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UNINA9910457457503321 |
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Autore |
Samolsky Russell |
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Titolo |
Apocalyptic futures [[electronic resource] ] : marked bodies and the violence of the text in Kafka, Conrad, and Coetzee / / Russell Samolsky |
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New York, : Fordham University Press, 2011 |
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0-8232-3481-9 |
0-8232-4124-6 |
1-283-58022-5 |
9786613892676 |
0-8232-4151-3 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Modern Language Initiative |
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Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Ethics in literature |
Apocalyptic literature |
Prophecy in literature |
Violence in literature |
Mimesis in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
"This book is made possible by a collaborative grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"-- title-page verso. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: writing violence : marked bodies and retroactive signs -- Metaleptic machines : Kafka, Kabbalah, Shoah -- Kafka and Shoah -- Kafka and Kabbalah -- Inscriptional machines -- Apocalyptic futures : Heart of darkness, embodiment, and African genocide -- Heart of darkness and African genocide -- The genealogy of apocalypse -- Delayed decodings -- Marlow and messianism -- The body in ruins : torture, allegory, and materiality in J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the barbarians -- The politics of the eternal present -- Torture and allegory -- The body in ruins -- The materiality of the letter -- Mourning the bones -- Coda : the time of inscription: Maus and the |
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In this book, the author argues that certain modern literary texts have apocalyptic futures. Rather than claim that great writers have clairvoyant powers, he examines the ways in which a text incorporates an apocalyptic event into its future reception. He is thus concerned with the way in which apocalyptic works solicit their future receptions.Apocalyptic Futures also sets out to articulate a new theory and textual practice of the relation between literary reception and embodiment. Deploying the double register of “marks” to show how a text both codes and targets mutilated bodies, the author focuses on how these bodies are incorporated into texts by Kafka, Conrad, Coetzee, and Spiegelman.Situating “In the Penal Colony” in relation to the Holocaust, Heart of Darkness to the Rwandan genocide, and Waiting for the Barbarians to the revelations of torture in apartheid South Africa and contemporary Iraq, the author argues for the ethical and political importance of reading these literary works’ “apocalyptic futures” in our own urgent and perilous situations. The book concludes with a reading of Spiegelman's Maus that offers a messianic counter-time to the law of apocalyptic incorporation. |
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UNINA9910739470503321 |
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Titolo |
Dimensions of Teaching Business Ethics in Asia / / edited by Stephan Rothlin, Parissa Haghirian |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
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[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (181 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Business ethics |
Ethics |
Professional education |
Vocational education |
Business Ethics |
Professional & Vocational Education |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Introduction -- About the Contributors -- Part I: Theoretical Aspects of Business Ethics -- The Competitive Edge of Moral Leadership -- Rethinking the Impact of Religion on Business Values: Understanding its Reemergence and Measuring Its Manifestations -- Part II: Business Ethics in Asia -- Understanding Integrity Across Generations in China: Implications for Personnel Choices in Chinese Corporations -- Corruption and Anti-Corruption in China: Challenges and Countermeasures -- Taking Your Codes to China -- “Do as the Romans do in Rome”? -- Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha: A Business Ethics Paradigm -- Part III: The Asian Dimension of Teaching Business Ethics -- Teaching Business Ethics: Challenges and Responses -- Reframing Business Ethics in the Management Education Curriculum -- Implementing Business and Professional Ethics in an Asian Context: Three Steps to Integration -- Why and How to use Case Studies in |
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teaching Business Ethics -- Indian Experiment in Teaching Business Ethics -- Part IV: Towards a New Paradigm of Business Ethics in Asia -- Can Business Schools Lead the Way To a World Worth Living In?. |
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A growing number of higher education institutions in Asia are now integrating ethics courses in their curricula. But the challenge remains to develop courses that can effectively reach their objectives, and to create and use teaching materials appropriate to the particular profile of the students and executives in different regions and cultures. In this context, enhancing awareness for ethical dilemmas, proposing frameworks and models to help managers handle difficult choices and demanding decisions - while not being moralistic and imposing values - , and presenting alternative approaches through recent and relevant cases are the main objectives of this book. It examines teaching methods, learning tools and pedagogical methods effective in the teaching of ethics within the particular context of the rich diversity of Asian cultures, and discusses ethics courses curricula, aiming at developing the capacity to deal with a number of issues such as corruption, intellectual property protection, whistle blowing and consumer rights. The relevance and limits of Asian philosophical and spiritual traditions and how their underlying values can be a meaningful aspect in the teaching of ethics to managers and business leaders are explored, as are the benefits and limits of corporate codes of conduct and ways to enhance their effectiveness. A similar approach is taken to the introduction of “oaths” and “ethics pledges” among business students, which has been promoted in some business schools. . |
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