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Nietzsche's "Woman" : A Metaphor Without Brakes, Kathleen Merrow

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis reconsiders the generally held view that Friedrich Nietzsche's works are misogynist. In doing so it provides an interpretation of Nietzsche's texts with respect to the metaphor "woman," sets this interpretation into an historical context of Nietzsche reception and follows the extension of Nietzsche's metaphor "woman" into French feminist theory. It provides an interpretation that shows that a misogynist reading of Nietzsche is in error because such a reading fails to consider the multiple perspectives that operate in Nietzsche's texts.

George W. Stocking, Jr.'S Review Of Michael W. Young's Edition Of Bronislaw Malinowski's Malinowski Among The Magi: “The Natives Of Mailu”, George W. Stocking Jr.

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Book Review Forum On Robert Borofsky's Making History: Pukapukan And Anthropological Constructions Of Knowledge, Robert Borofsky, James Howe, Julia A, Hecht, Caroline Ralston

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Micronesia: Writing And Rewriting The Histories Of A Nonentity, David Hanlon

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Shaping A Future: The Founding Of The University Of New England, Eleanor Humes Haney

Shaping a Future

Published by UNE's Office of University Relations in 1989, this book covers the history of St. Francis College and its eventual transformation into the University of New England.

New Directions In Pacific History: A Practitioner’S Critical View, Francis X. Hezel, S. J.

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Freeman, Mead, And The Eighteenth-Century Controversy Over Polynesian Society, David B. Paxman

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Thomas Bargatzky's Review Of Lowell D. Holmes's Quest For The Real Samoa: The Mead/Freeman Controversy And Beyond, Thomas Bargatzky

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Some Origins And Migrations Of Ideas Leading To The Aryan Polynesian Theories Of Abraham Fornander And Edward Tregear, K. R. Howe

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Study Of National Character In The Post War Era : The Work Of Erich Fromm, David Riesman, And David Potter, Adam Rittenberg

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis examines the study of national character through the work of the psychologist Erich Fromm, the sociologist David Riesman, and the historian David Potter. Above all Intend to provide a critical exegesis of the three thinkers will relate them to one another by discussing the Interconnections In their thought, beginning with Fromm's social psychological theory of character, turning to Riesman's theory of sociology and, finally, Potter's theory of American history. Each, I argue, must be studied in the context his time--above all the climate of horror and uncertainty at mid-century.

Patterns In Creativity : An Examination Of Viennese Culture And Politics At The Turn Of The Century, Allen Nolan Hauser

Dissertations and Theses

This examination explores the Viennese cultural milieu at the turn of the century in an effort to show the commonality of backgrounds and interests among those who created the culture during that period. In this the study aims at illustrating the similarities among those artists, intellectuals, and politicians in spite of the fact that their ideas helped lay the basis for the breakdown in integration of twentieth century culture which was illustrated by Carl E. Schorske in his Fin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture. All this is in pursuance of the overall issue of the origin of the ideas which have …

Leopold Von Ranke, His Library, And The Shaping Of Historical Evidence, Edward Muir

The Courier

This article describes the life and collection of the famous historian Leopold von Ranke, whose collection is now housed in the Syracuse University Special Collections. Von Ranke was instrumental in developing what he saw as the most objective form of history possible, adhering to primary sources and straying from moral judgments. The thousands of documents that make up the Ranke Library are an invaluable source for the study of history.

Ranke And The Venetian Document Market, Ugo Tucci

The Courier

This article discusses Leopold von Ranke, the seminal historian, specifically his times in Venice, where he developed his thorough objective historical method, under the influence of Venetian ambassadorial writings, or relazioni. He was also in the perfect situation to amass an impressive manuscript and rare book collection, as the Republic was falling at the time, and entire library and art collections were being liquidated. His vast collection is now part of the Syracuse University's Special Collections.

Ranke's Favorite Source: The Relazioni Of The Venetian Ambassadors, Gino Benzoni

The Courier

This article describes how certain administrative documents written in Venice during the Holy Roman Empire, dubbed relazioni, had a profound effect on the famous historian Leopold von Ranke, and the development of his extremely objective historiography. Von Ranke collected many of these relazioni, and they can be found in the Ranke Library at Syracuse University.

The Philosophy Of William James As Related To Charles Renouvier, Henri Bergson, Maurice Blondel And Emile Boutroux, Peggy Lyne Hurtado

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis argues two issues: William James' philosophy was-to a great extent derived from his interaction with the French philosophers, Charles Renouvier, Henri Bergson, Maurice Blondel and Emile Boutroux. Correlative to the fact that these five figures have an intellectual relationship with one another, I also argue that in order to understand James, he must be placed within the context of these relations. These five philosophers, as a group, can be clearly seen and understood in the context of an identifiable movement. Each one was a part of a whole reality with their own slightly different perspectives. However, the context …

Hubert Murray And The Historians, Roger C. Thompson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

An Historical Overview Of Creativity With Implications For Education, Antoinette S. Ellis

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis traced the development of the concept of creativity from the earliest works in the intellectual history of Western civilization to the late twentieth century. This historical perspective on the concept of creativity served as a backdrop to current views of the concept and as a reference source for recurrent views of the concept and as a reference source for recurrent and essential themes in the progressing debates concerning this issue.

Richard Whately's Theory Of Argument And Its Influence On The Homiletic Theory And Practice Of John Albert Broadus, Robert Allan Vogel

Dissertations and Theses

In his Treatise On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons, the Southern Baptist preacher and educator of the latter nineteenth century, John A. Broadus, acknowledged the influence of classical and contemporary theorists upon his work. Among those named, particularly with regard to notions of argument, was Richard Whately, the Anglican Archbishop and rhetorical theorist of the early nineteenth century. The research task involved in this thesis was to determine whether and to what extent Whately's theory of argument was employed in Broadus's homiletic theory and practice.

The writer gathered his data using methods of documentary research. Most of the sources …

The Perils Of Laura Watson Benedict: A Forgotten Pioneer In Anthropology, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Pacific History As Seen From The Pacific Islands, David Routledge

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Wilhelm Reich's Character Analysis In Its Historical Context, R. Daniel Mccauley

Dissertations and Theses

The thesis is an attempt to reconcile contradictions and devise historical meaning from a problematic text. The book is Wilhelm Reich's Character Analysis, first published in 1933. This influential psychoanalytic work embodies both a radical social theory and disturbing authoritarian attitudes. The thesis uses a variety of methodologies, in particular Roland Barthes' techniques for ascribing historical meaning to certain formal qualities of writing. The thesis proceeds from a summary of methodological studies in intellectual history and criticism, including those of I. A. Richards, R. G. Collingwood, and Dominick LaCapra, as well as Barthes, to a description of Character Analysis and …

Catalogue Of Seventeenth-Century Books In Science Held By The George Arents Research Library, Eileen Snyder

The Courier

This article serves as a bibliography for the scientific books, mainly from the seventeenth century, that are housed in the Syracuse University Special Collections. They draw from three main collections: the Muckenhoupt Collection, the Wolff-Leavenworth Collection, and the Leopold von Ranke library. The books are written by scientific pioneers such as Copernicus, Newton, Benjamin Franklin, and many others.

Dryden's Virgil: Some Special Aspects Of The First Folio Edition, Arthur W. Hoffman

The Courier

This article relates the history of John Dryden's translation of Vergil's Aeneid, a first folio edition of which is located at Syracuse University Special Collections. Dryden's translation, written in seventeenth century England, reflected the tense polticial environment of the times, and competed with several translations from other writers.

Steven Zuckerman's Review Of Melford E. Spiro's Oedipus In The Trobriands, Steven Zuckerman

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Book Review Forum On Derek Freeman's Margaret Mead And Samoa: The Making And Unmaking Of An Anthropological Myth, Fay Ala‘Ilima, Tuaopepe Felix S. Wendt, Nancy Mcdowell

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Dorothy Ayers Counts' Review Of James Clifford's Person And Myth: Maurice Leenhardt In The Melanesian World, Dorothy Ayers Counts

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Christian Republicanism Of Timothy Dwight And Jedidiah Morse: The New American Israel And The French Antithesis, Kim Alan Snyder

History Theses & Dissertations

Timothy Dwight and Jedidiah Morse were New England Congregational clergymen during America's early national period. Due to their criticisms of the French Revolution and their belief in a fictional plot by the Bavarian Illuminati to destroy religion and civil government both men have been judged by historians as backward-looking, unenlightened reactionaries. The evidence, however, reveals that Dwight and Morse were well educated, devoted to the advancement of learning, and filled with great visions of America as God's New Israel, destined to lead the zest of the world into religious and civil liberty. They espoused the ideology of Christian Republicanism and, …

Louis De Potter And The Belgian Revolution Of 1830, Karen Nelson Groth

Dissertations and Theses

Louis Joseph Antoine De Potter (1786-1.859) was the gifted journalist who served as the catalyst of the successful Belgian revolution of 1830. He has been largely overlooked by students of the nineteenth century revolutionary era. Only one of De Potter's works is known to have been translated into English, his Vie de Scipion de Ricci.

This paper has examined the development of De Potter's thought from his youth up to and including his participation in the Provisional Belgian Government of 1830. For clarity this study has been divided into four chapters.

The Prosecutors Of Socrates And The Political Motive Theory, Thomas Patrick Kelly

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis presents a critical analysis of the historical roles assigned to the prosecutors of Socrates by modern historians.

Ancient sources relating to the trial and the principles involved, and modern renditions, especially those of John Burnet and A. E. Taylor, originators of the theory that the trial of Socrates was politically motivated, are critically analyzed and examined.

The thesis concludes that the political motive theory is not supported by the evidence on which it relies.

Kykloi: Cyclic Theories In Ancient Greece, Hubert Wayne Nelson Jr.

Dissertations and Theses

It is both curious and frustrating, given the perennial popularity of the cycle concept in Ancient Greece, that there has not been a single book written devoted to the wide variety of philosophic and historical conceptions bound up with that loosely descriptive designation. This study was originally undertaken to satisfy my own curiosity on the subject. Herein I intend to survey the entire history of the cycle concept in general from about 700 B.C. to the time of Polybius in the second-century A.D. It is intended to be a descriptive as well as an analytical report.