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In Search of the Lost European Perspective

In Search of the Lost European Perspective

Author(s): Christophe Solioz,Paul Stubbs / Language(s): English / Issue: 03-04/2009

The European Union is in danger of losing its vision with regard to the membership perspectives of the countries of the Western Balkans. The process is marked by ‘enlargement fatigue’ and a loss of political will. Tracing the state of play as regards the Western Balkans since the Thessaloniki Summit of 2003, the suggestion is that the momentum has been lost and that the combination of technical and political hurdles makes accession too long and too difficult to be a significant factor in promoting reforms from within and realigning political commitments. The gap is growing between EU member states (Slovenia, Greece), candidate countries (Croatia, Macedonia), potential candidate countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia), and Kosovo. The global economic and financial crisis has also brought the IMF back into the region and further contributed to a sense of abandonment by the EU. Ultimately a commitment to enlargement is framed within other commitments in terms of security, energy policy and reconstruction. Clear signals are needed to change this, including a Thessaloniki II summit under the Swedish Presidency to re-assert the commitment of the EU to the region. The EU has, on the one hand, to put its own house in order and, on the other, to offer a reasonable political perspective to the Balkans.

In Search of the Popular Music Text

In Search of the Popular Music Text

Author(s): Richard Middleton / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2007

The Search for a New Global Order

The Search for a New Global Order

Author(s): Bogdan Góralczyk / Language(s): English / Issue: 14/2011

This article proposes a ‘hybrid’ approach to the issue of global order, mixing theoretical and practical issues in the analysis carried out. From the theoretical point of view, it focuses on crucial ideas important in the normative, liberal (institutional) and neo-realistic schools of thinking on global affairs and global order. The analysis leads to the conclusion that, in the normative sense, there is currently a mess and nobody is ready and able to propose the kind of ‘global code’ (Z.Bauman) necessary and appropriate for a globalised world of ‘network societies’ (M.Castells). In the institutional sense, today we are witness to a series of new phenomena, like the G-20, BRICS or the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as well as the further deepening of the process of European integration following the Treaty of Lisbon, which is not yet theoretically absorbed. Finally, in world of geopolitics one can observe an important power shift from the Atlantic to the Pacific, at least in the economic sphere. According to the Author, as stated in his final conclusions, there are two major challenges ahead of the world: deeply mixed transnationalisation (i.e. the diminishing of the role of nation states, including major powers), and the rapidly growing consciousness of real global challenges (proliferation of nuclear arms, climate change, shrinking of raw materials and energy sources, environmental issues, etc.). Thus, in the author’s opinion, experts in security issues and scholars specialising in international relations should prepare a kind of ‘cooperative order’ idea – an idea, which, however, for the first time in decades and maybe even centuries, should be proposed not by the West alone. This is the essence of the new global order which has been emerging after the collapse of the global (Western) markets in September 2008. It is still too early to judge if this particular moment is a true fault line leading to the creation of a new global order, but there are many signs leading to such a conclusion.

IN SEARCH FOR THE MYSTERIOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE ODIN

IN SEARCH FOR THE MYSTERIOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE ODIN

Author(s): Ştefana Pop-Curşeu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2014

A dialogue with Anna Stigsgaard

In Search of Ukraine’s Identity

In Search of Ukraine’s Identity

Author(s): Olesya Oleshko / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2009

The geopolitical condundrum of a country lodged between East and West.

Seneca in search of passing time

Seneca in search of passing time

Author(s): Elżbieta Wesołowska / Language(s): English / Issue: 18/2015

Keywords: time; future; past; death; conscience

Seneca shows us that reading the philosophers can enable the reader to escape time. He also teaches how to possess the future achieving fame among wise and virtuous people. In Seneca’s opinion, time is our greatest wealth, however ephemeral it might be, although his tragic heroes and heroines as well as the author himself are conscious of the fact that death limits the time of life thus making it valuable. Nevertheless, his philosophy is often pessimistic, neglecting hope as a key to the future.

In Search of What Never Existed

In Search of What Never Existed

Author(s): Kamil Całus / Language(s): English / Issue: 04 (09)/2013

Keywords: Book review;Transnistria

Review of "Back to the USSR – Heroic Adventures in Transnistria." By: Rory MacLean. Photography by: Nick Danziger.

THE PEARL THIEF OR THE SEARCH FOR SELF

THE PEARL THIEF OR THE SEARCH FOR SELF

Author(s): Doina Pologea / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 09/2016

Keywords: parable; son; fishing; searching; experiences

The play entitled The Pearl Thief written by Valeriu Anania reconfigures a biblical parable, that of the Prodigal Son, with the action being placed in an exotic environment. The theme of the play is the finding (or the fishing) of one’s self as a result of painful experiences and avid searches.

A Search for Truth and Justice

A Search for Truth and Justice

Author(s): Dušan Janák / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

Migration and security: in search of reconciliation

Migration and security: in search of reconciliation

Author(s): Islam Ahmed / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2017

Keywords: migration; security; biopolitics; biopower; Foucault; EU; Europe; refugees; securitisation; opportunities; identity politics; challenges; migration policies; migration-security nexus

In this paper a case is made for the necessity of an inter-disciplinary treatment of the migration phenomenon. The paper addresses the relation between migration and security from a reconciliatory perspective after a brief analysis of the migration-security nexus and how migration got securitised. Based on the Foucauldian notion of biopolitics, one can argue that what contributes heavily to the securitisation of migration is the emergence of biopower and biopolitics which are primarily concerned with the control over lives of the population within a given territory. This makes states and societies consider migration as a matter that should be under control, since it is related to the hygiene of the population and nationals of a given state. I, therefore, discuss the EU and other European countries’ policies regarding migration and how biopolitics have influenced securitising the EU’s migration policies. The main argument is that migration can, and should, be treated as an advantage rather than a threat, though it does not deny the security concerns that alway accompany such social phenomenon. The impact of culture and history on migration policies, and how identity politics shape a given country’s policies are discussed. Perceiving migration as either a threat or an opportunity, the way in which a country perceives migrants shapes its migration policies, whether restrictive or multiculturally-tolerant.

In Search of Women Authors

In Search of Women Authors

Author(s): Biljana Dojčinović,Magdalena Koch,Suzan van Dijk / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2011

Keywords: interview;Suzan van Dijk

Dr Suzan Van Dijk is a researcher at the Huygens Institute for Dutch History of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences in The Hague and the Chair of the COST Action IS0901 Women Writers in History; Toward a New Understanding of European Literary Culture (2009-2013) which gathers experts on women’s literature from all over Europe. The COST Action is the most recent phase of the project which started back in the early 90s and is still dedicated to further developing and using a database on European women’s writing and its reception up to the early 20th century1. In view of the further development of the Women Writers database into a Virtual Research Environment, a ThinkTank meeting was held in the end of September 2011 in Göteborg. The similarities and differences between the online literary projects which are part of this COST Action were discussed as a first step in creating a joint online platform for research.

COUPLES IN SEARCH OF THE LOST PARADISE

COUPLES IN SEARCH OF THE LOST PARADISE

Author(s): Gavril Băban / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 12/2017

Keywords: paradise; topos; paradise couple; classic; romantic;

The concept of Paradise is one with ontologic reverberations, and it illustrates a magical place, defined by perfect harmony, a place that has always been present in every human culture and civilization. According to the mosaic and Christian teachings regarding the creation of the man, the so called perfect couple represents the duo that, after having lost their privileged status, must overcome a series of challenges in order to rediscover the lost paradise.

In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel

In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel

Author(s): Bálint Károly Zabán / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 6/2008

The book comprises seventeen seminal articles by seventeen distinguished scholars. The pronounced purpose of the book is to purvey sustainable data and evidence about the intrinsic origins of the Hebrew Bible/OldTestament, which finds its roots in the preexilic times of Israel. It is intended to be an answer to such claims according to which the scarcity of information about pre-exilic Israel, makes the HB/OT a book that was amassed following the exile or during the Hellenistic period.

A Long Journey in Search of Koreanness

A Long Journey in Search of Koreanness

Author(s): Yun-Cheol Kim / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2019

As artistic director of the National Theatre Company of Korea, I organized the Korean Diaspora series in 2017 that revealed significant aspects of contemporary Koreanness, with focus on the five plays by post-modern diaspora dramatists of Korean descent. Interestingly enough, they are found to define Koreanness in their adopted countries not by what they are, but by what they are not.

European Disintegration: A Search for Explanations

European Disintegration: A Search for Explanations

Author(s): Natalia Cugleşan / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2020

REVIEW OF: Hans Vollaard; European Disintegration: A Search for Explanations; Palgrave McMillan, 2018 ISBN 978-1-137-41464-9 (paperback), 265 pages

In Search of a Unit of Speech

In Search of a Unit of Speech

Author(s): Jolanta Antas,Małgorzata Majewska / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2020

Keywords: utterance; sentence; unit of speech; communication event; speech event;speech act (SA);

The article aims at a revision of such terms as sentence, utterance, speech act, or communication event in view of new research needs and a broader understanding of language as involved in a complex communication process and, thus, considered a tool for not only generating meanings but also conveying them in interpersonal collaboration. From such a perspective, language appears to be not only a system but also one of the tools of symbolising meanings and intentional acts which serve the purpose of generating and regulating social bonds. The purpose of the authors is, thus, to define traditional linguistic concepts in order to make them good tools to describe the types of communication events and the ensuing individual interactions. We also intend to resolve the existing terminological confusion, i.e. to eliminate the employment of the same terms to describe different speech events and different levels of speech, and, as a result, to place the concepts in a hierarchy and assign them clear definitions. All this is undertaken in order to fit in the perspective of the observer as an active participant and contributor to the communication event, utterance or even a sentence

In Search of Linguistic Terminology

In Search of Linguistic Terminology

Author(s): Przemysław Łozowski / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2020

Keywords: terminology; definition; metaphor; symbol;system;

In the article we claim that scientific terminology should keep abreast of the times it serves. We identify the current intellectual climate as post-modernistic in the sense that general principles cannot be evaluated out of the spatiotemporal context in which they were initially proposed. Against that background the terminology of autonomous linguistics must be said to be no match for the present spirit of the times, while the terminology of non-autonomous linguistics lacks at times precision and common sense.

In Search of Ways to the Balkans

In Search of Ways to the Balkans

Author(s): Natalia Ishchenko / Language(s): English / Issue: 01 (15)/2019

Keywords: Balkans; Yugoslav Republics; Conflict;

The article gives an overview of relations between Ukraine and countries of the Balkan region from the early 1990s to present day with a focus on the former Yugoslav republics. The level of intensity and substance of Ukraine-Balkans (ex-Yugoslavia) relationship varied during this period. Ukraine’s activity in the region reached its peak with direct military-political support provided to Macedonia during the Macedonian-Albanian armed conflict in 2001. Since then, the Balkans has never been a priority for Ukrainian authorities. However, the Balkans, especially the countries of ex-Yugoslavia, is an important region for Ukraine as a source of experience in ending armed conflicts and successful Euro- and Euro-Atlantic integration.

Moldovan Cuisine in Search of Identity

Moldovan Cuisine in Search of Identity

Author(s): Tatiana POTING / Language(s): English / Issue: Suppl. 2/2021

Keywords: food; gastronomic identity; cookbook; culinary blog; cultural heritage; Moldovan cuisine;

The subject of the gastronomical identity of culture has become more and more popular in the recent decades, especially in the context of migration and the agglomeration of a sense of identity. In this article we aim to examine the gastronomic identity, the circumstances of building contemporary Moldovan cuisine and the influences that have left their mark on recipes and food processing techniques. We also consider it necessary to point out the contribution of ethnologists in the process of science researching traditional gastronomy. In the second half of the study we have described the modern methods in which the traditional cuisine is showcased in the international arena and the significant contribution of the diaspora in the process. We established that the most efficient promoting methods are the cookbooks, culinary blogs and specialty restaurants.

The New Humanities: In Search of Boundaries

The New Humanities: In Search of Boundaries

Author(s): Agata Bielik-Robson / Language(s): English / Issue: 44/2022

Keywords: New Humanities; Posthumanism; The Frankfurt School; Michel Foucault; Jacques Derrida; Karl Marx; Martin Heidegger;

This article attempts to discuss the philosophical contexts and meaning of the new humanities in the context of the philosophy of subjectivity. At the foundation of the new humanities, as it is argued, is not enlightenment, but Heidegger’s thought, with his excoriating critique of modern subjectivity and its Machenschaft. The article points to the foundational hubris that the new humanities oppose, and to the attempt to reinstall the subject within fixed boundaries. The new humanities, and posthumanism in particular, might backlash with violence against civilisation, comparable to that they endeavour to renounce. In order to manoeuvre through these convoluted figures of subjectivity, the article supports its theses with insightful readings of Hölderlin and Adorno.