Our wildest imagination: violence,narrative, and sympathetic identification

ABSTRACT

At this polarizing moment in American politics identifying with the experiences of others feels especially difficult, but it is vital for sharing a world in common. Scholars in a variety of disciplines have argued that narratives, and especially literary ones, can help us cultivate this capacity by soliciting sympathetic identification with particular characters. In doing so, narratives can help us to be more ethically and political responsive to other human beings. This is a limited view of the potential for narratives to solicit sympathetic identification, and it prevents us from identifying and grappling with our resistances to identifying with others. In this article I propose a more expansive view – inspired by Elizabeth Costello, a character in JM Coetzee’s novel of the same name – that there are no bounds to our capacities for sympathetic identification. Through critical readings of Waiting for the Barbarians and Animal Farm I explore the possibility that we might identify with people who cause others to suffer, and perhaps even with animals too. Both sorts of identification engender fierce resistance. Identifying with those who cause suffering demands that we grapple with our own capacities for cruelty and violence. Identifying with animals demands that we confront what is animal in ourselves – the perilous instincts that, unmoderated, incline us to aggression. Acknowledging and working through – without rejecting or disavowing – our capacities for cruelty and our animal instincts is necessary for the practices of sympathetic identification upon which sharing a world depends.     

对贵州民族识别工作的探析与思考

中国自19世纪50年代开展民族识别工作以来,取得了举世瞩目的伟大成果。但就身处于西南边陲的贵州省而言,虽然也在民族识别工作的进程中努力探索并奋斗了60多年,但仍旧有数十万人的未识别民族存在,这既有历史的客观原因,也有主观认识上存在的问题。因此,对贵州民族识别工作的探析与思考就显得尤为重要。     

马来西亚饮食业的命名研究——以中文招牌为例

文章对槟城、雪兰莪、马六甲、柔佛、砂拉越及吉隆坡的1241个饮食业中文招牌样本进行调查分析,发现它们有独特的典型基本结构,而且以"专名项+业名项+通名项"为主。文章也罗列了马来西亚饮食业中文招牌普遍运用的18种命名法,其中4种是此研究中新发现的。研究结果除了可起到填补空缺及留下及时记录的作用,也对从事饮食业的人士有一定的参考价值。     

"无讼"法律文化与中国公众的法律认同

"无讼"作为中国传统法律文化的重要价值取向,对当代中国公众的法律认同,产生了许多方面的消极影响,从而导致公众的狭隘工具性法律认同、单一性法律认同和对法律的不认同.但同时,"无讼"法律文化对当代中国公众的法律认同,也有许多方面的积极影响和有益的启示.它对社会安定与秩序的追求,是人们产生法律认同的基本前提.我们可以批判地借鉴它对传统道德、民间习惯等社会调节手段的运用,从而建立法律的内在权威,促进公众的自觉认同;它所推行的多规则统治模式,有利于我们避免"法律万能主义"的非理性认同,建立对法律的理性认同.我们在法治化进程中,要坚持"权利本位"的宗旨,提供良好法律产品;执政党和政府要厉行法治,做法律认同的典范;进一步促进国家法律对民间规则、习俗的认可、接纳力度,使法律成为公众内心习惯的一部分,增强法律的亲和力.     

辨认结论的证据资格和证明力探讨

辨认结论具有客观性、关联性及合法性,应具有证据资格;辨认结论的证明力应通过辨认结论的可靠性、关联程度等方面进行考量.根据辨识主体的不同,辨认结论应归入证人证言、被害人陈述、犯罪嫌疑人供述与辩解.单一的辨认结论不能作为定案的唯一根据.     

医疗事故罪认定之我见

医疗事故罪的认定,需要从犯罪的主体、主观方面、客观方面综合评定,并正确区分责任事故和技术事故。医疗事故鉴定结论在医疗事故罪的认定中有着重要的作用,但是医疗事故鉴定的程序、规则、组成人员等方面亟待改革。     

Quality Management in Public-Sector Organizations: Evidence from Six EU Countries

Although there is considerable evidence for the hypothesis that an efficient use of management techniques is the key to a good public service delivery, a lot of studies come to the conclusion that there is only partial, reluctant implementation or even a general lack of the use of such techniques by public managers. This paper examines the determinants for the use of quality management techniques in public sector organizations from six EU countries. It turns out that especially more organizational autonomy and result control appear to be of importance while, surprisingly, the combination of these variables leads to negative results.     

《毒品识别与检验》实验教学体系创新性探索

目前公安教育普遍面临着实验教学体系薄弱的现状,在教学中为培养具有综合能力和创新能力的禁毒警察,改变现阶段禁毒民警业务知识薄弱的现状,我院禁毒学专业对“毒品识别与检验”实验教学体系进行改革,进行创新性教育的探索。     

紫外导数光谱法鉴别透明胶带

通过对200余种透明胶带紫外导数光谱分析,确定了最佳分析条件,验证了分析方法的重现性和稳定性。分析了不同胶带紫外导数光谱产生变化的原因,证明紫外导数光谱法是一种快速、简单、可靠、实用的鉴别透明胶带来源的方法。     

南非关联船认定及其应对措施

关联船的认定方式有两种:直接证明式和间接证明式.对于直接证明式的举证,我们要向法院说明我国国有企业的独立法人地位,中国政府对国有企业只有行政管理,不存在商业意义上的控制.对于间接证明式的举证,要淡化索赔人所列举的确实存在的关联因素,驳斥其列举的不存在的关联因素.