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Selected AbstractsRepresentations of Wales and the Welsh during the civil wars and InterregnumHISTORICAL RESEARCH, Issue 197 2004Lloyd Bowen This article examines how Wales and the Welsh were represented in the pamphlet literature of the civil war and early Interregnum. It considers the historical construction of the Welsh image in English minds, and traces how this image came to be politicized by Welsh support for Charles I during the sixteen-forties. An examination of the public controversies surrounding the state-sponsored evangelization programme in Wales during the early sixteen-fifties shows how the contested image of Wales in the public sphere interacted with high politics at the centre. This study contributes to our understanding of the interplay between ethnicity, identity and politics during the sixteen-forties and fifties, and demonstrates how imagery and representation informed political discourse in the mid seventeenth century. [source] Assessing the Consequences of Converting to Organic AgricultureJOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, Issue 1 2001Tim O'Riordan In the wake of the public controversy over genetically modified crops, organic production is sometimes hailed as the true "sustainable agriculture". Its advocates claim that it enriches biodiversity, increases soil "health" and provides more nutritious foods. This paper summarises the results of a three year, multi-disciplinary study of one major unit undergoing transition from non-organic to full organic status. Researchers examined whole farm nutrient budgets, insect diversity and the wider environmental economics of organic production compared with non-organic management. The result was a mid-term example of multi-disciplinary science, though some way short of interdisciplinary science. The evidence suggests that organic production can result in measurable environmental gains, which can be valued in economic terms. The full environmental account, however, remains elusive. Yet its significance could prove vital for the future of diversified rural economies in the UK Interdisciplinary minded agricultural and environmental economists are encouraged to extend this pilot initiative in the light of the important policy contribution that such additional research could provide for the improved valuation of sustainable agriculture. The authors conclude that there is a plausible case for an Organic Stewardship Scheme attached to the Rural Development Regulation. [source] The Nunawading Messiah: James Fisher and Popular Millenarianism in Nineteenth-Century MelbourneJOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, Issue 1 2002Guy Featherstone James Fisher (1832-1913), known as the "Nunawading Messiah," was the leader of a millenarian sect now virtually forgotten. This article describes the beliefs and practices of the sect, the Church of the Firstborn, which he led for nearly fifty years, first in Nunawading (Vic.) and later Wickepin (W.A.). From limited sources, the development of the sect is outlined, noting the eighteenth-century English background from which it drew inspiration and the Christian Israelite traditions which it followed to some degree. Fisher's attempt to succeed Wroe as an Angelic Messenger is detailed as is the public controversy of 1871 concerning Fisher's prophetic claims and alleged polygamy. An analysis of the reasons why Fisher was able to attract a following and retain it for so long is included. The final years of his life as the leader of a communal settlement in Western Australia is followed by a discus-sion of his place in the millenarian tradition in Australia and his sect is compared with millenarian behaviour generally. [source] On the Structure of Twentieth-Century PhilosophyMETAPHILOSOPHY, Issue 4 2004Tom Rockmore Abstract: It makes sense to ask from time to time where we are in the philosophical discussion. This article reviews the debate in the twentieth century. Michael Friedman has recently argued that the split between Continental and analytic philosophy is due to the inability, because of war, to carry forward a genuine debate begun by Heidegger and Carnap around the time of Heidegger's public controversy with Cassirer at Davos in 1929. I, however, argue that there was not even the beginning of a genuine debate between Heidegger and Carnap. I argue further that the split between analytic and Continental philosophy originated earlier, in the analytic attack on idealism at the beginning of the century. And finally I argue that the differences among analytic philosophy, Continental philosophy, and pragmatism, the third main current of twentieth-century philosophy, can be traced to differing reactions to Kant. [source] | ||||||||||