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This is Durban curry, continued... a show which has been running
since the 1860s, when the first indentured labourers came from
India to work in the sugar cane plantations of then colonial Natal.
They brought spices, and seeds, and recipes. And when inevitably,
the influences and memories of the mother cuisine faded, Durban
curry became its own thing.
Recognisably different from its roots: redder, hotter. More
tomatoes, more chillis. But growing in its new homeground as it
pleased. Varying from cook to cook, chef to chef. That's what we
documented in 2014 in Durban Curry, So Much of Flavour. Now, in
2019, we find it's changing again.
Not the classics. They are timeless. But Durban curry is not set
in stone. The point about this community dish which has become a
national treasure is, precisely and imprecisely, that it has always
moved and mutated with the times. It continues, as it did right
from the beginning, to respond to new circumstances and needs.
And the point about our first investigation into what made it
distinctive is that it was “just a taste". We wrote: “We know there
is much more to tell, many more kitchens to visit, and dishes to
discover."
There has been a recent revival of interest in the doctrine of
divine simplicity in systematic and philosophical theology,
following decades of intense reflection on the tri-personhood of
the Christian God. While recent studies have produced a greater
appreciation of patristic and scholastic theologies, they have not
yet engaged in dialogue with proponents of the trinitarian revival
that emerged in the latter half of the twentieth century in
anything other than polemical terms. This book offers a theological
defense of the doctrine of divine simplicity through careful
reading of both exemplary historical theologians and Robert W.
Jenson, an important American contributor to the trinitarian
revival. After tracing continuities and discontinuities amongst
select historical theologians, the book approaches Jenson with a
multivalent account of divine simplicity. The result is a more
nuanced interpretation of Jenson's theology, an account of divine
simplicity that responds to perceived problems, and new
constructive proposals for divine simplicity in trinitarian
theology.
It has seemed at times that there is no neutral territory between
those who see Bakhtin as the practitioner of a kind of neo-Marxist,
or at least materialist, deconstruction and those who look at the
same texts and see a defender of traditional, liberal humanist
values and classical conceptions of order, a conservative in the
true sense of the term. Arising from a conference under the same
title held at Texas Tech University, Carnivalizing Difference seeks
to explore the actual and possible relationships between Bakhtinian
theory and cultural practice. The introduction explores the
changing configurations of our understanding of Bakhtin's work in
the context of recent theory and outlines how that understanding
can inform, and be informed by, culture both ancient and modern.
Eleven articles, spanning a wide range of periods and cultural
forms, then address these issues in detail, revealing the ways in
which Bakhtinian thought illuminates, sometimes obfuscates, but
always challenges.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
It has seemed at times that there is no neutral territory between those who see Bakhtin as the practitioner of a kind of neo-Marxist, or at least materialist, deconstruction and those who look at the same texts and see a defender of traditional, liberal humanist values and classical conceptions of order, a conservative in the true sense of the term. Arising from a conference under the same title held at Texas Tech University, Carnivalizing Difference seeks to explore the actual and possible relationships between Bakhtinian theory and cultural practice. The introduction explores the changing configurations of our understanding of Bakhtin's work in the context of recent theory and outlines how that understanding can inform, and be informed by, culture both ancient and modern. Eleven articles, spanning a wide range of periods and cultural forms, then address these issues in detail, revealing the ways in which Bakhtinian thought illuminates, sometimes obfuscates, but always challenges.
The significance of Plato's" Apology of Socrates" is impossible
to overestimate. An account of the famous trial of Socrates in 399
b.c., it appeals to historians, philosophers, political scientists,
classicists, and literary critics. It is also essential reading for
students of ancient Greek.
This new commentary on Plato's canonical work is designed to
accommodate the needs of students in intermediate-level Greek
classes, where they typically encounter the "Apology" for the first
time. Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter, two highly respected
classicists and veteran instructors, present the "Apology" in its
traditional thirty-three-chapter structure. They amplify the text
with running commentary and glosses of unfamiliar words at the
bottom of each page; brief chapter introductions to relevant
philosophical, historical, and rhetorical issues; and a separate
series of thought-provoking essays, one on each chapter. The essays
can serve as bases for class discussions or as starting points for
paper topics or general reflection.
By integrating background material into the text at regular
intervals rather than front-loading it in a lengthy initial
overview or burying it in back-of-the-book endnotes, the authors
offer students a rich encounter with the text. Their commentary
incorporates the latest research on both the trial of Socrates and
Plato's version of it, and it engages major philosophical issues
from a contemporary perspective. This book is not only a
much-needed aid for students of Greek. It is also the basis of a
complete course on the "Apology."
The comedies of Aristophanes are known not only for their boldly
imaginative plots but for the ways in which they incorporate and
orchestrate a wide variety of literary genres and speech styles.
Unlike the writers of tragedy, who prefer a uniformly elevated
tone, Aristophanes articulates his dramatic dialogue with striking
literary and linguistic juxtapositions, producing a carnivalesque
medley of genres that continually forces both audience and reader
to readjust their perspectives. In this energetic and original
study, Charles Platter interprets the complexities of Aristophanes'
work through the lens of Mikhail Bakhtin's critical writing.
This book charts a new course for Aristophanic comedy, taking
its lead from the work of Bakhtin. Bakhtin describes the way
multiple voices -- vocabularies, tones, and styles of language
originating in different social classes and contexts -- appear and
interact within literary texts. He argues that the dynamic quality
of literature arises from the dialogic relations that exist among
these voices. Although Bakhtin applied his theory primarily to the
epic and the novel, Platter finds in his work profound implications
for Aristophanic comedy, where stylistic heterogeneity is the
genre's lifeblood.
In this collection of provocative essays, historians and
literary theorists assess the influence of Michel Foucault,
particularly his "History of Sexuality," on the study of classics.
Foucault's famous work presents a bold theory of sexuality for both
ancient and modern times, and yet until now it has remained
under-explored and insufficiently analyzed. By bringing together
the historical knowledge, philological skills, and theoretical
perspectives of a wide range of scholars, this collection enables
the reader to explore Foucault's model of Greek culture and see how
well his interpretation accounts for the full range of evidence
from Greece and Rome. Not only do the essays bring to light the
assumptions, ideas, and practices that constituted the intimate
lives of men and women in the ancient Mediterranean world, but they
also demonstrate the importance of the" History of Sexuality" for
fields as diverse as Greco-Roman antiquity, women's history,
cultural studies, philosophy, and modern sexuality.
The essays include "Situating "The History of Sexuality"" (the
editors), "Taking the Sex Out of Sexuality: Foucault's Failed
History" (Joel Black), ""Incipit Philosophia"" (Alain Vizier), "The
Subject in Antiquity after Foucault" (Page duBois), "This Myth
Which Is Not One: Construction of Discourse in Plato's "Symposium""
(Jeffrey S. Carnes), "Foucault's "History of Sexuality" A Useful
Theory for Women?" (Amy Richlin), "Catullan Consciousness, the
'Care of the Self, ' and the Force of the Negative in History"
(Paul Allen Miller), "Reversals of Platonic Love in Petronius'
"Satyricon"" (Daniel B. McGlathery), and an essay from "Dislocating
Masculinity" (Lin Foxhall).
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