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Rosa Luxemburg and the Critique of Political Economy, edited by Riccardo Bellofiore, London: Routledge, 2009
Authors: Schmidt Ingo 
Published: November 2012

AbstractThis review-essay discusses the contributions to Ricardo Bellofiore’s bookRosa Luxemburg and the Critique of Political Economyin their respective historical and theoretical contexts. A key goal of the book is to establish Luxemburg’s work as a ‘macro-monetary class approach’, which means linking an economic outlook on effective demand and finance with a political focus on class-struggles in the domestic and international arenas. This approach marks a significant, and positive, departure from widespread interpretations that separate Luxemburg’s political theory from her economic theory. Given the apparent limits of neoliberal globalisation it is also a very timely approach that can help us to understand the current conjuncture of economic and political crises. Bellofiore’s book offers a useful framework for such analysis but focuses much more on economic theory than on politics and the historical developments of global capitalism. To fully exploit the potential of Luxemburg’s political economy, complementary work on these latter two aspects has to be done.
Who Is ‘The Prince’?: Hegel and Marx in Jameson and Bhaskar
Authors: Norrie Alan 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
This article compares the dialectics of Fredric Jameson and Roy Bhaskar. From a dialectical critical-realist standpoint, it argues that Jameson’s approach in his recent collection Valences of the Dialectic sits uncomfortably between Hegelian and Marxist presuppositions. This is seen in the way he configures the relation between thinking and being, and it leads to an alliance with poststructuralist thinking in which real negativity is denied. In consequence, his thought is caught between a critique of the present and the impossibility of thinking real change within it.
Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics, Manning Marable, Second Edition, London: Verso, 2009
Authors: Heideman Paul M. 
Published: November 2012

AbstractThe new edition of Manning Marable’sBeyond Black and Whiteseeks to explain the course of black politics in the United States over the last thirty years. Marable argues that this history shows the failure of liberal and nationalist politics to address the problems facing black Americans. Though Marable attempts to chart a course beyond these ideologies, his alternative of ‘transformative politics’, shorn of the revolutionary Marxism that defined his earlier writings, is no more capable of confronting racial inequality than the strategies it seeks to replace.
Between the Local and the Global: South African Languages and the Internet
Authors: WASSERMAN HERMAN 
Published: November 2012

ABSTRACT
This article addresses some of the potential of the Internet in building a new South African nationhood, especially through language. However, before the Internet can really promote multilingualism and multiculturalism in South Africa, the severe inequalities that mark access to the medium need to be overcome, possibly by sharing resources between minority languages, of which Afrikaans is economically in the strongest position. Within the globalised world order, English is at the top of the hierarchy of dominance. It is the most commonly spoken second language and the lingua franca in the international business, media, scientific and academic worlds. While some welcome English as a means of communication with the potential of overcoming the global tower of Babel, others argue that minority languages might become threatened by 'language death'. For instrumental purposes, English has become the lingua franca in South African public life. While this means that the use of Afrikaans has been dramatically scaled down to occupy the position of a minority language, the other nine indigenous languages are at an even bigger disadvantage. Probably the greatest barrier in the way of indigenous languages gaining a presence on the Internet remains the problem that has come to be known as the digital divide. Access to the Internet is still marred by severe inequalities.
A Matter of Colour
Authors: ZEGEYE ABEBE 
Published: November 2012

ABSTRACT
South Africa's 'coloured people' have, insofar as they can be described as a distinctive group, tended historically to be viewed as a 'minority group' that does not warrant separate research attention. Many coloured people accepted the identity the government attempted to impose on all 'coloured people,' making it a hazardous research task to determine which identities dominate social formation among 'coloured people.' In spite of the apartheid government's attempts, however, today no single coloured identity or definition of colouredness can be identified; rather, there are multiple identities based on regionalism, language and ideology. The apartheid government attempted to impose its own ideas of what South Africans' identities were through legislation and policy. However, this did not work because ultimately the legislation and policies were clearly discriminatory against all people of colour. The identities of many people were not so much formed by the government's imposed views of 'separate' identities, but by resistance to those imposed identities. While there was a strong tendency for people to accept a separate 'identity' for 'coloured people' under the apartheid system of government, there is no longer any justification for this as the present government and South Africans in general have accepted a democratic constitution guaranteeing equal rights to all its subjects.
Opportunities and Challenges of New Technologies in Media and Communication: The Windhoek Declaration
Authors: MJWACU THEMBISA 
Published: November 2012

ABSTRACT
The author of this essay argues that the success or failure of development depends on the availability of technology. The invention and development of new technologies are instrumental in changing the way people live, the way people communicate and the way people respond to their environment. However, despite the advantages of new technologies, the problem of access remains an enduring one. In South Africa, access to new communications and information technologies is limited to a few people owing to the high costs of these technologies. Therefore, the mere acquisition of new technology may not help that much to end the underdevelopment of many parts of the world, including South Africa. Mjwacu claims that the imbalance or gap that the use of new technology and the failure to development the social infrastructure needed to use this technology can lead directly to an infringement of people's right of access to the media. She argues that the emphasis needs to be placed on establishing community-based communication systems in countries such as South Africa to advance both their technological and social development.
Questions on the Date of the Hellenistic Pottery from Central Asia (Ai Khanoum, Marakanda and Koktepe)
Authors: Lyonnet Bertille 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
On the basis of recent research on the pottery and comparisons between three important sites with Hellenistic occupation in Central Asia, new dates are proposed for each of them. The article presents both the former data and hypotheses and the recent discoveries, including coins for Afrasiab/Samarkand, which lead to the new proposals. Changes in pottery style do not follow immediately Alexander’s conquest, and the first real Hellenistic shapes only appear under Antiochos I. After Antiochos III’s reconquest of Bactria, an important wave of new fashions in pottery style is introduced which lasted until Eucratides’ death and the end of the Greek domination, around the middle of the 2nd century BC. Sogdiana hardly shows any of these novelties because it had already gained its independence.
Josephus on Herod’s Domestic Intrigue in the Jewish War
Authors: Bond Helen K. 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
This article argues that women and domestic intrigue are prominent within the Herod narrative in Josephus’ Jewish War for a specific rhetorical reason. While the first half of the narrative presents the famous king in encomiastic terms, using him to illustrate Josephus’ contention that Jews generally were content to remain loyal to Rome, the second half of the account subtly presents a rather different thesis. Attention to domestic drama allowed Josephus to suggest that Herod was a man who was unable to control either his own emotions or his turbulent family, and so was unfit to rule. Ultimately for Josephus, the ideal constituency for Judaea is not monarchy (as represented by Herod) but the theocratic reign of priests.
Some Thoughts about Hebrew Fascism in Inter-war Palestine
Authors: Tamir Dan 
Published: November 2012

AbstractDuring the 1920s and 1930s, fascist movements and groups flourished all around the world. Relying on Robert Paxton's postulate that the emergence of a fascist movement is an inherent part of modern societies with mass politics, this article examines the probable existence of such a fascist movement in the Hebrew society in Palestine of the time. After a short introduction of concepts of generic fascism and a review of the current state of research into the subject, the article discusses some aspects and characteristics of generic fascism which are specifically significant to this case study.
‘Who Is My Good Neighbor?’ Classical Indian Dance in the Prophetic Work of the Church
Authors: Roberts Michelle Voss 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
The use of the classical dance form bharatanatyam by Catholic Christians has inspired vigorous resistance from Hindus and Christians alike. The most salient of these objections relate to the use of power. Some see this form of ministry as a colonialist appropriation; others argue that it perpetuates caste and religious values that do not belong to the majority of Indian Christians, who are Dalits. While the Church may eventually abandon this form of ministry for such reasons, I argue that the case of Nav Sadhana Kala Kendra, a Catholic school of dance and music in Varanasi that produces dance programs on video disc and YouTube, subverts both forms of hegemony.
Discovering the Presence of Christ in the World: A Response to Wolfgang Klausnitzer [1]
Authors: SPARN WALTER 
Published: November 2012

Abstract<title> ABSTRACT </title>WalterSparn offers aresponseto Wolfgang Klausnitzer'spaperfor the sixtieth anniversary ofDietrich Bonhoeffer's death.Sparnis ingeneral agreement withKlausnitzer's interpretation.Sparn emphasises theneedtore-understand Bonhoeffer's polemicagainst 'religion'.He isalsoinagreement withKlausnitzer insituating Bonhoefferin relationto the current paradigm shiftin BiblicalStudies. Sparn elucidatesBonhoeffer's understandingof the Church as ahermeneuticalcommunity, as well as the consequences for the churchesintermsofradicalchange. Sparniscontent to endorse theunderstandingthatBonhoeffershares withIgnatius LoyolaandMartin Luther intheheritageof devotio moderna. But he challenges Klausnitzer's appeal to Rahner's transcendental 'original experience'.
ABOUT NEWLY DISCOVERED PIECES BY BOSCOVICH ON OPTICS AND ON THE FINDING OF A VITROMETRUM
Authors: TRIARICO CARLO 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle RIASSUNTO /title L'esame di fonti inedite e finora sconosciute ha permesso il ritrovamento del VITROMETRUM ideato da Boscovich nel 1773. Lo strumento fu usato per esaminare le qualit dispersive e rifrattive dei vetri da applicare ai sistemi ottici acromatici in vista di un miglioramento della tecnica costruttiva dei cannocchiali dollondiani. Le carte esaminate, risalenti agli ultimi anni di vita dello scienziato, permettono inoltre di conoscere diversi aspetti dell'attivit teorica di Boscovich intorno all'ottica e di far luce su alcuni dei suoi rapporti con gli scienziati coevi. Tra le diverse questioni affrontate la determinazione della velocit della luce in mezzi di diversa densit, il commercio librario dei suoi testi, le pubbliche dimostrazioni conseguenti la pubblicazione della sua pi importante opera di Ottica nel 1785.
DORMANT TREASURES THE ZINNER-ARCHIVE AT FRANKFURT UNIVERSITY1
Authors: ACKERMANN SILKE 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title Ernst Zinner was one of the best known historians of instruments of the 20th century. The following brief remarks are meant to give an introduction to the archives of his notes, correspondence and photographic records, and to trace the fate of this material from Zinner's desk in Bamberg to the library of the Institute for the History of Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University at Frankfurt / Main. Mention is also made of Zinner's extensive book and manuscript collections which do not form part of the archive, but were sold to the library of San Diego State College, California.
PEDRO NUNES, MATEMATICO E COSMOGRAFO PORTOGHESE DEL XVI SECOLO, E LA SUA DEFESA DO TRATADO DA RUMAO DO GLOBO PARA A ARTE DE NAVEGAR1
Authors: CARNEMOLLA STEFANIA ELENA 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title The article contains an edition of an undated, and untitled Portuguese manuscript which is to be found in the National Library of Florence, and which once belonged to Cosimo III de' Medici, who had received it by the Portuguese engenheiro-mor and cosmographer Luis Serrao Pimentel. Nowadays known as Defensdo do Tratado da Rumao do GLOBO para a Arte de Navegar, it represents a work by the Portuguese mathematician and cosmographer Pedro Nunes on navigational problems such as the representation of the loxodrome on a globe, after he had proved that a ship following a fixed course did not describe a fixed line, but a curve which cut sucessive meridians at the same angle. Because of his theories, Nunes had exposed himself to criticism, whereas the Florentine manuscript represents a reaction to the attacks he had sufffered because of his teaching how to trace the loxodromic curve on a globe.
MUSEUM SPACES AND SPACES OF SCIENCE. REFLECTIONS ON THE EXPLANATORY POSSIBILITIES OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE COLLECTIONS
Authors: LTHY CHRISTOPH 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle ABSTRACT /title Historians of science have been discussing the degree to which local scientific and social practices and circumstances may be taken into account before 'the history of science' as a coherent narrative implodes. This article argues that museum curators face related issues, albeit of a more complicated order, when deciding how to present historical scientific instruments. A number of these issues are discussed here. One of them concerns 'functional isometry', a term that refers to the ability of an historical instrument to perform its original functions also within the museum. It is shown that 'functional isometry' tends to disappear between the early modern and the modern period, just as the self-explanatory capacity of scientific instruments generally decreases. Indeed, there appears to be a discontinuity between early modern and modern instruments with regard to their ability to be exhibited in their functional context. This article concludes on a reflection on the implication of these findings for science museums.
ISTITUZIONI E FONTI LA SOCIT D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE E IL VIAGGIO DI D'ENTRECASTEAUX ALLA RICERCA DI LA PROUSE: LE ISTRUZIONI SCIENTIFICHE PER I VIAGGIATORI
Authors: COLLINI SILVIA , VANNONI ANTONELLA 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title After the publication of the scientific instructions of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Philippe Pinel, here we present other unpublished documents (by Louis-Claude-Marie Richard, Lezerme and Antoine-Franois Fourcroy). These documents relate to the expedition, in search of La Perouse, made by D'Entrecasteaux (1791), the scientific organization of which was under the direction of the Societe d'histoire naturelle of Paris.
MEN OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE. THE CASE OF XAVIER DE MAISTRE (1763-1852)
Authors: CIARDI MARCO 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle RIASSUNTO /title Scienza e letteratura sono sempre state in stretto collegamento fra loro, seppur con modalit assai differenziate. Com' noto, infatti, la distinzione fra le cosiddette due culture un prodotto dell'et contemporanea. Per tale motivo non affatto sorprendente trovare celebrati scrittori o poeti attivamente impegnati nel settore della ricerca scientifica. Questo articolo prende in esame il caso di Xavier de Maistre, autore del famoso Voyage autour de ma chambre.
IL DISEGNO DEL TERRITORIO E LA DIFESA DELLO STATO
Authors: CAMEROTA FILIPPO 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title The National Archive of Lucca holds an extensive collection of drawings that document a wide-ranging campaign of topographical surveys carried out between 1580 and 1583 for the purpose of tracing a detailed map of fortifications under the domain of the Republic of Lucca. The surveys lie chronologically between the map drawn by the military engineer Alessandro Resta in 1567 and the accurate chorography of the State of Lucca produced at the end of the same century by the Paduan cosmographer Giovanni Antonio Magini. Historical circumstances suggest that the surveys may be attributed to the military engineer Vincenzo Civitali, who had been hired during that period to superintend the State's fortifications along the border between the Duchy of Modena and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Apart from providing information on the Republic's cartographic and defense projects, these drawings provide firsthand documentation of the work of a 16th C. topographer, as well as revealing the strategy applied when locating measuring stations which often coincided with a signaling tower, the choice of measuring instruments most readily associated with the simple theodolite, and the adoption of a surveying methodology that consisted in measuring azimuths and distances according to the codified precepts of 16th C. treatise writers.
PETITS PROCESSUS CHIMIQUES DANS L'ITALIE PRE-UNITAIRE*
Authors: NICOLINI NICOLETTA 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle RIASSUNTO /title Brevi cenni dedicati alla situazione manifatturiera chimica in Italia prima dell'Unit. Nel panorama generale socio-economico si mette l'accento sulle caratteristiche dell'industria chimica e sulla mancanza di una coscienza chimica necessaria ad un decollo adeguato.
PER UN ARCHIVIO DELLA CORRISPONDENZA DEGLI SCIENZIATI ITALIANI
Authors: ABBRI FERDINANDO 
Published: November 2012

Abstracttitle SUMMARY /title In this paper Carl Peter Thunberg's letters to Giovanni Mariti are published. The present essay is a contribution to the history of the Italian-Swedish relationships at the end of the Eighteenth century and it is a sequel to a paper on the same topic published in 1992.
Kosovo after the ICJ Advisory Opinion: Towards a European Perspective?
Authors: Ingravallo Ivan 
Published: November 2012

Abstract
The article deals with the advisory opinion given on 22 July 2010 by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the accordance with international law of the declaration of independence from Serbia adopted by Kosovo authorities on 17 February 2008. The advisory opinion is critically examined in the light of international law and of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). The responsibilities of the European Union in Kosovo are also scrutinized, with regard to the mandate of EULEX Kosovo, the role of the EU as a facilitator of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, and the European perspective for Kosovo and the Western Balkans.
Le journal de Mademoiselle Anne-Pauline Gilbert (1926-1927) : Genre, éducation protestante et colonisation à Tahiti pendant l’entre-deux-guerres
Authors: Malogne-Fer Gwendoline 
Published: November 2012

Résumé
Mademoiselle Anne-Pauline Gilbert part à Tahiti en 1926 envoyée par la Société des missions évangéliques de Paris comme institutrice bénévole. Elle tient un journal, intitulé « Récit de voyage et de premières impressions d’une institutrice missionnaire à Tahiti » pendant les dix-huit premiers mois, qui est à mi-chemin entre le journal intime, le récit de voyage et le compte rendu missionnaire. La lecture de ce journal permet d’une part de mieux comprendre les motivations des femmes missionnaires occidentales. Il montre d’autre part la prégnance des stéréotypes culturels et sexués, la volonté et la difficulté de les dépasser ou de s’en accommoder. La position marginale et le regard décalé d’Anne-Pauline Gilbert permettent enfin de mieux comprendre l’imbrication des hiérarchies de sexe et de « race » constitutives des dynamiques missionnaires pendant l’entre-deux-guerres.
Assessing Turbofolk Controversies: Popular Music between the Nation and the Balkans
Authors: Archer Rory 
Published: November 2012

This article explores controversies provoked by the Serbian pop-folk musical style “turbofolk” which emerged in the 1990s. Turbofolk has been accused of being a lever of the Milošević regime – an inherently nationalist cultural phenomenon which developed due to the specific socio-political conditions of Serbia in the 1990s. In addition to criticism of turbofolk on the basis of nationalism and war-mongering, it is commonly claimed to be “trash,” “banal,” “pornographic,” “(semi-)rural,” “oriental” and “Balkan.” In order to better understand the socio-political dimensions of this phenomenon, I consider other Yugoslav musical styles which predate turbofolk and make reference to pop-folk musical controversies in other Balkan states to help inform upon the issues at stake with regard to turbofolk. I argue that rather than being understood as a singular phenomena specific to Serbia under Milošević, turbofolk can be understood as a Serbian manifestation of a Balkan-wide post-socialist trend. Balkan pop-folk styles can be understood as occupying a liminal space – an Ottoman cultural legacy – located between (and often in conflict with) the imagined political poles of liberal pro-European and conservative nationalist orientations. Understanding turbofolk as a value category imbued with symbolic meaning rather than a clear cut musical genre, I link discussions of it to the wider discourse of Balkanism. Turbofolk and other pop-folk styles are commonly imagined and articulated in terms of violence, eroticism, barbarity and otherness the Balkan stereotype promises. These pop-folk styles form a frame of reference often used as a discursive means of marginalisation or exclusion. An eastern “other” is represented locally by pop-folk performers due to oriental stylistics in their music and/or ethnic minority origins. For detractors, pop-folk styles pose a danger to the autochthonous national culture as well as the possibility of a “European” and cosmopolitan future. Correspondingly I demonstrate that such Balkan stereotypes are invoked and subverted by many turbofolk performers who positively mark alleged Balkan characteristics and negotiate and invert the meaning of “Balkan” in lyrical texts.