Dialogues of the War on Drugs: towards restorative reentry initiatives

The injustices of mass incarceration and the ‘War on Drugs’ are a much debated topic in the United States. My project engages this thematic field by examining how formerly incarcerated people discuss the War on Drugs and mass incarceration. I analyze the narratives of 17 formerly incarcerated men who volunteered to participate in: (1) life story interviews, (2) focus groups and (3) semi-structured interviews. Both restorative justice and reentry have been criticized for failing to consider the social, structural, and historical inequalities for marginalized groups. I contend that my subjects’ engagement with historical and autobiographical narratives contributes to an innovative practice borrowing from restorative justice in the context of reentry. The preliminary results confirm that for those who were on the frontline of the War on Drugs, narrating their life story was a cathartic experience and discussing collective memories of slavery and Jim Crow in a group setting became an educational moment and reaffirmed the need to rethink this history. I found the older generation believes the past should be remembered and racism still exists, while the younger generation subscribes to a colorblind view of society and wants to move on.     

艾略特小说的希腊悲剧式结构

乔治·艾略特是英国19世纪著名的批判现实主义女作家。她的小说主要描写英国中部的乡村生活,书中的人物及其命运浮沉成为转型期英国社会的一个缩影。1860年出版的长篇小说《弗洛斯河上的磨房》,被公认为是一部自传体性质的小说,是艾略特的代表作;1872年发表的《米德尔马契》则被认为是她创作生涯的巅峰之作。两部小说采用了希腊悲剧式的结构,分别讲述了三位主人公悲剧性的人生境遇,生动再现并深刻批判了19世纪英国乡村的社会现实,两部作品堪称形式与内容的完美结合。     

Building a Bridge of Friendship between Peoples of China and Hungary

正Ever since its founding,the World Bridge Foundation of Hungary has been aiming to set up a platform of dialogue between China and Hungary,enhancing mutual understanding and cooperation between peoples in central and eastern European countries and the Chinese people with several thousand years of history.As the founder and Honorary Chairman of the Foundation,I have made continuous efforts in this     

莫言长篇小说叙事与女性化思维之隐在关系论

莫言长篇小说的叙述方式在中国当代先锋小说创作中别具一格,主要体现在其借鉴了中国古代绘画的散点透视法,并结合了幻想式心理分析方式和齐文化中的鬼神信仰叙事,这样就增强了其长篇小说既丰富又独特的叙述张力。这种以散点透视为核心的多维叙述方式与中国思维方式的女性化有着隐秘的内在关系。这是莫言长篇小说叙述的美学特点,符合现代小说艺术的发展趋势,值得进一步探讨。     

‘The association that dissociates’ – narratives of local political resistance in Kosovo and the delayed implementation of the Brussels Agreement

ABSTRACT

The existing literature on the EU’s transformative role in the Balkans looks at EU conditionality as a unidirectional system of rewards that is expected to motivate local elites to comply with EU rules. This article raises a different question: how do local actors bypass the implementation phase of EU conditionality and what kind of political resistance narratives do they use for this purpose? The analysis attempts to tackle these inter-related questions by focusing on the delayed implementation of the Brussels Agreement between Belgrade and Pristina as a case study, using the interpretive method of narrative analysis. The article aims to link fieldwork empirics with theoretical discussions in the field of EU compliance literature by stressing the importance of local actors’ resistance to EU incentives. Three levels of analysis will be conducted in order to address the research question: (1) mapping different types of actors at the local level and stressing their heterogeneity; (2) understanding how local resistance to EU pressure evolved in the period 2013–2016; and (3) showing how their policy narratives influenced the implementation phase and the maintenance of the status quo. In conclusion, the analysis shows that the EU’s mediation strategy of ‘constructive ambiguity’ favours local actors’ political resistance, particularly in the implementation phase. The main findings show that ‘dividers’ outnumber ‘connectors’ in local actors’ narratives, thus strengthening political resistance to EU pressure.     

‘The Open Church’ and ‘the Closed Church’ and the discourse on Jews in Poland between 1989 and 2000

This paper analyzes the attitudes of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland towards the Jews and anti-Semitism during the first decade since the political transformation of 1989–1990. After discussing briefly the main patterns of the development of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland in the modern era I examine two opposing positions within the institutionalized Roman Catholic Church — the ‘Open Church’ and the ‘Closed Church’ — that emerged in the aftermath of Poland's regaining full sovereignty in 1989. The ‘Open Church’ and the ‘Closed Church’ represent opposite views on the role of the church in society and on the dialogue with Jews and Judaism and on anti-Semitism.The ‘Open Church’ is a relatively recent phenomenon that originated in the circles of the layman progressive Catholic intelligentsia in the post-1945 period. It is the first visible formation within Roman Catholic Church in Poland, which advocates dialogue with Jews and Judaism and is engaged in the eradication of anti-Semitic attitudes. The ‘Closed Church,’ which represents the formation of the ‘besieged fortress’ was historically strongly intertwined with the exclusivist ethno-nationalistic political movement of the National Democracy. The remnants of this fusion were still visible in the statements of high rank clergy in the 1990s and early 2000. This formation ignores the concept of the dialogue with Jews and Judaism advocated by Pope John Paul II and among its supporters there are still many holders of anti-Semitic views. The paper provides various examples of anti-Semitic occurrences and pronouncements of the 1990s and it discusses various initiatives aimed at the facilitating dialogue between Christians and Jews introduced by the members of the ‘Open Church’ in the 1990s. It assess the importance of the ‘Open Church’ in the eradication of anti-Semitic views and the extent of the influence of the ‘Closed Church’ on both the clergy and Catholic community at large.     

在中西比较中考察清代女性小说写作的社会意蕴

清代女性的小说通俗文学是在特定社会历史条件下女性身份和女性意识的产物。与西方女性小说比较，可以更加清楚地观照其特征。清代女作家虽然已经具有了呈现自我意识、实现自我价值的冲动和愿望，但在与男权文化的抗争时却表现得软弱无力。这既与女作家身处的时代社会有关，又受制于她们自身对男权文学陈规的顺应和屈从。对韵文文体的社会文化含义的深刻认同、女性自我意识的遮蔽、人文精神的缺失、审美功能的淡化，构建了清代女性通俗文学写作的悲剧性情境。     

浅谈林白小说中女性意识的游离现象

作为1990年代女性私语化写作的典型作家,林白小说一贯被认为是具有大胆而鲜明的女性意识的。然而,细细地品读其一些作品,却会发现她的女性意识在大胆激进中有游离现象。     

论1990年代以来乡土小说的新趋向

1990年代以来,中国乡村发生了巨大的改变,以之为题材的乡土小说创作也出现了许多新的趋向.在创作姿态上,作家们更热衷于对乡村文化的感伤式怀恋,或站在乡村立场上为乡村代言;在创作观念上呈现出更复杂和多元的面貌;题材范围从传统的乡村领域拓展到在城市边缘谋生的"打工族",艺术表现也有许多新的变化.它的主要缺陷,一是对乡村苦难的淡漠,二是缺乏深刻的哲学意蕴.     

《红字》的复调性

运用叙事学理论和复调小说理论,对霍桑<红字>的矛盾性进行分析,可以发现这部作品存在多种声音的叙述:第一,叙述者的声音;第二,隐含作者的"声音";第三,小说中海丝特·白兰、丁梅斯代尔、齐灵窝斯三位主人公声音的在场.由于多种声音的出现,读者在解读作品时能真切体会到作者的思想及<红字>中存在的矛盾性.