w nurcie „filozofii życia” w najszerszym ze znaczeń, jak również innych myślicieli. Zostaje w nim pokazane, jak poczucie czasu „skon­densowanego” u autorów okresu międzywojennego nieodzownie kojarzone jest z obrazami biblijnymi – czas „zredukowany” zapowiada zbliżający się koniec.Myśliciele, którzy pozostawiają trwałe ślady w bułgarskiej historii intelektualistów właśnie w powodu swej wrażliwości na gwałtowne zwroty w czasie, na intensywność jego upływu, to m.in. Spirydon Kazandżijew [Спиридон Казанджиев], Janko Janew [Янко Янев], Najden Szejtanow [Найден Шейтанов] – autorzy o orientacji prawicowej. Artykuł ukazuje, jak „koniec czasów” budzi u nich nie tylko udrękę i niepokój, ale i podekscytowanie z powodu tego, co nadchodzi – pojmowanego jako urzeczywistnienie długo pielęgnowanego marzenia.
Chorwackich etnologów i ludowców marzenie o dotarciu do źródła
Authors: Falski Maciej
Published: November 2014

Croatian ethnologists’ and agriarians’ dream of sourceIn the first half of the 20th century, the connection between ethnology and politics in Croatia was exceptionally strong. Ethnology has become a tool to build national cohesion, and the main discourse is sought in the authentic aspects of Croatian culture, which could distinguish it in particular from Serbian or, in general, from Yugoslav culture. The central category of discourse, both ethnologic as well as the political, is the concept of source. A key theorist and activist who developed the concept of authentic Croatian cultural sources, and entered it in the political agenda, was Antun Radić. Together with his brother Stjepan, he founded the peasant party, which after 1918 became the Croats’ main political force. The Radić brothers pointed out that only folklore preserves cultural purity, and thus peasants should be the source of the resurgence in Croatian identity. During the short lifetime of the Croatian Banovina (1939–1941), this policy and its accompanying ideas became the official ideology, marked by the extraordinary influence of ethnology. This paper points out the dangerous aspects of the idea of source, related to the concept of closed, exclusive culture exposed to arbitrary purification. Chorwackich etnologów i ludowców marzenie o dotarciu do źródłaW pierwszej połowie XX wieku związki etnologii i polityki były w Chorwacji wyjątkowo silne. Etnologia stała się narzędziem budowania spójności narodowej i główną dziedziną wiedzy, w której poszukiwano autentycznych treści kultury chorwackiej, różnicujących ją zwłaszcza od kultury serbskiej czy ogólnie, południowosłowiańskiej. Centralną kategorią dyskursu zarówno etnologicznego, jak i politycznego, staje się pojęcie źródła. Najważniejszym teoretykiem i działaczem, który opracował koncepcję źródeł autentycznej kultury chorwac­kiej i wpisał ją w program polityczny, był Antun Radić. Razem z bratem Stjepanem założył on partię chłopską, która po 1918 r. stała się główną siłą polityczną Chorwatów. Radiciowie podkreślali, że jedynie folklor zachował czystość kulturową i właśnie dlatego wieś powinna być źródłem odrodzenia chorwackiej tożsamości. W krótkim okresie istnienia Banowiny Chorwackiej (1939–1941) program ten i towarzyszące mu wyobrażenia stają się ideologią ofi­cjalną, nacechowaną niezwykłym znaczeniem przydawanym etnologii. W artykule wskazuje się w konkluzji na niebezpieczne aspekty idei źródła, które wiążą się z wyobrażeniem kultury zamkniętej, ekskluzywnej, odrzucającej dialog i arbitralnie poddanej puryfikacji.
Koniec epoki rewizjonizmu – rok 1945 w publikacjach gazety „Църковен вестник”
Authors: Rusewa Anna
Published: November 2014

The end of the age of revisionism – 1945 in the journal Carkoven vestnikThe main purpose of this article is to show a Bulgarian political and cultural memorial space from the perspective of the Orthodox Church, which is emblematic for the Second World War. In my work I analyse publications which appeared in the journal Carkoven vestnik between 1940 and 1944 concerning the religious, historical, political and social issues of the time. It is not my intention to deal with the religiosity of the Bulgarian people during this difficult period, even though the source material would suggest it. The idea is to reconstruct the attitudes of the Orthodox Church to the main contemporary ideologies and policies pursued by government of Tsar Boris III. I analyse the position of the Orthodox Church, which on the one hand stresses its role as the spiritual centre of Bulgarian society, and on the other as an institution serving national interests. I pay particular attention to the role of the „Great Bulgaria” myth and the age of revisionism, nurtured in the Church, in context of German assistance in regaining the territories lost after the First World War and Balkan wars. I present a detailed historical record of the annexation of Dobruja. All studies are placed in the broad social and cultural context of the age, as well as the context of local cultural texts. I base my analysis on the typology of Eric Voegelin, who showed Gnostic political influences in his works The New Science of Politics and Hitler und die Deutschen. Koniec epoki rewizjonizmu – rok 1945 w publikacjach gazety „Църковен вестник”Na łamach gazety „Църковен вестник”, będącej oficjalnym organem Bułgarskiej Cerkwi Prawosławnej, w czasie II wojny światowej publikowano teksty o treściach wyraźnie inspirowanych ideologią narodowosocjalistyczną, jednoznacznie wskazujące na polityczne zaangażowanie, wiążące interesy Cerkwi i państwa. Artykuł miał na celu pokazanie środków perswazji, jakimi posługiwała się ta jawna propaganda oraz stopnia zależności oficjalnego sta­nowiska Cerkwi od koniunktury politycznej w kraju i Europie. W refleksji na ten temat użyto terminologię zaproponowaną przez Erica Voegelina, autora takich pozycji jak Hitler und die Deutschen czy Nowa nauka polityki, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem szeroko omawianych przez autora gnostyckich inspiracji „odnowy świata”. Do przybliżenia złożoności problemu relacji kościelno-politycznych w Bułgarii oraz do przedstawienia wpływu haseł bułgarskiego rewizjonizmu terytorialnego na działania Cerkwi posłużyła analiza publikacji gazety kościelnej odnoszących się do aneksji Dobrudży Południowej.
Bibliografia adnotowana naukowych prac bułgarystycznych wydanych w Polsce w latach 1947–2012
Authors: Siedlecka Sylwia
Published: November 2014

An annotated bibliography of academic works in the field of Bulgarian studies published in Poland between 1947 and 2012The bibliography of Bulgarian studies includes publications by Polish and foreign authors published in Poland in the period 1947–2012. The main language of the works cited in the bibliography is Polish, a small portion (approx. 5%) is written in Bulgarian. The following bibliography is of a subject selective nature. It takes into account monographs – excluding continuous publications the inclusion of which would involve the planning of work over several years at least. The scope of the bibliography is limited to scientific publications which include studies on Bulgarian literature, Bulgarian cultural studies and research on Bulgarian history and society. Bibliografia adnotowana naukowych prac bułgarystycznych wydanych w Polsce w latach 1947–2012Bibliografia bułgarystyczna obejmuje publikacje autorów polskich i zagranicznych, wydane na terenie Polski w latach 1947–2012. Podstawowym językiem przywołanych w bibliografii prac jest polski, niewielka część (ok. 5%) została napisana w języku bułgarskim. Poniższa bibliografia ma charakter przedmiotowy selektywny. Uwzględnia wydawnictwa zwarte – z pominięciem wydawnictw ciągłych, których umieszczenie wiązałoby się z pracą zaplanowaną na co najmniej kilka lat. Zakres bibliografii ograniczono do publikacji naukowych, które obejmują literaturoznawstwo bułgarskie, kulturoznawstwo bułgarskie, badania nad historią i społeczeństwem bułgarskim.
Niekonwencjonalne historie instytucji slawistycznych
Authors: Drzewiecka Ewelina , Wróblewska-Trochimiuk Ewa
Published: November 2014

Unconventional (hi)stories of Slavic institutionsThe text is a short account of the international interdisciplinary conference „Unconventional (hi)stories of Slavic institutions” which was organized by Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Slavic Foundation and Polish Ethnological Society (Branch in Warsaw) and held in Warsaw on 23-25 October 2014. Niekonwencjonalne historie instytucji slawistycznychTekst stanowi krótkie sprawozdanie z międzynarodowej konferencji naukowej nt. „Niekonwencjonalne historie instytucji slawistycznych”, która zorganizowana została w War­szawie w dniach 23-25 października 2014 roku przez Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Fundację Slawistyczną i Polskie Towarzystwo Etnograficzne (Oddział w Warszawie).
The use of clinical and biological characteristics to predict outcome following First Episode Psychosis
Authors: Schubert K Oliver , Clark Scott R , Baune Bernhard T
Published: November 2014

Objective:

Psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses are heterogeneous in disease course and functional outcomes. We review evidence from investigations in clinical psychiatry, neuroimaging, neurocognition, and blood biomarker research suggesting that distinct bio-psycho-social patterns exist at the onset and during the early phase of a First Episode Psychosis (FEP), which can describe the risk of individual illness progression and functional trajectories.

Method:

A selective literature review was performed on articles drawn from Medline searches for relevant key words. A simulation model was constructed from data derived from two recent publications, selected as examples of studies that investigated multivariate predictors of long-term outcome following FEP.

Results:

We illustrate how illness trajectories following FEP could be described based on multimodal sociodemographic, clinical, psychological, and neurobiological information. A clinical modeling simulation shows thatrisk trajectories for achieving long-term favorable or unfavorable outcomes can differ significantly depending on baseline characteristics in combination with MRI and functional measurements within 6 months of disease onset.

Conclusions:

Multimodal trajectory modeling may be useful to describe longitudinal outcomes following FEP. Richlongitudinal data on predictors and outcomes, and better integration of multimodal (sociodemographic, clinical, psychological, biological) data, are required to operationalize this approach. This technique may improve our understanding of course of illness and help to provide a more personalized approach to the assessment and treatment of people presenting with FEP.
Perceptions of distress and positive consequences following exposure to a major disaster amongst a well-studied cohort
Authors: Fergusson David M , Boden Joseph M , Horwood L John , Mulder Roger T
Published: November 2014

Objectives:

Research on the impact of natural disasters on health and well-being faces several methodological challenges, including: sampling issues; exposure assessment; and outcome measurement. The present study used a comprehensive measure of disaster exposure to assess relationships between exposure to the Canterbury (New Zealand) Earthquakes of 2010–2011 and both: (a) self-reported distress and (b) positive outcomes; and also investigated gender differences in reports.

Methods:

Data were gathered from the Christchurch Health and Development Study, a 35-year longitudinal study. The study examined data from 495 individuals exposed to the Canterbury Earthquakes for who complete data on exposure and reactions to the earthquakes at age 35 were available.

Results:

Participants with higher levels of exposure to the earthquakes reported significantly ( p<0.0001) higher levels of distress due to fear, death and injury, and disruption caused by the earthquakes. Higher levels of exposure to the earthquakes were also associated with significantly ( p<0.0001) higher levels of reporting positive consequences following the earthquakes. Women reported significantly ( p<0.0001) greater distress than men and significantly ( p<0.001) greater positive consequences.

Conclusions:

Higher levels of exposure to disaster were associated with higher levels of distress, but also with higher levels of self-reported positive outcomes, with females reporting higher levels of both positive and negative outcomes. The findings highlight the need for comprehensive assessment of disaster exposure, to consider gender and other group differences in reactions to disaster exposure, and for studies of disasters to examine both positive and negative consequences.
Open hole fatigue characteristic and probabilistic model for fatigue life prediction of CCF300/QY8911 and T300/QY8911 composite laminates
Authors: Yongbo Zhang , Huimin Fu , Zhihua Wang , Xiaobing Ma
Published: November 2014

This study investigated open-hole tension fatigue characteristic of carbon fiber-reinforced composite laminates subjected to constant amplitude cyclic loading. Two kinds of composite laminates, the CCF300/QY8911 and T300/QY8911, were used for fatigue testing with maximum loading of 70% notched tensile strength. Ultrasonic C-scan method was employed for fatigue damage evolution in composite laminates investigation, and specimens showed that the cracks initiated at the edge of the hole and free edge before final fracture. For most of existing fatigue models for determining material degradation and life of composite laminates have tended to be limited in application to specific materials, laminate stacking sequence and loading conditions; this paper proposed a probabilistic model for fatigue life prediction. This model utilized the equality relationship of failure probability between fatigue life and residual strength for fatigue life connection establishing under different loading stresses, by which the fatigue life or reliability life could be evaluated by the static tensile testing data that was one of the critical ultimate stress point on the S–N curve. In this paper, the tension-dominated fatigue lives of notched CCF300/QY8911 and T300/QY8911 composite laminates were evaluated by this model. To compare with the experimental data, the predicted results showed a good agreement.
The effect of thermo-oxidative aging on carbon fiber reinforced cyanate ester composites
Authors: Fiamegkou Eleni , Kollia Evgenia , Vavouliotis Antonios , Kostopoulos Vassilis
Published: November 2014

In this work, the aging of two different carbon fiber reinforced cyanate ester polymer matrices (CFRP-A and CFRP-B) was investigated after their exposure to aggressive thermo-oxidative conditions. The materials’ degradation at 230℃ under 1 atm for 30 days in oxidative atmosphere was evaluated with regard to changes in mass (mass loss), glass transition temperature Tg, interlaminar shear strength, as well as physical characteristics that were examined under scanning electron microscopy. For both the systems, the aging study showed significant mass loss that reached ∼4% in the case of CFRP-B. The mass loss is accompanied with a considerable decrease in interlaminar shear strength and Tg properties. The study of the scanning electron microscopic images clearly shows the surface deterioration due to the oxidation process, accompanied with formation of matrix microcracking and development of matrix-fiber interfacial debonding. The contribution of the chains scission to the materials degradation was also detected by performing in situ aging through isothermal thermo-gravimetric analysis measurements at 230℃ under oxidative and inert atmosphere. However, the thermo-gravimetric analysis results showed minor chain scission proving thus, that the oxidation was the main degradation mechanism for both materials.
Paul and political theology
Authors: Baker Gideon
Published: November 2014

Nihilism, for Nietzsche, is the nothing that results from the devaluation of the highest values. There is widespread agreement with Nietzsche’s claim that the apostle Paul was the great devaluer of the values of the ancient world, even to the extent of breaking the history of the world in two. Yet the mode of Paul’s devaluating nihilism is contested. Using Nietzsche’s three types of nihilist, I frame this debate over Paul as giving us, respectively, Paul the reactive nihilist (Nietzsche), Paul the active nihilist (Taubes) and Paul the overman (Badiou). I then read Agamben’s messianic Paul as a way to avoid the problem of nihilism tout court, which the two earlier accounts, despite releasing Paul from Nietzsche’s charge of passive nihilism, do not. I finish by arguing that while Agamben’s construction of the Pauline messianic vocation does indeed break with Nietzsche’s categories of nihilism, nihilism remains necessary to a genealogy of both Paul’s and Agamben’s messianism.
Analysis of longitudinal censored semicontinuous data with application to the study of executive dysfunction: The Towers Task
Authors: Lourens Spencer , Zhang Ying , Long Jeffrey D , Paulsen Jane S
Published: November 2014

Executive dysfunction is a deficiency in skills of planning and problem solving that characterizes many neuropsychiatric disorders. The Towers Task is a commonly used measure of planning and problem solving for assessing executive function. Towers Task data are usually zero-inflated and right-censored, and ignoring these features can result in biased inference for the disease characterization of executive dysfunction. In this manuscript, a mixed-effects model for longitudinal censored semicontinuous data is developed for analyzing longitudinal Towers Task data from the PREDICT-HD study. The model is contrasted with current practice, and implications for general use are discussed.
Great power governmentality? Coincidence and parallelism in the new strategic guidance for the US Department of Defense
Authors: Vasilache Andreas
Published: November 2014

In January 2012, the US administration released new strategic guidance for the Department of Defense entitled ‘Sustaining US Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense’. Two different security approaches seem to coincide in this document. By providing a governmental reading of the new strategic guidance, the aim of this article is to discuss if and how the guidance links a sovereign security understanding of great power politics on one side to governmental rationalities on the other. First, the guidance is discussed with regard to its main aims and strategies; then, second, the impact of governmentality in the guidance is revealed and systematized. Finally, the function that governmental logics have in the document, and the conceptual and political role that the minimally mediated encounter of sovereign (military) power politics with governmental rationalities plays, are considered.
Sustainable Supply Chain Management—Decision Making and Support: The SSCM Maturity Model and System
Authors: Reefke Hendrik , Ahmed M. Daud , Sundaram David
Published: November 2014

Supply chains are complex systems, and the decision making and support processes for the development and management of such multifaceted entities are quite challenging. In order to become sustainable, supply chains are well advised to improve their business processes continuously and strive for strategic as well as functional alignment between their member organizations. Current supply chain practices are often ad hoc and lack end-to-end support for the gradual transformation towards supply chain sustainability. This article specifies high-level decision-making stages of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and proposes a multi-layered SSCM maturity model. This proposed model leverages a roadmap for sustainable business transformation and is further developed using a sustainability modelling and reporting (SMART) system.
Sustainable Value Creation through E-waste Management: The Role of Marketing–Retailers–Operations Interface
Authors: Mane Pranoti , Niranjan Tarikere T.
Published: November 2014

This study investigates how sustainable value can be created from end-of-life returns in the electrical and electronic industry (E-waste) by effective marketing–retailer–operations interface. By using a case study approach, this study demonstrates that the retailer is a vital linkage between marketing and operations interface in value creation. Retailers can help enhance the corporate image as well as address operational challenges in the E-waste collection network. Further, we find that sustainable value creation is best achieved when there are policies and processes and appropriate incentive system across the returns management process. Such a marketing–retailers–operations interface in E-waste management can be a firm’s competitive differentiator, creating economic and environmental value for society and subsequently improving firm profitability.
Optimization of Work-in-Progress Inventory of Bottleneck Process: A Case Study of Passenger Car Industry
Authors: Mani S.G. , Metri Bhimaraya
Published: November 2014

The manufacturing of motor vehicle involves series of processes starting from welding steel sheets to form a welded body, painting and assembling sequentially to finally give it a sellable form. The nature and the intricacy involved in each processes determine the rate of production. Also, factors such as machine/equipment breakdowns result in alteration of the production rates further affecting the smooth manufacturing flow. This case study discusses how mismatches in the production rates (designed and altered) in a high-speed conveyors of various processes (starvation/blockages) could be minimized by ensuring optimized buffer storages by building WIP and minimizing risk of demand loss and optimizing inventory costs keeping the productivity also into consideration.
Book Review: Sunetra Sen Narayan, Globalization and Television—A Study of the Indian Experience 1990–2010
Authors: Siganporia Harmony
Published: November 2014

Sunetra Sen Narayan, Globalization and Television—A Study of the Indian Experience 1990–2010. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2014, 328 pages, ₹ 945.