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Recent Perspectives on Leprosy in Medieval Western Europe1

HISTORY COMPASS (ELECTRONIC), Issue 5 2010
Elma Brenner
Responses to leprosy in medieval Western Europe were complex and often contradictory. Recent scholarship has challenged the predominant earlier view that lepers were excluded and stigmatized, suggesting instead that lepers were believed to have been chosen by God to be redeemed, and were thus the objects of sympathy and compassion. Research in the fields of history, archaeology and literature has addressed the social and religious status of lepers, the clinical identity and prevalence of medieval leprosy, and the medieval medical understanding of the disease. Much research has also focused on the endowment and functioning of leper hospitals (leprosaria). Although these institutions were situated outside towns and cities, they were still connected to mainstream society as a key focus of charity. The study of leprosy in the Middle Ages has been a vibrant field of scholarship in recent years , yet much still remains to be discovered about medieval lepers, leprosy and leprosaria. The field would benefit from studies comparing the situation of lepers in different regions, and from greater consideration of leprosy in its broader cultural, political, iconographic and ethical context. Such work would contribute not only to our understanding of leprosy, but also to the wider social, medical and religious history of the medieval West. [source]

Students, mental health and citizenship

LEGAL STUDIES, Issue 3 2004
Neville Harris
This paper examines the developing and complex legal relationship between universities and students, or would-be students, who have mental health problems. Discussion takes account of the wider social and policy contexts, including the extent of mental ill-health among the student population, the market for higher education, and government policies towards universities. It contends that the legal position of students with mental health problems demonstrates that there is a need for the relationship between students and universities to be conceptualised with reference to the citizenship ideal rather than the consumer paradigm with which it has tended to become associated in public policy terms. [source]

Succeeding at succession: the myth of Orestes

THE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 5 2008
Kenneth Eisold
Abstract:, Although the myth of Oedipus seems an inevitable template for understanding succession in psychoanalysis, the myth of Orestes offers a more complex and promising view of the intergenerational transfer of leadership and authority, one that takes into account the entire community, not merely the individual leader. A closer look at the Aeschylus drama suggests three dimensions that need to be taken into account in managing succession: what are the mechanisms enabling the community to participate, what is the role of the unconscious irrational forces inevitably aroused in the process, and what are the wider social and economic issues that need to be addressed? This paper looks at the myth elaborated in the Greek drama, and then applies it to some of the current problems facing contemporary psychoanalytic institutions. Translations of Abstract Bien que le mythe d'Oedipe semble un modèle incontournable pour appréhender la question de la succession en psychanalyse, le mythe d'Oreste offre une vision plus complexe et plus riche du transfert intergénérationnel de leadership et d'autorité, dans la mesure où il prend en compte la communauté dans son ensemble et pas seulement le leader en tant qu'individu. Un regard plus attentif à la tragédie d'Eschyle laisse apparaître trois dimensions à prendre en compte dans la compréhension de la succession: les mécanismes permettant à la communauté de participer, le rôle de l'inconscient et des forces irrationnelles émergeant inévitablement au cours du processus et les questions économiques et sociales plus globales qui se posent. Cet article se penche sur le mythe tel qu'il est élaboré dans la tragédie grecque et s'en sert pour éclairer certains problèmes actuels rencontrés dans nos institutions psychanalytiques. Obgleich der Mythos des Ödipus für die Psychoanalyse eine unverzichtbare Schablone zu sein scheint, um das Problem der Erbfolge zu verstehen, bietet der Mythos des Orest eine komplexere und aussichtsreichere Perspektive auf die intergenerationale Weitergabe von Führerschaft und Autorität, nämlich eine, die die gesamte Gemeinschaft berücksichtigt, nicht nur den individuellen Führer. Eine nähere Betrachtung von Äschylus Drama führt zu der Empfehlung, drei Dimensionen der Weitergabe eines Erbes fragend in Betracht zu ziehen: welche Mechanismen ermöglichen der Gemeinschaft, Anteil zu nehmen, worin besteht die Rolle des Unbewußten, der irrationalen Kräfte, die unweigerlich im Prozeß auftreten und welches sind die weiteren sozialen und ökonomischen Fragen, die angesprochen werden müssen? Dieser Text betrachtet den in dem griechischen Drama entwickelten Mythos und wendet ihn darauf folgend auf einige zeitgenössische Problemfelder an, denen heutige psychoanalytische Institutionen gegenüberstehen. Sebbene il mito di Edipo sembri l'inevitabile architrave per comprendere la successione in psicoanalisi, il mito di Oreste offre una visione più complessa e promettente del passaggio intergenerazionale della leadership e della autorità, visione che tiene in considerazione l'intera comunità e non solo il leader individuale. Uno sguardo più attento al dramma di Eschilo mostra come debbano essere considerate tre dimensioni perché una successione riesca: quali sono i meccanismi che permettono alla comunità di partecipare, quale è il ruolo delle forze inconsce, irrazionali che inevitabilmente si attivano nel processo e quali sono i principali obiettivi sociali ed economici che devono essere indicati . In questo lavoro si analizza il mito elaborato nel dramma greco e lo si applica poi ad alcuni dei problemi attuali che le moderne società psicoanalitiche devono affrontare. Aún cuando el mito de Edipo pareciera una condición inevitable para entender al proceso de sucesión en psicoanálisis, el mito de Orestes ofrece una visión mas compleja y prometedora de la trasmisión intergeneracional del liderazgo y la autoridad, este tomaría en cuenta a toda una comunidad, y no solamente a un líder individual. Una mirada mas acuciosa del drama de Esquilo sugiere tres dimensiones que deben ser tomadas en cuenta en el manejo de la sucesión: cuales mecanismos permiten la participación de la comunidad, cual es el papel de las fuerzas irracionales e inconsciente que inevitablemente surgen en el proceso, y cuales son los amplios asuntos sociales y económicos que necesitamos estudiar? Este trabajo observa al mito elaborado en el drama griego y lo aplica a la comprensión de algunos de los problemas que enfrentan las instituciones psicoanalíticas contemporáneas. [source]

DUNG BY PREFERENCE: THE CHOICE OF FUEL AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ANDEAN POTTERY PRODUCTION IS EMBEDDED WITHIN WIDER TECHNICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC PRACTICES,

ARCHAEOMETRY, Issue 1 2000
B. SILLAR
A discussion of how Andean potters acquire and use their fuels is used to demonstrate the ,embedded'nature of ceramic technology. The most common choice of fuel in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia is animal dung (mainly cow, sheep, and llama). This technological choice is related to wider social and economic practices (particularly in relation to animal husbandry) which has further repercussions that affect other technologies (such as agriculture practices). Such a succession of interrelated activities is not unique to pottery; it is fundamental to all technologies and should be considered within archaeological analysis. [source]

Bugs, Bats and Animal Estates: The Architectural Territories of ,Wild Beasts'

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Issue 3 2010
Ben Campkin
Abstract For architecture, animals and insects have conventionally represented the threat of infestation - a parasitic and insanitary uninvited presence. Could the animal world, however, offer previously untapped opportunities for design innovation? At a time when the relationship between architecture and nature is coming under question, Ben Campkin takes the opportunity to bring attention to the wider social and geographical processes lying beneath the occupation of the man-made environment by insect and animal life. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]