Conference Plenary: When Liberation Movements Become One-Dimensional: On Critical Theory and Intersectionality

Abstract

One of the great obstacles to liberation and social change is the one-dimensional focus of many liberation movements. By “one-dimensional,” we mean the narrow reductionist approach to social change by many oppressed groups. In this article, we examine Marcuse’s notion of catalyst groups and connect that to the concept of intersectionality. We argue that critical theory must become a theory of intersectionality. While various forms of oppression have their own distinct logic of operation and specific target group, the continuation of each form of oppression is supported by other forms of oppression. One of the goals of this plenary was to help participants focus on the theme of the conference, critique and praxis, by envisioning new possibilities for theory, critique, praxis, and pedagogy in our time. To this end, we attempted to rethink Marcuse’s notion of one-dimensional thinking by linking it with Rene Girard’s concept of mimetic rivalry and the black feminist concept of intersectionality.     

Wohnungsrückstellung "neu ausgemalt weiß" gebührenschädlich

Die Verpflichtung des Bestandnehmers, bei Beendigung des Bestandverh?ltnisses "die Bestandseinheit neu ausgemalt wei?" zurückzugeben, stellt eine Leistung des Bestandnehmers dar, die zum Wert (mithin zur Gebührenbemessungsgrundlage) hinzuzurechnen ist. Gleiches gilt für die Verpflichtung zum Abschluss eines W?rmeenergiebezugsvertrages.     

Werbungskosten und Vorsteuerabzug bei einer leerstehenden (zuvor vermieteten) Eigentumswohnung

Eine – neben Vermietungsanstrengungen unternommene – Suche nach K?ufern führt, wenn in den Vorjahren eine Vermietung erfolgt ist, nicht dazu, dass nicht weiterhin die Vermietungsabsicht im Vordergrund stünde (und somit nicht mehr Einkünfte aus Vermietung und Verpachtung anzunehmen w?ren und/oder davon auszugehen w?re, dass die Eigentumswohnung nicht mehr der Erzielung von Ums?tzen aus der Vermietung und Verpachtung diene). Bei langen Leerstehungen muss allerdings zur Aufrechterhaltung einer steuerlich anzuerkennenden Vermietungsabsicht eine "deutliche Anpassung der angebotenen Mietkonditionen" vorgenommen werden. Umsatzsteuerrechtlich ist hiebei uU (wenn die Vermietung nicht zu Wohnzwecken erfolgt) auch ma?geblich, ob eine Option zur Steuerpflicht der Vermietung erfolgt.     

Hybrid processes within parenting plan assessments: Rationale and an illustrative model

Parenting plan Assessments, also known as child custody evaluations, are forensic psychological investigations into the needs of children, the parenting capacities of their caregivers, and the resulting fit between the children's needs and caregiver capacities. Typically, they result in recommendations that are, in the opinion of the assessor, formulated to meet the best interests of children regarding a parenting plan, child sharing, parental responsibilities and ancillary services that are likely to support the children's optimal functioning as well as the functioning of the now reconfigured family. Such assessments are part of a pathway to untangling conflicts between the parents regarding the most appropriate parenting plan for the reconfigured family. Paradoxically, the assessment process can exacerbate the conflict, entrench parental polarization, and create lingering feelings of helplessness, frustration, and disempowerment in the parents. This article provides a rationale for the use of a hybrid process that incorporates alternative dispute resolution as an integrated part of the parenting plan assessment and provides an illustrative model of such a hybrid process.