Beyond the Ode to Joy? The Politics of the European Anthem

Anthems are conventionally viewed as helping to unify and mobilise populations by generating a sense of shared identity. Beethoven's Ode to Joy, which currently serves as the European anthem, occupies a more equivocal place in the European Union's symbolic armoury. Whether performed with or without Schiller's original text, the piece raises important questions regarding the nature of the European Union and the purpose of Beethoven's music within contemporary European politics. Nevertheless, given that any practical alternatives also raise significant difficulties, Beethoven's Ode to Joy can be regarded as a useful prompt for reasoned discussions regarding the future of the European Union, especially if reunited with the text of Schiller's An die Freude.     

Post-colonial folk dancing: reflections on the impact of stage folk dance style on traditional folk dance variation in Soviet and post-Soviet Estonia

ABSTRACT

The focus of this article is on traditional folk dance in Soviet and post-Soviet Estonia. Dance variation is analyzed through the prism of postcolonial theories to reveal the sequential effects of the colonial situation developed during the Soviet period. Specific causes and characteristic traits of the Soviet influence are explored. Colonialist echoes of the Soviet regime within contemporary Estonian culture are reflected in two trends in the variation of traditional folk dance: first, “contamination” of traditional folk dance with stage dance elements promoted during the Soviet era and, second, a regular search for “genuine” folk dance as a reaction to Soviet colonial heritage.     

Dance,Love, and National Awakening in Late Nineteenth-Century Lithuania

By the end of the nineteenth century, Lithuania's national awakening in the sphere of the emotive life had resulted in the strengthening of folk traditions, songs, and games (dances). In the initial stages of the awakening, there was no doubt as to the relevance of folk singing and music. The case for folk dancing was less certain. If dancing was not discarded altogether on moral grounds, was it possible to make it into an important cultural and political tool, like singing? In romantic novels, published in the earliest Lithuanian national newspapers, one can identify various challenges that young people experienced while they fell in love, engaged in the activities of the national awakening, and considered whether or not to dance.     

三合场禁制作、贩卖发水大米碑析——从 法 文 化 视 角 展 开

清代四川江津地方米贩为谋取暴利,制作并贩卖发水大米,丧尽天良,祸害乡邻,激发民变。当地乡绅于三合场刊刻石碑,禁止米贩制作、贩卖发水大米。     

音乐专业统考中影响评委评分因素的调查及相关对策

高校艺术类专业考试,特别是在音乐专业面试工作中评委队伍的构成、担任评委工作教师思想道德素质的高低,他们的业务水平与理解评分标准能力的强弱、个人精神状态的好坏以及能否经受住人情关考验等因素,一直备受考生与其家长以及社会各界的关注。为此,评委的选用与提高其素质已成为在音乐专业统考中充分体现公平、公正、公开原则的关键。本文以影响评委评分因素为调查重点,客观收集相关信息,在评委对评分标准理解或掌握,关于影响评分的常见因素以及关于现行评分标准和选用评委条件等方面进行了情况汇总,旨在为加强音乐专业统考评委队伍建设,着重提高评委评分的公平度提供一定的参考数据。     

关系社会的民间规则与纠纷解决——以彩礼纠纷为例

随着当下中国从乡土社会向市民社会的社会转型,制度变迁与文化变迁重塑了国家与社会的关系,中国传统乡土社会的关系结构面临着更新与再生,社会关系结构的变化直接影响着纠纷解决过程中国家正式规则与民间规则的互动。社会变迁过程中的彩礼纠纷体现出中国社会差序格局的理性化、权力网络的利益化,规则与社会互动关系的考察对于基层司法研究如何＂引俗入法＂具有重要意义。     

论刑事和解与民间规范

刑事和解,是我国正在倡导和试验的一种刑事纠纷解决方式。刑事和解的核心问题是处理加害人和受害人之间的权利义务关系。究竟根据什么规范处理、分配刑事和解中当事人的权利义务问题,是刑事和解的重要前提。民间规范如果一旦获得刑事和解主持人、当事人在行为上的遵从、接受和心理上的确信、认同,则可以被援引为刑事和解中当事人权利义务分配的根据。不同类型的民间规范,具有不同模式的权利义务配置方式,但这都不影响在刑事和解中对当事人的权利义务分配。国家有关刑事和解正式制度的建立,应关注民间规范的参与,关注对民间规范的吸纳。     

铃木镇一“才能教育”的思想与实践

日本的铃木教学法是国际著名的音乐教学法之一，它旨在通过小提琴教学来培养儿童的音乐才能。本文拟从铃木所提倡的教育观点、小提琴才能教学的特点等方面对“才能教育”思想与实践进行深入研究。借此希望能够为相关研究提供新的视角，从而进一步促进人们对铃木教学法的理解。     

民间法研究与批判精神

民间法研究反映了中国学术的进步,也反映了对法律发展动力的一种新认识。上世纪80年代民间法在国家—社会框架、地方性知识理论和法律多元理论支配下进行的研究,以及新世纪10年来就纠纷解决功能的探讨等,无不反映了民间法研究通过对移植式立法在实施过程中碰到的窘境的剖析,以批判性意识确立起自身独特的反思和批判精神。民间法研究的深入发展必须要回到民间法研究的既有立场上。