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Recent Scholarship in the Field of kalām
Authors: Thiele Jan
Published: May 2019

This article reviews recent scholarship on kalām-theology and attempts to briefly describe some tendencies that appear to be promising for opening new perspective for future work. Scholarship has made significant attempts to transcend previous limitations of the field along the confines of religious communities and scholarly disciplines (theology vs. philosophy) and has extended the geographical scope and timeframe of investigation.
Wittgenstein on Mathematics and Certainties
Authors: Kusch Martin
Published: May 2019

This paper aims to contribute to the debate over epistemic versus non-epistemic readings of the ‘hinges’ in Wittgenstein’s On Certainty. I follow Marie McGinn’s and Daniele Moyal-Sharrock’s lead in developing an analogy between mathematical sentences and certainties, and using the former as a model for the latter. However, I disagree with McGinn’s and Moyal-Sharrock’s interpretations concerning Wittgenstein’s views of both relata. I argue that mathematical sentences as well as certainties are true and are propositions; that some of them can be epistemically justified; that in some senses they are not prior to empirical knowledge; that they are not ineffable; and that their primary function is epistemic as much as it is semantic.
Wittgenstein and Dretske on Knowledge and Certainty
Authors: Bouchard Yves
Published: May 2019

I establish and I explore a parallel between two important analogies in Wittgenstein’s remarks on knowledge and certainty, and two characteristic features of Dretske’s information-theoretic model of knowledge. My claim is that the analogical opposition (a static/dynamic type of opposition) behind the axis/hinge and the riverbed/flux-of-the-waters analogies finds a counterpart in Dretske’s perspective with the opposition between information and conditions of the channel of communication. This comparative analysis puts into light the epistemic functions at stake in Wittgenstein’s analogies and in Dretske’s framework, as well as two common conclusions that both Wittgenstein and Dretske share about the status and the scope of sceptical doubts.
Common Knowledge
Authors: Greco John
Published: May 2019

A promising idea in the recent literature is that the concept of knowledge serves to govern the flow of actionable information within a community of information sharers. In this connection, several authors have argued that knowledge is the “norm of assertion,” while others have explored the distinctive role of testimony in the transmission of knowledge. This paper investigates the role of “common knowledge” in such a community, and compares it to Wittgenstein’s notion of “hinge propositions” in On Certainty. Wittgenstein’s thinking is evaluated in this context, and an account of common knowledge along Wittgensteinian lines is considered. I do not here endorse the account of common knowledge that results. Rather, I consider some of the advantages and disadvantages of what looks to be a promising approach.
La protection des actionnaires minoritaires En droit tunisien des sociétés
Authors: Ouerfelli Ahmed
Published: May 2019

Abstract

The Law on the Economic Initiative, promulgated on December 27th, 2007, amended several laws at the same time. Among these laws, is the modifi cation of certain provisions of the Commercial Companies Code of November 3rd, 2000. The Law aims at the impulse of the creation and the transmission of fi rms. In the field of company law, it reinforces the rights of shareholders in limited companies, listed or not, and abolishes the minimum capital, required for the constitution of limited liability companies. It also allows the shareholders to have a contribution in services (apport en industrie) in these companies.

This study focuses on the consolidation of the shareholders’ rights under the new provisions.

The shareholder rights are of two kinds: the right to participate in the taking of the decisions in the company (called “political rights”), and the right to a share of the profi t generated by the company’s activity. The Law on the Economic Initiative consolidated these two kinds of rights for minority shareholders.
Surveying the ‘Far Right’ in Europe: Reflections on Recent Trends and Conceptual Approaches
Authors: Jackson Paul
Published: May 2019

Primarily focused on recent trends in Western Europe, this article examines a range of phenomena that fall under the label “far right”. It problematizes this slippery term before surveying recent developments in the diverse range of political parties, from the United Kingdom Independence Party to Jobbik, identifying a broad trend toward such parties achieving greater electoral success by moderating extremist elements. Following this, it highlights the complex relationships found between what are often dubbed “populist” far right political parties and other, more “extreme” forms of activity. Finally, it identifies three major “narratives” found in more extreme far right movements in Europe: neo-Nazi, New Right and anti-Muslim. It asserts that movements animated by such agendas do impact far right political parties. It also stresses academic debate needs to engage with figures outside academia, to create new solutions to the issues raised by variegated forms of far right activity.
National Developments – Russia Emphasis on Crimea, Russian Language, and National Security
Authors: Bowring Bill
Published: May 2019

This report analyses the dramatic turn in the policy of the Russian Federation towards its minorities in 2015. In March 2014, the Kremlin created a new state agency, the Federal Agency for Affairs of Nationalities. This new Agency is headed by an FSB Colonel with combat experience in the North Caucasus, and no previous experience of work with minorities. There are three main manifestations of the new turn. First, there is an emphasis on protection of national security as the central aim of Russian nationalities policy, together with the strengthening of the state sovereignty and integrity of Russia. Second, there is the promotion of the Russian language, which is now seen to be in some ways under threat. And third, documents and speeches are replete with references to the ‘Rossiiskaya natsiya’ [‘Russian nation’], not to be confused with the ‘Russkiy narod’ [‘Russian people’]. This turn has been instituted against the background of a systematic ‘conservative turn’ by the Kremlin, with increasing obstacles placed in the way of all civil society organizations through the 2012 Foreign Agents Law, and the May 2015 Law on Undesirable Organizations. The ‘securitization’ of minorities policy in Russia and the appointment of FSB Colonel Barinov to lead the new direction of minorities policy in Russia will, as he has frankly stated, signify that preservation and promotion of cultural and in particular linguistic rights will be seen as threats to Russia’s continued existence.
Klaus Iohannis’ Presidential Term: Between High Hopes and Disillusionment
Authors: Oltean Ovidiu
Published: May 2019

The 2014 presidential elections in Romania and the victory of the former mayor of Sibiu, Klaus Iohannis, nurtured many expectations and high hopes. His election marks a rupture with the old political elite and was expected to bring a more western and balanced approach in the head institution of the state. But after almost a year and a half from the start of his presidential term his performance looks rather ambiguous and inconsistent. The president’s selective use of presidential power and his discrete communication style have often put him in a hesitant and defensive position. In this context it is highly unlikely that Klaus Iohannis will pursue important changes and improvements during his term in the domain of minority politics, or extend ethnic minorities collective rights and provisions. Even though Klaus Iohannis belongs to Romania’s ethnic German minority, his presidential agenda makes few references to the empowerment of ethnic minorities. His ‘small steps’ approach might bring surprising results, but so far the first one year and a half of the presidential term has been marked by a rather unconvincing performance.
Constitutional Reform in Ukraine in 2016: Prospects for Regional Reintegration and Reconciliation of Dominant Eastern and Western Ethnonationalist Factions
Authors: Marlin Marguerite , Butts Antony
Published: May 2019

Decentralization in Ukraine—a key part of the Minsk 2 peace deal and EU recommendations—has only been implemented half way. Ukraine’s progress in the realm of territorial decentralization and judicial reform in 2016 holds promise for improving the autonomy of communities and reducing corruption. However, it falls short in meeting the kind of in-depth of decentralization beyond the community level that would facilitate reintegration of the separatist-held regions of the Donbass with the rest of the country. We examine two proposals that came forward in 2016 that would seek to address some aspects of this—one laying the ground work for reintegration through regional elections and measures aimed at stemming violence, and the other aimed at further rooting out corruption. Aside from details of developments, we look at the non-legislative aspects of reintegration (oligarchic relationships and various international and non-state actors) and how reintegration affects them.
Politics, Diplomacy, and the Creation of Antarctic Consensus
Authors: Jackson Andrew
Published: May 2019

This paper examines the operation of consensus within the Antarctic Treaty System, examining its role as the primary mechanism for achieving important decisions affecting Antarctic governance. It points out that consensus does not equal unanimous agreement, but it does rely on the absence of formal objection. As an example, the paper focuses on the shift from the 1988 Antarctic minerals convention (which regulated possible mineral resource activities) to the 1991 environmental protocol (which prohibited such activities and put in place comprehensive environmental measures). The events and processes associated with this short but important period in Antarctic history are examined to present a picture of the complexity of factors that can influence the achievement of consensus. The paper draws on new research sources, made possible by the recent release of government archives relating to the events discussed. It thus complements existing analyses which relied on the limited publicly accessible records of the inner workings of Treaty meetings and the diplomatic interactions of Treaty Parties. It concludes by pointing to the ongoing importance of consensus as the Treaty System continues to grow.
Revision of the genus Cyphura Warren, 1902. Part II: The caudiferaria-, phantasmah- and pardata-group from the Indo-Pacific region with eight new species (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae: Uraniinae)
Authors: Sinnema Siep , Sinnema-Bloemen Jannie
Published: May 2019

The caudiferaria-, phantasmah- and pardata-group of the genus Cyphura
Warren, 1902 (Lepidoptera: Uraniidae) are revised. Eight new species are described. There are six new species in the caudiferaria-group: Cyphura angusta, C. continua, C. dilatata, C. interrupta, C. laeensis and C. tobeloensis. In this group, a holotype is identified for Srophidia clarissima
Butler, 1879 and a lectotype is designated for Urapteroides latimarginata
Swinhoe, 1902. In the phantasmah-group, two new species are described: C. astrolabensis and C. mastrigti. In this group a lectotype and paralectotypes are designated for Strophidia phantasmah Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875. In the pardata-group, a lectotype and paralectotypes are designated for Cyphura pardata
Warren, 1906.
Dependent Farmers and Their Embedment in the Administrative System: Government Intervention and Agricultural Transformation in Suburban Shanghai (嵌入行政体系的依附农——沪郊农村的政府干预和农业转型)
Authors: Xia (夏柱智) Zhuzhi
Published: May 2019

There are striking regional variations in agricultural transformation throughout China. Findings from the economically advanced areas show that government intervention in such areas likely results in the rise of “dependent farmers” 依附农 who are embedded in the existing administrative system and whose management approach and its consequences defy the conventional wisdom on agricultural capitalism. In the case of suburban Shanghai, the coming of sojourning farmers and the resultant changes in agriculture have become “problematic” under the current policies of agricultural governance, hence their removal from local agricultural production and the rise of “local farmers and family farms” in their stead. Despite the façade of modern agriculture and autonomous management, the family farm operates essentially in an “administrative” mode. The local government plays a decisive role in farmers’ choice of production and returns through its whole package of agricultural management systems, thus turning the market-oriented managerial farmers into dependents of the administrative system. The major problem with the new method in agricultural management, therefore, lies in the high cost of agricultural management and the government’s subsequent subsidies for agriculture to insure its survival, hence the formation of the dual dependence of farmland contractors and actual operators upon the agricultural administrative system and the emergence of a “profit-sharing order.” On the basis of this, the article further elaborates on problems with the farmland system in the advanced areas.

中国农业的转型具有区域差异的特征,发达地区的经验表明政府干预可能形成嵌入行政体系的“依附农”,其经营方式和后果不同于通常所界定的农业资本主义。以沪郊农村为例,在农业治理要求下,沪郊外来农民及自发的农业变迁被“问题化”,随之被地方政府排除出农业生产领域,“本地农民-家庭农场”取而代之。家庭农场虽然有现代农业及自主经营的外在形式,但其内在运作机制是一套“行政化”的农业经营模式。地方政府通过一整套农业经营制度安排支配着经营者选择、生产标准和收益空间,将面向市场的自主经营者转变为面向行政体系的依附经营者。新农业经营方式的主要问题是农业经营成本被人为推高,迫使政府以农业补贴维持农业再生产,进而形成土地承包者和实际经营者共同依附农业行政体系获得丰厚收益的“分利秩序”。在这一基础上,本文还对发达地区所显示的农地制度问题进行了初步的反思。
Chinese Protestant Reactions to the Zhejiang “Three Rectifications, One Demolition” Campaign
Authors: McLeister Mark
Published: May 2019

This paper analyzes the wider effects of church demolitions and cross removals in Zhejiang on another location within the Huadong region. Based on fieldwork conducted in 2014 and 2015, this paper argues that the demolition of churches and church crosses is a potential catalyst for millenarian beliefs within popular Christianity. Much of the research on millenarianism has focused on specific movements. However, this paper utilizes the concept of millenarianism as a “body of underground ideas and thought which circulates in a community” and argues that the Zhejiang events have heightened millenarian beliefs within the Huanghaicheng Protestant community and resulted in an interpretation of these events as indicating that the “Last Days” are imminent. This perception has been facilitated by other “signs.” This paper furthers our understanding of the potential impact that political campaigns can have on popular Christianity and what resources individual believers draw on for making sense of them.
“Double-Burdened Mothers”
Authors: Hua Duan
Published: May 2019

Since its reopening in the late 1970s, the Protestant Church (including both registered and unregistered churches) in mainland China has experienced rapid growth characterized by three conspicuous phenomena: extreme gender disproportion, increased numbers of young intellectual and white-collar converts, and growing numbers of women pastors. In this narrative study conducted between May 2016 and May 2017, the researcher interviewed eight women pastors in Protestant churches in W Province to understand their lives and experiences. This study found that the majority of the participating women pastors stated that they entered Christian ministry because of their mothers’ influence and prompting. On a deeper level, however, their decision can be attributed to the special political, economic, and social circumstances in mainland China during the 1950s–1970s. These women pastors see themselves as “double-burdened mothers” with respect to their families and the congregations. They face the challenges of dealing with complicated interpersonal relationships, a lack of male leaders and workers, and weak faith within their congregations.
Chinese Muslims in Transregional Spaces of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Beyond in the Twentieth Century
Authors: Cieciura Wlodzimierz
Published: May 2019

This article examines the modern social history of Chinese Hui Muslims in the context of transregional connections within and beyond the borders of the two modern Chinese nation-states, the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China on Taiwan. The article applies Engseng Ho’s concepts for the study of Inter-Asia to the biographical study of several prominent Hui religious professionals and intellectuals. The experiences and personal contributions to the development of modern Chinese Muslim culture of people like Imam Ma Songting are scrutinized, along with political and ideological conflicts over different visions of Chineseness and “Huiness” during the turbulent twentieth century. It is argued that when studying the social history of Chinese Muslims, researchers should not limit themselves to the religious activities of Hui elites that occurred within the confines of the two Chinese nation-states, but should also take into consideration the expansion of those elites’ religious activities abroad and the intensive circulation of knowledge across Inter-Asian spaces in which they participated.
Song Selection in German Protestant Churches and Free Churches: Insights and Challenges from an Empirical Inquiry
Authors: Dangendorf Daniel
Published: May 2019

This practical-theological research paper presents the main results of a grounded theory inquiry into the criteria for song selection among pastors, musicians and liturgists in German Protestant Churches and Free Churches. It argues that, in contrast to some current practical manuals, practitioners focus less on systematic rational assessment of songs, but make decisions in the process of song selection habitually, interacting with others involved in the process and negotiating manifold social, theological and musical criteria. It is necessary to distinguish the particular capabilities of pastors, liturgists and musicians, who each approach the process of song selection from different angles. Interpreting those results in dialogue with Christopher Small’s musicking theory and James K.A. Smith’s reflections on the role of habitus in liturgy, the paper closes with a plea to reconsider current forms of practical-theological guidance on song selection.
A new approach for modelling water transport in fossil plants
Authors: Tanrattana Mélanie , Barczi Jean-François , Decombeix Anne-Laure , Meyer-Berthaud Brigitte , Wilson Jonathan
Published: May 2019

The origin of xylem in the Silurian was a major step in plant evolution, leading to diverse growth forms with various mechanical and hydraulic properties. In the fossil record, these properties can only be investigated using models based on extant plant physiology. Regarding hydraulics, previous studies have considered either the properties of a single tracheid or of a set of independent tubes. Here, we use the analogy between the flow of water under tension in a plant and an electrical circuit to develop an extension of Wilson’s single tracheid model to the tissue scale. Upscaling to the tissue-level allows considering wood as a heterogeneous tissue by taking into account differences in tracheid density and the presence of rays. The new model provides a more biologically accurate representation of fossil wood hydraulic properties. The single tracheid and new tissue models are applied to two conspecific specimens of Callixylon (Progymnospermopsida, Archeopteridales) from the Late Devonian of Morocco. Differences are shown at the tissue level that cannot be suspected at the single tracheid level. Callixylon represents the first trees with a conifer-like wood and is a major component of Late Devonian floras world-wide. Our results show that the anatomical disparity of its wood might have led to hydraulic plasticity, allowing growth in various environmental conditions. More generally, the new tissue-model suggests that the various combinations of tracheid and ray sizes present in Palaeozoic plants might have led to a higher variety of ecophysiologies than suspected based solely on the properties of individual tracheids.
Nonprofit Organization Governance
Authors: Van Puyvelde Stijn
Published: May 2019

Organizational governance has become a popular and important topic in the nonprofit sector literature. This review focuses on the governance of non-membership, paid-staff nonprofit organizations (also called nonprofit agencies), which are characterized by a hierarchical structure, where the board has the ultimate power and the responsibility to ensure that governance functions are carried out. Such agency boards are usually self-perpetuating, unlike the situation in voluntary membership associations, where the members usually elect the board. We contribute to the literature on the governance of nonprofit organizations in three major ways. First, we discuss research themes identified by previous review articles, analyze empirical and conceptual contributions from the recent nonprofit organization governance literature, and identify a number of governance challenges for nonprofit organizations. Second, we present a wide array of theoretical perspectives from different disciplines that may be useful when studying the governance of nonprofit organizations. From a practical viewpoint this is important, as it may assist researchers in the theoretical framing of their papers and help them in the formulation of theory-based hypotheses. Third, we integrate a number of theoretical perspectives by using a paradox perspective. We focus on four important contemporary governance challenges in nonprofit organizations: (1) stakeholder accountability, (2) environmental dependence, (3) volunteer reliability, and (4) board group dynamics. By using a multi-theoretical approach to analyze the ambiguities, paradoxes, and dilemmas associated with these governance challenges, we provide more general theory-based frameworks for the governance of nonprofit organizations than currently available in the literature.
Gnosis Undomesticated: Archon-Seduction, Demon Sex, and Sodomites in the Paraphrase of Shem (nhc vii,1)
Authors: Burns Dylan M.
Published: May 2019

Scholarship has of late sought to “domesticate” Gnostic literature, situating the Nag Hammadi texts in late ancient Egyptian asceticism. Evidence about “libertine” Gnosticism is now regarded by many to be sheer fiction, entirely without parallel in the Nag Hammadi corpus. Yet not all Gnostic texts are so easy to tame; the Paraphrase of Shem, for instance, is a work replete with seemingly shocking material—ranging from the seduction of an archontic womb to a demonic sex scene and valorization of the Sodomites. This paper will address these sexually explicit passages and demonstrate that they derive from mythic strata associated with “libertine” Gnostic practices, particularly amongst the Manichaeans and the “Borborites” known to Epiphanius of Salamis.
The Teachings of Silvanus (NHC VII,4) and the Education of the Christian Mind
Authors: Ashwin-Siejkowski Piotr
Published: May 2019

This paper examines the Teachings of Silvanus (NHC VII,4) as a specific exhortation to the attainment of wisdom by the Christian disciple. It discusses the significance of the ethical proposal to the mind, virtue, and freedom. Next, it highlights the principle values of the inner life as advocated by the document. Finally, the paper shows the extension of ethics in the sphere of spirituality and mysticism. This examination pays special attention to the Alexandrian theological legacy, which includes some notions borrowed from Jewish wisdom literature, Philo, Christian Scriptures, and two philosophical traditions: Roman Stoicism and Middle Platonism. The paper shows how the text’s rhetoric and pedagogy, although combining various philosophical and Scriptural sources, creatively constructed a unique Christian model of self-transformation suggested by the Teachings of Silvanus.
The Gnostic Garden: Kabbalistic Motifs in a Modern Jewish Visionary
Authors: Kripal Jeffrey J.
Published: May 2019

After relating a dramatic near-death experience of a Houston woman named Elizabeth Krohn, this essay explores some of the themes of her near-death experience, particularly the invisible presence of a being of unconditional love in a paradisiacal garden and various direct transmissions of some traditional religious convictions. The essay then discusses some of the obvious New Age contexts and features of the visionary event and of the subsequent convictions, after which it calls into question these same assumed modern influences with a simple thought experiment. The essay then addresses some of the metaphysical complexities of the soul and soul-time in modern kabbalah as explicated by the contemporary historian of modern kabbalah Jonathan Garb and ends with another final intervention. The result, overall, is a comparative reflection that affirms and performs the traditional phenomenological and historical methods of the study of religion but also calls into serious question the adequacy of these methods and the limiting, even blinding, nature of their philosophical assumptions.
The Relationship between Translocal Chinese and their Hometowns (1920s–40s): The View from “Shining” Monthly of Jushan, Quemoy (跨境華僑及其僑鄉社會∶以顯影僑刊為中心的考察(1920s–40s))
Authors: Chiang (江柏煒) Bo-wei
Published: May 2019

Quemoy is a famous overseas Chinese hometown in modern China. Since the 17th Century, Western colonial power expanded to South Asia, Southeast Asia, China and Japan, and drew these areas into the network of the global economy. The Quemoy Islands, situated outside Xinmen (Amoy)-port, were influenced by external and internal factors that shaped the region’s history of overseas migration. Emigrants from Quemoy brought radical changes back to their hometown, including social, economic, cultural and architectural impacts. These historical phenomena, usually described as expressions of “transnationalism,” are important foci of current research.

This research tries to study the modernization of one overseas Chinese native hometown by investigating “Shining,” a monthly publication of Jushan village in Quemoy. “Shining” is one of the most comprehensive overseas Chinese publications and news reports in the world, however, it has received little academic attention.

“Shining” published its first issue in September 1928, but publication was interrupted by the Second Sino-Japan War, between 1937–45. In April 1946, the publication resumed until the kmt retreated to Taiwan in 1949. The monthly publication had 21 volumes in total and recorded many historical materials, such as social life, overseas Chinese remittances, events, cultural changes and architectural activities during the 1920s–30s. It also reported political conditions and made criticisms of political issues between 1945–49. “Shining” conveyed progressive ideas and values to the people of Quemoy at that time.

This paper will use “Shining” to study social change in the native hometown, including the economic connection between Quemoy and overseas areas, the formation and characteristics of overseas Chinese families, the interaction between folk society and colonial culture, the modification of everyday life and values, the changes in landscape and architecture. I attempt to examine the use of overseas Chinese newsletters to develop a new field of social history in the study of modern overseas Chinese native hometowns.

閩粵為近代中國著名的僑鄉，海外移民及歸僑眾多。華僑的出洋主要是經濟上的因素，他們匯款返鄉支持了家鄉家眷生計、教育、剬益、實業等層面的發展，促成了僑鄉社會的近代化。在昔日交通不便捷的情況下，海外僑居地與僑鄉之間的聯繫，經常必須仰賴僑刊或鄉訊的報導。這些刊物一般由各僑鄉宗族所辦，刊行於海外，讓華僑得以了解家鄉動態與相關事聞。不過由於國共戰爭、文化大革命之故，多數僑刊沒有保存下來。

本文擬以保存完整的僑刊福建金門珠山《顯影》（Shining）為例，一方面深入分析1928至1949年間（1937–45年間因戰爭停刊）《顯影》史料，一方面也從刊物內容中理解1920s–40s年代金門社會生活、治安狀況、海外鄉僑事蹟、僑匯經濟、實業發展、政治時局、文化變遷等主題。最後，進一步探究《顯影》的史料價值及其侷限，說明其對於僑鄉研究的重要性。 (This article is in English.)
Introduction: In Search of Breakthrough for the Studies of Overseas Chinese
Authors: LIU Ming-Feng
Published: May 2019

Based on the three essays in the present issue, this introduction aims to offer a key for the search of breakthrough in the studies of Overseas Chinese by constructing a table with two axes, the unity of analysis and the autonomy of the actor. Therefore, the table not only positions the three essays, and explains their contributions with reference to the field, but also highlights the importance of reflexivity in the studies of Overseas Chinese. This academic enterprise concerns the immigrant, which stands at the core of political debate. Moreover, it concentrates on the Chinese whose identity is particularly delicate because of China’s dramatic fall and remarkable rise in the modern time. As a result, the reflexivity offers a key to face the nationalist sentiment, against and for China, and plays a role for a better communication, both in science and in politics, in a more and more diversified world.
Agriculture and Food Habit of the Syrian Jazira in the Late Chalcolithic 3: New Archaeobotanical Data from Tell Mozan
Authors: Delle Donne Matteo
Published: May 2019

The paper presents the results of the archaeobotanical research carried out at Tell Mozan, in order to determine the man’s relationship to his environment, during the first half of the 4th mill.
Rethinking Agreement in Spoken Arabic: The Question of Gender
Authors: Bettega Simone
Published: May 2019

This paper proposes a re-discussion of the question of the number of genders in Arabic. Only varieties of Arabic that display gender distinction in the plural are considered here. In these varieties, it is argued, all nouns fall into one of three distinct agreement classes (or genders), and this in spite of the fact that only two separate genders surface at the morphological level. In other words, a discrepancy exists between the number of target genders and that of controller genders. This situation is not unique to Arabic, and finds parallels in other languages of the world. In addition, the article discusses the role of feminine singular agreement with plural controllers. This type of agreement is not restricted to any particular controller type and always exists in variation with plural agreement. Therefore, it is not to be regarded as a separate agreement category, but rather as an indicator of the referent’s level of individuation. Finally, the last section of the article concentrates on the possible diachronic implications of the analysis proposed above
Do We Need a Minimum Definition of Populism? An Appraisal of Mudde’s Conceptualization
Authors: de la Torre Carlos , Mazzoleni Oscar
Published: May 2019

This contribution discusses the advantages and disadvantages of Cas Mudde’s minimalist definition to study populism. It argues that his proposal might facilitate consensus among scholars, yet his conceptualization is an obstacle to grasp the complexity of populism in its diverse manifestations over space and time. Moreover, some underlying normative assumptions limit the reach of his concept to small rightwing populist European parties at the fringes of the political system. The article argues for the necessity to recognize pluralism and hybridism avoiding any reductionism in populism scholarship. Populism cannot be reduced to one of its components, like a moralist ideology. Populism is also a strategy, a political style, and a discursive frame.
Populism from a Latin American Perspective
Authors: Lim Taekyoon
Published: May 2019

Discourses on contemporary populism owe much to the populism of the mid-20th century’s Latin America. From a Latin American perspective, the current paper critically reviews Dunn’s and Han’s papers on populism. These two papers are not quite directly comparable in their arguments because their analyses have discrete focuses and levels. Still, Dunn’s argument reasonably reflects the cases of the West whereas Han’s explains the Korean case quite effectively. One question that emerges from their discussion on populism is how generalizable their arguments are beyond the specific cases. From the perspective of Latin America, Dunn’s and Han’s arguments seem to have limited implications for understanding classical populism and contemporary neopopulism in Latin America though they provide insightful thoughts to rethink the political economy of the region with.
Indonesian Youth, Global Environmentalism and Transnational Mining
Authors: Nilan Pam
Published: May 2019

Indonesian activist students are highly conscious of the environmental risks facing Indonesia and the world. Yet they also want to make good lives for themselves in a nation experiencing strong economic growth. Using the work of Ulrich Beck, this paper examines the accounts of environmental engineering students at a prestigious university who are pro-environmental activists on campus. In interviews, they admitted that it will be difficult to negotiate a lucrative career after graduation while maintaining their environmental idealism. Even though they feel a moral responsibility of care, not only towards nature, but towards the poor of the nation, they are epistemologically anchored to the technocratic tenets of their degree. Moreover, they want to make a successful life. The paper contributes to our understanding of how youth in the Global South engage with the discourse of environmentalism while negotiating the postmillennium risk society.
A new genus of Neocoelidiinae Oman (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)
Authors: MARQUES-COSTA ANA P. , CAVICHIOLI RODNEY R.
Published: May 2019

A new genus of Neocoelidiinae, Xenocoelidiana gen. nov., and its type-species, Xenocoelidiana ornata sp. nov., are described from the state of Amazonas, Brazil. This new genus is similar to genera with species lacking a distinct carina in the transition between the crown and front (Chinchinota Kramer, Deltocoelidia Kramer, Chinaia Bruner & Metcalf, Xenocoelidia Kramer, and Paraphysiana Chiamolera & Cavichioli). The genus can be distinguished from these other genera mainly by the long coronal suture at the basal half of the crown, the antennal ledges which in lateral view are straight and strongly carinate, and the rectangular clypeus with parallel lateral margins.
Robackia Saeher from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: YAN CHUN CAI , WANG XINHUA
Published: May 2019

Robackia parallela sp. n. from Oriental China is described and illustrated as male. It differs from other known species of the genus by having a low antennal ratio, a parallel-sided superior volsella, and abdomen with dark brown marks. Chinese males of R. pilicauda Sæther are examined and figured. A key to all males of Robackia is given.
A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera
Authors: TILBURY COLIN R. , TOLLEY KRYSTAL A. , BRANCH WILLIAM R.
Published: May 2019

The taxonomic history and composition of the genus Bradypodion as construed by Klaver & Böhme (1986) and new morphological and molecular data relevant to the taxonomy of the group is reviewed. The combined evidence strongly supports a formal rearrangement of the group into three distinct genera. Bradypodion, type species Chamaeleo pumilus Daudin 1802, is retained for the southern African species. Two new genera are erected to accommodate additional well-diagnosed clades within central and east African species previously referred to Bradypodion. Species of the “fischeri complex” are assigned to Kinyongia gen. nova, whilst the endemic Mulanje chameleon is placed in the monotypic genus Nadzikambia gen. nova.
Redescription of Parapagurapseudopsis carinatus (Tanaidacea: Apseudomorpha) and remarks about the male form
Authors: SANTOS KÁTIA C.D. , PIRES-VANIN ANA M.S.
Published: May 2019

Parapagurapseudopsis carinatus Brum, 1973 (Apseudomorpha, Pagurapseudidae) is previously known from an incomplete female description. This study presents the female redescription and a description of the male, unknown up to now. Sexual dimorphic aspects are discussed and a key to the Brazilian Pagurapseudidae is provided.
Notes on identity, new synonymy and larva of Ivalia Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with description of a new species
Authors: DUCKETT CATHERINE N. , PRATHAPAN K. D. , KONSTANTINOV ALEXANDER S.
Published: May 2019

Genus Ivalia Jacoby is characterized morphologically, and Amphimeloides Jacoby syn. nov. and Taizonia Chen syn. nov. are junior synonyms with it. Several Ivalia species are figured, including Ivalia bella (Chen) comb. nov., I. dorsalis (Jacoby) comb. nov., and I. viridipennis Jacoby. A new species of Ivalia from the Nilgiri Hills in south India, I. korakundah sp. nov., is described and illustrated, including the larvae. Larvae were associated with adults by sequencing a fragment of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase I. Larval morphology is discussed and compared with that of other flea beetles.
Corrections to "A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas" published in Zootaxa, 1178 (2006)
Authors: TENNENT W. JOHN
Published: May 2019

In a recent Pacific butterfly checklist (Tennent, 2006) the author commented on the dates of publication of butterfly names published by Arthur Gardiner Butler in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1875, pointing out that both 1875 and 1876 had been used by authors over the years in referring to publication dates in Butler (1876a: given in the Pacific checklist as 1875a). Although it was acknowledged that 1876 might have been the correct date of publication, the more frequently used date of 1875 was adopted in the checklist in the interests of conformity, accompanied by an explanatory footnote (Tennent, 2006: 156 [note 38]). It transpires that this was erroneous.
Taxonomic notes on the genus Gonycentrum Bergroth (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
Authors: LIS BARBARA , LIS JERZY A.
Published: May 2019

The monotypic phatnomatine genus Pampacader (with its single species P. cicchinoi) was recently described from Argentina (Carpintero & Montemayor 2005) as the first genus of the tribe Phatnomatini recorded from Buenos Aires province and the third (after Phatnoma Fieber and Eocader Drake & Hambelton) known from Argentina. The genus was then soon compared with Ambarcader Perrichot, Nel, Guilbert & Néraudeau, described from the Lower Cretaceous amber of France, in a discussion of the systematic position of this new fossil genus within the family (Perrichot et al. 2006).
Crangonyx islandicus sp. nov., a subterranean freshwater amphipod (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) from springs in lava fields in Iceland
Authors: Svavarsson J. , Kristjánsson B. K.
Published: May 2019

Crangonyx islandicus sp. nov. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) is described from Iceland. This is the second species of freshwater, subterranean, gammaridean amphipods found in Iceland and the first species of the family Crangonyctidae. Crangonyx islandicus sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species of the genus Crangonyx by combination of the following characters: the number of spines on the outer and inner lobes of the maxillipedal palp, the presence of a spine at the base of the unguis of the dactylus of gnathopods 1 and 2, stout and short uropod 3, and by a short and wide telson. The species was recorded in South, Southwest, West and Northeast Iceland from numerous springs emerging from relatively young (
Notes on Acanthoderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) described by Ernst Fuchs, now in the Herbert Schmid Collection, Vienna, Austria
Authors: MONNÉ MARCELA L. , MONNÉ MIGUEL A.
Published: May 2019

A study of the species of the tribe Acanthoderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) described by Ernst Fuchs and deposited in the Herbert Schmid private collection is presented. Four new synonyms are established: Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) curvistriatus Tippmann, 1960 = Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) griseofasciata Fuchs, 1958; Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) minuta Fuchs, 1958 = Idiomerus difficilis Melzer, 1934; Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) sexmaculatus Fuchs, 1961 = Acanthoderes schmithi Melzer, 1935; and Sorelia cervina Lane, 1965 = Oreodera ferruginea Fuchs, 1964. Two new combinations are proposed: Oreodera hassenteufeli (Fuchs, 1958) from Acanthoderes (Pasapharochrus) and Sorelia ferruginea (Fuchs, 1964) from Oreodera. Acanthoderes (Psapharochrus) virescens Fuchs, 1962 is transferred to the subgenus Scythropopsis Thomson, 1864. Notes on the type-material and the geographical distribution are added for each species.
Review of the Hemiosus Sharp and Derallus Sharp of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Berosini)
Authors: SHORT ANDREW EDWARD Z. , TORRES PHILLIP J.
Published: May 2019

Species of the New World genera Hemiosus Sharp and Derallus Sharp that occur outside continental South America are reviewed; three and five species are recorded respectively. Hemiosus selva Short, sp. n. is described from Costa Rica. Hemiosus toxillus d’Orchymont is a junior synonym of H. exilis (LeConte). A key to the genera of Berosini and the species of Derallus and Hemiosus occurring outside South America is presented with diagnostic features illustrated. New locality records are provided for all species.
A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka
Authors: WICKRAMASINGHE L. J. MENDIS
Published: May 2019

A new species of Cnemaspis, C. ranwellai is described from Gannoruwa in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. This species differs from all other Cnemaspis species by having 12–15 femoral pores and having spine-like tubercles on the body and tail. Males have a distinct yellow colour in the throat area. It is similar to Cnemaspis jerdoni scalepensis Ferguson, 1877, but differs from the former by having spine-like tubercles in the tail, a fewer number of ventral scales at mid ventral region, presence of dorsal tubercles in the mid body area and by having completely different colour patterns in the throat and dorsal neck region.
Melitids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the genera Ceradocus and Mallacoota from Rodrigues Island (Indian Ocean)
Authors: APPADOO CHANDANI , MYERS ALAN A.
Published: May 2019

The present work represents a pioneer study on the family Melitidae from Rodrigues, Indian Ocean. Taxonomic descriptions and drawings are given for four new species of melitids namely Ceradocus shoalsi sp. nov., C. cotonensis sp. nov., C. oliveri sp. nov. and Mallacoota magnimerus sp. nov. A key to the Ceradocus species of the Mascarene Islands is provided. Mallacoota insignis (Chevreux) is reported for the first time from Rodrigues.
The first record of the crustacean isopod genus Pseudarachna Sars, 1897 (Isopoda: Asellota: Munnopsidae) from the Southern Hemisphere, with description of a new species from New Zealand
Authors: MERRIN KELLY L.
Published: May 2019

Pseudarachna nohinohi n. sp. from the Challenger Plateau, New Zealand is described. A further two undescribed species are recorded from Australian waters in the Tasman Sea, showing that this formerly monotypic North Atlantic genus is more widely distributed than previously thought. A revised diagnosis of the genus is presented.
Three new species of Seira Lubbock (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Mataraca, Paraiba State, Brazil
Authors: BELLINI BRUNO CAVALCANTE , ZEPPELINI DOUGLAS
Published: May 2019

Three new species of Seira Lubbock from Mataraca, Paraíba State, Brazil are described and illustrated, S. mataraquensis sp. nov., S. arenicola sp. nov. and S. pseudoannulata sp. nov. Evolutionary and taxonomic aspects of the dorsal chaetotaxy are discussed. The large number of Seira species recorded in Paraíba and the sympatric distribution of eight species in coastal sand dunes suggest that the Brazilian northeastern region is a hotspot of diversity for the genus.
Rhadinoplax, a new genus of Progeryonidae Stevcic, 2005, for Carcinoplax microphthalmus Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981, and a redescription of Paragalene longicrura (Nardo, 1868) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)
Authors: CASTRO PETER , NG PETER K. L.
Published: May 2019

Rhadinoplax, new genus, is described for Carcinoplax microphthalmus Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981, a species previously included in the family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838. The new genus is transferred to the family Progeryonidae Števčić, 2005, superfamily Goneplacoidea. The poorly known progeryonid, Paragalene Kossmann, 1878, is also redescribed and figured.
Four new cave-dwelling Platocoelotes species (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China
Authors: LIU JIE , LI SHUQIANG
Published: May 2019

Four new species of the genus Platocoelotes, collected from caves in Guangxi and Guizhou of southwestern China, are diagnosed, described and illustrated: Platocoelotes ampulliformis sp. nov., Platocoelotes brevis sp. nov., Platocoelotes furcatus sp. nov., and Platocoelotes strombuliformis sp. nov.. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS).
First New Zealand record of the genus Macrolophus Fieber, 1858 (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Dicyphini): Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839), a beneficial predacious insect
Authors: EYLES A. C. , MARAIS T. , GEORGE S.
Published: May 2019

Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur, 1839) is recorded for the first time in New Zealand. Viable adult M. pygmaeus were collected in the field in Auckland, in 2007, indicating that the species had already established itself in this country. The biology of M. pygmaeus is briefly discussed in the light of its potential economic benefits to growers of vegetable crops affected by whitefly (Aleyrodidae). The adults and nymphs are described and illustrated. An updated key to the genera and species of Bryocorinae in New Zealand is provided.
Kaurimyia gen. nov.: discovery of Apsilocephalidae (Diptera: Therevoid clade) in New Zealand
Authors: WINTERTON SHAUN L. , IRWIN MICHAEL E.
Published: May 2019

A new genus (Kaurimyia thorpei gen. et sp. nov.) of the enigmatic fly family Apsilocephalidae (Asiloidea) is described from New Zealand. Kaurimyia thorpei gen. et sp. nov. is described and figured from male and female specimens, one of which was collected in Kauri forest near Auckland (North Island). While superficially similar to Apsilocephala Kröber, this new genus shows closer affinities to Clesthentia White (=Clesthentiella Nagatomi, Saigusa, Nagatomi et Lyneborg syn. nov.) from Tasmania based on genitalic characters such as aedeagus shape and non-articulated surstyli. Apsilocephalidae is presently known from just a few extant species in North America and Tasmania (Australia), although extinct species are recorded from the Holarctic and Oriental regions. This is the first description of the family from New Zealand.
New records of Haemagogus (Haemagogus) from Northern and Northeastern Brazil (Diptera: Culicidae, Aedini)
Authors: ALENCAR JERÔNIMO , CASTRO FRANCISCO C. , MONTEIRO HAMILTON A. O. , SILVA ORLANDO V. , DÉGALLIER NICOLAS , MARCONDES CARLOS BRISOLA , GUIMARÃES ANTHONY E.
Published: May 2019

Haemagogus (Haemagogus) is restricted mostly to the Neotropical Region, including Central America, South America and islands (Arnell, 1973). Of the 24 recognized species of this subgenus, 15 occur in South America, including the Antilles. However, the centre of distribution of the genus Haemagogus is Central America, where 19 of the 28 species (including four species of the subgenus Conopostegus Zavortink [1972]) occur (Arnell, 1973).