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FROM THE BACK COVER: The Scientist and the Church is a wide-ranging biography of research, showcasing Bichler and Nitzan's attempts to break through the stifling dogmas of the academic church and chart a new scientific cosmology of capitalism. Central to the authors' work is the notion that capital is not a productive economic category but capitalized power, and that capitalism should be conceived and researched not as a mode of production and consumption but as a mode of power. The articles collected in this volume outline the general contours of their approach, flesh out some of their recent research and offer personal insights into the broader politics of their journey. The first chapters reexamine the common foundations of the neoclassical and Marxist doctrines, sketch the contours of the authors' alternative cosmology of capitalized power, identify the asymptotes – or limits – of this power and explore the all-encompassing logic of modern finance. Subsequent chapters research the connection between redistribution and cyclical crises, reassess the Marxist nexus between imperialism and financialism, rethink the oft-misunderstood role of crime and punishment in the capitalist mode of power and articulate a new theory and history of Middle-East energy conflicts. The closing chapters include two big-picture interviews, as well as riveting reflections on the authors' own scientific clashes with the church.

Harold Nicolson is remembered for many aspects of a remarkably varied life. The son of a Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, he became a successful diplomat himself, with a role in shaping the 1919 Paris peace settlement. He served as far afield as Constantinople, Tehran and, in the late 1920s, Berlin. He was a prodigious writer, his publication list including novels, a memoir of the Paris peace conference, the official biography of George V and two studies of diplomacy. Nicolson's life is peculiarly well documented thanks to his diaries, most of which have been published, and he has been the centre of attention too because of his unusual relationship with his wife, Vita Sackville-West — both were bisexual — with whom he created the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent. At different times he was a journalist, broadcaster, member of parliament and government minister, yet somehow his career never reached the heights he hoped. Under pressure from his wife, he gave up his diplomatic career in 1929, in favour of writing a column for the Evening Standard, but rapidly became disaffected with the triviality of the job and for a time was involved with Oswald Mosley, who later led the British Union of Fascists. Nicolson was a candidate for Mosley's New Party in the 1931 general election, but broke with him the following year when his fascist leanings became clear.

[First paragraph]Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger. ULRIKE KLAUSMANN, MARION MEINZERIN & GABRIEL KUHN. New York: Black Rose Books, 1997. x + 280 pp. (Paper US$ 23.99)Pirates! Brigands, Buccaneers, and Privateers in Fact, Fiction, and Legend. JAN ROGOZINSKI. New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. xvi + 398 pp. (Paper US$ 19.95)Sir Francis Drake: The Queens Pirate. HARRY KELSEY. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998, xviii + 566 pp. (Cloth US$ 35.00)A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates. CAPT. CHARLES JOHNSON (edited and with introduction by DAVID CORDINGLY). New York: Lyons Press. 1998 [Orig. 1724]. xiv + 370 pp. (Cloth US$ 29.95)The subject of piracy lends itself to giddy jokes about parrots and wooden legs, but also talk of politics, law, cultural relativism, and of course Hollywood. This selection of new books on piracy in the Caribbean and beyond touches on all these possibilities and more. They include a biography of the ever-controversial Elizabethan corsair, Francis Drake; an encyclopedia of piracy in history, literature, and film; a reissued classic eighteenth-century pirate prosopography; and an anarchist-feminist political tract inspired by history and legend. If nothing else, this pot-pourri of approaches to piracy should serve as a reminder that the field of pirate studies is not only alive and well, but gaining new ground.

Эта статья об одном из тех командиров Красной Армии, кто в преддверии Великой Отечественной войны, имея высокую профессиональную подготовку и обладая незаурядными способностями, не смог реализовать своего права на защи- ту Отечества. Оба автора о герое настоящей статьи уже писали, однако, поскольку сведения о нем помещались в монографиях, они не могли не быть так или иначе фрагментарными. Причем если один из авторов рассматривал главным образом начальную службу героя в Красной Армии, то второй подробно изучал завершающий этап его службы, а также факт репрессирования. В данной статье объединенными усилиями представлен материал о незаурядной личности военачальника, стоявшего у истоков формирования Красной Армии и ее становления, а также опубликована его наиболее полная биография. ; This article considers one of those commanders of the Red Army, who had highly trained and possessing outstanding abilities on the eve of the Great Patriotic war. At the same time, he was not able to realize his right to the protection of the Motherland. Both authors have written about the hero of this article, but information was placed in the different books, so it is fragmentary. Moreover, if one of the authors was regarded mainly the initial service of the hero in the Red Army, the second studied the final stage of its life. The authors combined their efforts to study the personality, who stood at the origins of the Red Army and published his the most complete biography.

In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the age of
life history archives with a wider access for the social scientists
is only coming. However, secondary analysis of qualitative
data is not limited to documents that are stored in
public archives. It happens quite often that researchers make
use of an interview transcript, or a part of it, which has
originally been gathered for a different occasion. Thus, they
use these data for studying new topics that are sometimes
far from the original research questions and objectives.
In this paper we discuss some methodological problems
arising from such practice. We show that, on one hand, the
ethnomethodological perspective is especially demanding
on the quality and the pinpoint accuracy of transcripts and
the descriptions of the interviews by which the narratives
were elicited (field memos). On the other hand, however,
the ethnomethodological perspective orients scholars to formulate
their research objectives according to what the data
itself offers. The methodological problems related to the reuse
of data can hardly be resolved in advance and on a general
level.

El artículo está dedicado al libro de Francisco Bulnes El verdadero Juárez y la verdad sobre la Intervención y el Imperio (1904). Esa biografía cuestionaba la imagen consagrada del expresidente Juárez que, para ese entonces, funcionaba como un nexo simbólico entre liberales de diversas tendencias y era una figura icónica de la modernización mexicana. Si bien la polémica sobre Benito Juárez ha sido abordada anteriormente, en especial por estudios historiográficos, el artículo propone analizar ciertos mecanismos retóricos y discursivos de la escritura de Bulnes que funcionan como tópicos que sostienen su argumentación. En primer lugar, el hecho de que, a pesar del dato biográfico de que Juárez había pasado del mundo oral zapoteca a posiciones de prestigio en la sociedad letrada y política mexicana, Bulnes se apoya en apreciaciones seudocientíficas acerca de la raza para explicar rasgos de la conducta y la personalidad de Juárez. En segundo término, el desarrollo de una exposición de pretensiones sociológicas tendiente a demostrar que esos mismos componentes raciales del sujeto biografiado eran inescindibles de su religiosidad y que esa religiosidad, en su versión católica, era inherente al pueblo mexicano y había propiciado, a fin de cuentas, el culto a Juárez. El proceso de desmitificación de ese culto a Juárez efectuado por Bulnes presenta, entonces, dos ejes interrelacionados: el componente racial y la persistencia de formas pre-seculares de pensamiento que, muy a pesar de las figuras y eventos históricos celebrados por la nación liberal, subyacían en el proceso de modernización mexicano ; This paper is devoted to the book written by Francisco Bulnes, El verdadero Juárez y la verdad sobre la Intervención y el Imperio (1904). It is a biography that questions the former president Juarez's consecrated image which, by that time, was a symbolic nexus for liberals from different tendencies, an iconic figure of the Mexican modernization. The controversy around Benito Juarez was studied before us, primarily by historians. Nevertheless, this article proposes to analyze some rethorical and discoursive features of Bulnes' writing, which function as topics in his argument. First, the biographical datum of Juarez having past from the oral zapoteca culture to a prestigious position in the political and literate Mexican society is turned into a seudoscientific explanation based on race to understand his behaviour and personality. Second, the development of a sociological exposition which tries to demonstrate that the same racial features were related to Juarez religiosity. According to Bulnes, this religiosity, specially catholic, was inherent to Mexican people and it had contributed to the extablishment of Juarez's worship. Bulnes develops a demytholozing process of this worship supported by two intermingled axis: the racial component and the persistence of pre-secular thinking ways which underlay the Mexican modernization process, in spite of the personalities and historical events celebrated by the liberal nation. ; Fil: Fernandez, Cristina Beatriz. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Letras. Centro de Letras Hispanoamericanas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mar del Plata; Argentina

The integration of former National Socialists in the 'German Economic Commission' and various GDR government bodies between 1948 and 1957 strongly depended on their loyalty to the new socialist state, their qualifications, their performance, several socio-political criteria, their combatant/ POW status in the war, and of course the degree of their entanglement with National Socialism before 1945. There was no general exoneration but a differentiated evaluation of the hundreds of former NSDAP members, SA and SS troops in the GDR administration as a study shows that is based on 150 cases. Since the ideological significance was extraordinarily high, the individual cases had to be weighted to formal principles of cadre policy and substantial interests of authoritarian rule. Basically, a tainted biography rather disqualified for a top-level position. However, on the lower and medium levels of the apparatus, individuals who met the functional demands, who seemed to have adopted a 'socialist consciousness', and who formally embraced the Marxist-Leninist doctrine were allowed to embark on amazing post-war careers in East Germany. This especially holds true for the economic management departments. Just like in West Germany, a typical excuse of the respective persons was their passiveness during the time of National Socialism and a solely nominal membership status in the above-mentioned NS organizations. Subjects to Allied denazification, their average offense had indeed been a minor one. Nevertheless there are various examples that persons tried to whitewash their past in order to qualify for the employment in the GDR state apparatus.

Celebrity couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West and their sweet new baby Chicago. Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black and their cute little baby Robert. And thousands of other couples and single people around the world who obtain babies through surrogacy arrangements. The general public is compassionate to their plight and supportive of their right to a baby. But who are the faceless, nameless women who nurture and give birth to these babies? These women who are left with empty arms and leaking breasts after delivery? Surrogacy-dealing companies call them special angels who make miracles possible, giving an extraordinary gift. IVF clinics call them gestational surrogates. The intended parents have promised them healthcare, full reimbursement, and ongoing contact with the baby. What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Because surrogacy violates the human rights of the women whose bodies are used, and the children who are born. Because it is a fundamentally flawed and misogynist concept to imagine that women are interchangeable. And it is wishful thinking that watertight legal contracts and counselling can fix this. In this book, strong and courageous women from the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, India, Austria and Russia share their true stories of becoming surrogate mothers out of kindness and compassion (or need for money), only to be deceived, neglected, abused, harassed, or abandoned by baby buyers, clinics, and lawyers. Their stories are tragic, shocking, and revelatory of a profit-driven industry that preys on desperation and womens compassion. It becomes clear that it is not the occasional dysfunctional relationship or unreasonable surrogate causing problems in the surrogacy industry. Rather, it is the very nature of surrogacy as well as the surrogacy industry to use and abuse and discard. This book throws down a challenge to Big Fertility and its minions: women are not ovens or suitcases, babies are not products. Love is not to be bought.

The purpose of the article is to obtain information about the history of «Kyiv Camerata» and Valerii Matiukhin ‒an outstanding Ukrainian pianist, musical and public figure, as well as a conductor, artistic director and general director of this band. The research methodology is based on historical-biographical and historical-cultural methods. The scientific novelty of the proposed article lies in the fact that most of the given information is provided directly «from the first mouth» and for the first time. This mainly concerns to certain episodes of V. Matiukhin's biography, related to his school and student years, teachers, views on the performance of modern music and the art of conducting. The article is written in a rather atypical format for a scientific presentation, which is based on the direct speech of the main character. His speech is prepared or supplemented by appropriate explanations of the author of the article, made post factum. This is explained by the fact that the author of the article has been working in this band for more than two decades (since April 2001) and knows it, as they say, «from the inside». But since music is, after all, a non-verbal art, that «speaks for itself», over the years quite a lot of questions have been accumulated regarding the history of the orchestra in general and the creative path of V. Matiukhin in particular ‒ questions that have not yet been clarified in musicology. Therefore, on the occasion of the specified anniversary date, we decided to talk with Valerii Oleksandrovych and bring this conversation to the general public Conclusions. The conducted research confirms that V. Matiukhin has a great deal of credit for the success of the «Kyiv Camerata». Most of the band's prospects appeared due to the magnetism of his personality, based again on deep knowledge and understanding of the essence of his profession, high internal culture and great modesty. That is why, in the process of communication with the Maestro, we once again became convinced that the study of the activities of an outstanding band must begin with the study of the creative figure of V. Matiukhin.
Key words: Ukrainian instrumental music, V. Matiukhin-conductor, «Kyiv Camerata», creative works of Y. Stankovych, dodecaphony.

В рецензии на военные мемуары И.Г. Савченко дается краткая характеристика работы, её актуальность, раскрываются спорные страницы биографии автора мемуаров, обосновывается важность воспоминаний для современного читателя. Основные события воспоминаний разворачиваются на Кубани и Черноморье в 1920 году. Автору мемуаров удалось раскрыть сложные противоречия между черноморскими крестьянами и кубанскими казаками. Раскрывается позиция ряда руководителей постанческого движения на взаимоотношения с генералом П.Н. Врангелем и меньшевистской Грузией. Обозначена позиция руководителей кубанских большевиков по отношению к военным специалистам. Савченко, в своих воспоминаниях затронул и такой малоизученный сюжет гражданской войны, как взаимоотношения красных и зеленых. Отмечались и сложные взаимоотношения между Кубанской Радой и Главным командованием Вооруженных Сил Юга России. Книга представляет собой яркое описание событий эпохи гражданской войны на Кубани и Черноморье. Автору удалось объективно оценить те изменения, которые произошли в лагере красных за три года Гражданской войны, в том числе и связанные с изменениями в сфере карательной политики. Однако, в целом, чувствуется его негативное отношение к новой власти, надежда на ее крушение в самые ближайшие годы. ; In a review of military memoirs, I. G., Savchenko a brief description of the work, its relevance, reveals the controversial biography of the author of the memoirs, explains the importance of memories to the modern reader. The main events of memories takes place in the Kuban and black sea in 1920. The author of the memoir failed to disclose the difficult contradictions between the peasants of the black sea and Kuban Cossacks. Reveals position of a number of leaders polanskogo movement on relationships with General P. N. Wrangel and the Menshevik Georgia. Indicated the position of the leaders of the Kuban of the Bolsheviks in relation to military experts. Savchenko, in his memoirs touched on this little-known story of the civil war, how the relationship of red and green. Celebrated and complex relationship between the Kuban Rada and the General command of the Armed forces of South Russia. The book is a vivid description of the events of the era of the civil war in the Kuban and black sea coast. The author was able to objectively evaluate the changes that occurred in the camp of the red in three years of Civil war, including those associated with changes in the field of penal policy. However, in General, felt his negative attitude to the new government, the hope for her downfall in the next few years.

In a review of military memoirs, I. G., Savchenko a brief description of the work, its relevance, reveals the controversial biography of the author of the memoirs, explains the importance of memories to the modern reader. The main events of memories takes place in the Kuban and black sea in 1920. The author of the memoir failed to disclose the difficult contradictions between the peasants of the black sea and Kuban Cossacks. Reveals position of a number of leaders polanskogo movement on relationships with General P. N. Wrangel and the Menshevik Georgia. Indicated the position of the leaders of the Kuban of the Bolsheviks in relation to military experts. Savchenko, in his memoirs touched on this little-known story of the civil war, how the relationship of red and green. Celebrated and complex relationship between the Kuban Rada and the General command of the Armed forces of South Russia. The book is a vivid description of the events of the era of the civil war in the Kuban and black sea coast. The author was able to objectively evaluate the changes that occurred in the camp of the red in three years of Civil war, including those associated with changes in the field of penal policy. However, in General, felt his negative attitude to the new government, the hope for her downfall in the next few years. ; В рецензии на военные мемуары И.Г. Савченко дается краткая характеристика работы, её актуальность, раскрываются спорные страницы биографии автора мемуаров, обосновывается важность воспоминаний для современного читателя. Основные события воспоминаний разворачиваются на Кубани и Черноморье в 1920 году. Автору мемуаров удалось раскрыть сложные противоречия между черноморскими крестьянами и кубанскими казаками. Раскрывается позиция ряда руководителей постанческого движения на взаимоотношения с генералом П.Н. Врангелем и меньшевистской Грузией. Обозначена позиция руководителей кубанских большевиков по отношению к военным специалистам. Савченко, в своих воспоминаниях затронул и такой малоизученный сюжет гражданской войны, как взаимоотношения красных и зеленых. Отмечались и сложные взаимоотношения между Кубанской Радой и Главным командованием Вооруженных Сил Юга России. Книга представляет собой яркое описание событий эпохи гражданской войны на Кубани и Черноморье. Автору удалось объективно оценить те изменения, которые произошли в лагере красных за три года Гражданской войны, в том числе и связанные с изменениями в сфере карательной политики. Однако, в целом, чувствуется его негативное отношение к новой власти, надежда на ее крушение в самые ближайшие годы.

Francis Phelps: African Common Roll franchise, 1936-1938 -- John Russell Darbyshire: a diffident Archbishop, 1938-1948 -- Geoffrey Clayton: apartheid writ large, 1949-1952 -- Geoffrey Clayton: Bantu education and western areas removals, 1953-1955 -- Geoffrey Clayton: denial of civil liberty, the Church Clause, 1955-1957 -- Joost de Blank: fencing with Dr. Verwoed, 1957-1959 -- Joost de Blank: Sharpeville and Cottesloe, 1960 -- Joost de Blank: the Broederbond rules, 1961-1963 -- Robert Selby Taylor: the Church is being persecuted, 1964-1969 -- Robert Selby Taylor: the consequences of challenging racism, 1970-1974 -- Bill Burnett: the Charismatic Movement, 1974-1981 -- Desmond Tutu: SACC General Secretary: the Eloff Commission, 1978-1984 -- Philip Russell: the total onslaught, 1981-1986 -- Desmond Tutu: confronting P.W. Botha, 1986-1988 -- Desmond Tutu: what changed F.W. de Klerk? 1989-1990 -- Desmond Tutu: negotiating a miracle, 1991-1994 -- Desmond Tutu: epilogue, 1994-1996

Esta tesis es una biografía política del médico Jorge Bejarano Martínez. En ella se destacan sus orígenes, su formación académica, su trayectoria profesional y burocrática, a partir de la relación entre la higiene (definida como dispositivo de poder) y la política (definida como el espacio de aplicación de prácticas y saberes). Los objetivos principales de la investigación son: entender las estrategias de control social que se difunden por medio del discurso y la ideología higienista; analizar las formas como se asumen y se expresan dichas estrategias en diferentes contextos políticos; e indagar sobre aspectos relacionados con la intimidad de las prácticas políticas de los intelectuales. Lo anterior se logra mediante la exploración de diversas fuentes (prensa, manuscritos, informes, etc.) y la aplicación de métodos de análisis cualitativos y cuantitativos, en los que se logra determinar la configuración de Jorge Bejarano como intelectual orgánico del liberalismo. / Abstract. This thesis is a political biography of Dr. Jorge Bejarano Martínez. It highlights their origins, their education, their careers and bureaucratic from the relationship between hygiene (defined as a power device) and politics (defined as the area of application of practices and knowledge). The main objectives of this research are to understand the strategies of social control that is disseminated through discourse and ideology hygienist, to analyze the ways in which they assume and express those strategies in different political contexts, and investigate issues related to privacy political practices of intellectuals. This is achieved by exploring a variety of sources (newspapers, manuscripts, reports, etc.) And the application of methods of qualitative and quantitative analyzes, which determine the configuration is achieved by Jorge Bejarano as organic intellectual liberalism ; Maestría