Imaginary
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Phase-synchronization is a manifestation of interaction between neuronal groups measurable from LFP, EEG or MEG signals, however, volume conduction can cause the coherence and the phase locking value to spuriously increase. It has been... more
Accounts of the nation and national identity have tended to focus upon the transmission by cultural elites of authoritative culture, invented traditions and folk customs. Following Billig, I suggest that the national is increasingly... more
Este artículo explora los mitos e imaginarios sociales sobre Internet compartidos y vehiculados por el discurso académico y por los activistas de los nuevos movimientos sociales que utilizan la tecnología de forma intensiva como base de... more
Contributing to an emerging debate that brings the mobilization of land rent as a financial asset to the heart of urban analysis, this article offers a narrative of land financialization as a ‘lived’ process. Focusing empirically on... more
This article discusses the mediatization of politics and its theorization as a process of transformation in the making of (political) meaning through three different theses, presented as evolutionist, intended, and imagined... more
[FR] On pourrait synthétiser les approches de la traduction à l’aide de deux figures mythiques opposées : Hermès et Orphée. Le premier est métaphore d’une traduction herméneutique qu’on pourrait dire sourcière, visant à transposer le... more
I had posted this article of mine already a few years ago with the title "British Imperialism, Tibet, China and Sovereignty Debate"
Under regimes of austerity, social movements´ transformative eco-politics may appear endangered. What kinds of environmentalism and radical imaginaries can unfold in social movements in crisis-ridden societies? I focus on the ‘movement of... more
From contaminated water pipes to social media manipulation to sinking cities, infrastructures increasingly appear at the heart of cultural, political, and environmental crises. As a technique of governance, infrastructures delegate... more
Résumé S’appuyant sur la définition que Jack Kerouac a donnée de lui-même (« Je ne suis pas un “beat” mais un mystique catholique étrange, solitaire et fou… »), l’auteur lit l’immense oeuvre du « Ti-Jean » de Lowell comme si elle... more
The decolonization of the social imaginary has been proposed as an important dimension of the transition towards a degrowth society. However, although omnipresent in the degrowth literature, the terms ‘‘social imaginary’’ and ‘‘social... more
Chile's geographical remoteness has largely defined the imaginaries people share about this Latin American country. Despite its historical image as finis terrae (“the end of the world”), migrants from all corners found their way to these... more
... Their differing judgments reflected divergent political outlooks that placed varying emphasis on the proper role of government as an ameliorative social force. ... Washington, DC: NationalCommunication Association. ... America's... more
Resumen: En este texto se desarrolla un acercamiento al problema de las formas de acción colectiva y de representación que se pueden presentar como alternativas con potencial de transformación de las condiciones sociales más allá de la... more
In this paper, we offer a Leftist critique of standard liberal defenses of the public school. We suggest that the standard arguments employed by mainstream liberal defenders of the public school are generally inadequate because they... more
The concept of the social imaginary has been introduced as an alternative to theories of the imagination. Whereas the imagination tends to be conceived as a faculty that we possess as individuals, the concept of social imaginary is meant... more
Located just north of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, the largest and oldest of China's Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has been both a project and symbol of post-Mao modernization. In this paper, I trace how the Shenzhen built environment mediates... more
This article compares the contributions to the study of the imaginary and otherness made by two French thinkers, close one to each other due to the epoch in which they lived and the influence of phenomenology in their works: the... more
The concept of the imaginary is pervasive within contemporary thought, yet can be a baffling and often controversial term. In Imagination and the Imaginary, Kathleen Lennon explores the links between imagination - regarded as the... more
La modernidad ha sido creadora de espacios, límites nuevos y fronteras en tanto marcas metafísicas, mitológicas y simbólicas de territorios físicos e imaginarios. El espacio moderno y sus fronteras son metáforas, límites que se crean,... more
This paper examines the relationship between the imaginary and political engagement in two experimental Francophone African works: Djibril Diop Mamb ety's Touki Bouki and Sony Labou Tansi's La Vie et demie. Rather than explicating the... more
– Monsters, Bottle Rockets, Bamboos, Balls and The Utmost Depth: enchantments in performances of a streetwise youth – This article is dedicated to scrutinizing some images and objects produced within a universe of marginalized youth... more
This is a final draft. Please cite only the published in Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson, Radical Intellectuals and the Subversion of Progressive Politics: The Betrayal of Politics (New York: Palgrave Macmillan,... more
How can one describe and identify all the characteristics of a translation? How can scholars probe all that exists beyond the translated text? This study proposes new theoretical tools in order to define the “imaginaries of translation”... more