Un nouvel Ailleurs. L'Image du Monde de Giovanni Villani

International audienceCette étude est destinée à définir l’ailleurs que décrit Giovanni Villani dans la "Nuova cronica". L’analyse de la représentation, dans cette chronique, des diverses parties de l’univers traditionnellement exposées par les Encyclopédistes du Moyen Âge et de leur insertion dans le discours met en évidence les liens qui unissent cet ailleurs à Florence, et tente de démontrer l’originalité de sa représentation

“Relief is a political gesture:” The Jewish Labor Committee’s interventions in war-torn Poland, 1939-1945

This paper describes the role of an American organization, the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), in the support of Jewish people in Poland during World War II. In the context of the division and occupation of Poland by the USSR and by Nazi Germany, the JLC’s help materialized in two ways: relief (generally in kind) was sent to Jewish refugees in Russia; money was sent for relief and for weapons to Jews in the General Government region under German rule. In the latter situation, the JLC contributed to support the preparations for the insurrection of the Warsaw ghetto. The channels of information and transmission by which the JLC acted are described in both cases. The common Bundist political culture shared by both the leaders of the JLC in New York (former political refugees themselves) and the most influential political organizations in the ghetto explains the JLC’s ability to come into contact with leaders of the ghetto and to react immediately to the news of the systematic destruction of the Jewish population. In this extreme case, the nature of the JLC’s interventions, a bridge between two worlds, is defined as being political as well as humanitarian.Cet article décrit l’aide apportée aux Juifs de Pologne par une organisation américaine fondée à New York, le Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dans la situation de la division et occupation de la Pologne par l’URSS et par l’Allemagne nazie l’aide matérielle du JLC se concrétisa de deux manières : aide humanitaire (généralement en nature) pour les réfugiés en URSS, et envoi d’argent pour la survie alimentaire mais aussi pour l’achat d’armes dans la région du Gouvernement général sous contrôle nazi. Dans ce dernier cas, le JLC contribua au soutien de l’insurrection du ghetto de Varsovie. Les voies de l’information et de la transmission de biens sont analysées dans les deux cas. La culture politique bundiste, partagée par les dirigeants du JLC à New York (anciens réfugiés politiques eux-mêmes) et par les dirigeants les plus influents du ghetto explique la capacité du JLC à entrer en contact avec la direction du ghetto et à réagir immédiatement dès que les nouvelles de la destruction systématique de la population lui parvinrent. Dans ce contexte extrême, la nature de l’aide apportée par le JLC fut à la fois humanitaire et politique

HOW THE SEC CHANGED CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE SOUTH

This paper takes us back in time with a look at the world and the South Eastern Conference during the time of integration all the way up to present day. It shows the struggle young African-American men and women had to go through in everyday life. The 1960s was a time when young African-American athletes weren’t just thinking about the last play of the game in the deep South but will they be ok making it back to the bus. This looks into two college athletes during this time period and what they went through from the outside world to their family life. Their stories show what they went through to pave the way for future African-American athletes. This paper also gives an updated live look into the SEC to take pros and cons of today. It also visits the many influences outside the SEC and how they have an effect. We take everything we have learned over time and see what we can do or change for future generations

“Relief is a political gesture:” The Jewish Labor Committee’s interventions in war-torn Poland, 1939-1945

This paper describes the role of an American organization, the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), in the support of Jewish people in Poland during World War II. In the context of the division and occupation of Poland by the USSR and by Nazi Germany, the JLC’s help materialized in two ways: relief (generally in kind) was sent to Jewish refugees in Russia; money was sent for relief and for weapons to Jews in the General Government region under German rule. In the latter situation, the JLC contributed to support the preparations for the insurrection of the Warsaw ghetto. The channels of information and transmission by which the JLC acted are described in both cases. The common Bundist political culture shared by both the leaders of the JLC in New York (former political refugees themselves) and the most influential political organizations in the ghetto explains the JLC’s ability to come into contact with leaders of the ghetto and to react immediately to the news of the systematic destruction of the Jewish population. In this extreme case, the nature of the JLC’s interventions, a bridge between two worlds, is defined as being political as well as humanitarian.Cet article décrit l’aide apportée aux Juifs de Pologne par une organisation américaine fondée à New York, le Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Dans la situation de la division et occupation de la Pologne par l’URSS et par l’Allemagne nazie l’aide matérielle du JLC se concrétisa de deux manières : aide humanitaire (généralement en nature) pour les réfugiés en URSS, et envoi d’argent pour la survie alimentaire mais aussi pour l’achat d’armes dans la région du Gouvernement général sous contrôle nazi. Dans ce dernier cas, le JLC contribua au soutien de l’insurrection du ghetto de Varsovie. Les voies de l’information et de la transmission de biens sont analysées dans les deux cas. La culture politique bundiste, partagée par les dirigeants du JLC à New York (anciens réfugiés politiques eux-mêmes) et par les dirigeants les plus influents du ghetto explique la capacité du JLC à entrer en contact avec la direction du ghetto et à réagir immédiatement dès que les nouvelles de la destruction systématique de la population lui parvinrent. Dans ce contexte extrême, la nature de l’aide apportée par le JLC fut à la fois humanitaire et politique

Emmanuelle Le Texier. Quand les exclus font de la politique : Le barrio mexicain de San Diego, Californie

C’est un ouvrage très efficace qu’Emmanuelle Le Texier nous livre, en quelque 200 pages, sur la vie politique d’un quartier de la ville de San Diego en Californie. La valeur de ce travail monographique tient à sa précision parfaite et à l’intérêt de la situation décrite, mais aussi à l’exemplarité de cette étude pour comprendre l’évolution des questions relatives à l’intégration des immigrants dans la vie politique américaine. D’une étude de cas circonscrite au Barrio Logan, quartier pauvre d..

Foreword

American history is often divided per decades as if each one of them, especially in the XXth century, could neatly be separated from the preceding and succeeding ones by distinct characteristics. Hence the major features of each period have an iconic value enhancing the main aspects of the decade while overshadowing less typical events and trends as well as more nuanced explanations of social change. Of course no one denies that the lives of most Americans—although to unequal degrees—were aff..

Introduction

The essays gathered in this issue offer new perspectives on transatlantic relations between Europe and the United States. They deal with specific, other than labor, forms of migration. Generally constrained by political forces, exile evokes a forced abandonment of one’s homeland, while expatriation, on the contrary, indicates a chosen movement across borders, springing from a diversity of motives, be they economic, political, intellectual, cultural or personal. Yet these two notions have more..

Labor History Symposium: Gerald Friedman, Reigniting the Labor Movement

When trade union growth worldwide came to a halt in the 1980s, a wide body of literature appeared on the causes of trade union decline. Since that time an even more substantial number of books and articles have been penned on the possibility of trade union revitalization: which combination of factors might lead to resurgence; what organizational forms are best suited to the new political and economic landscape; which goals, strategies and tactics are most likely to spark a reversal of trade unionism’s fortunes. Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts and the US editor of this journal, has contributed impressively to these ongoing debates in his Reigniting the Labor Movement. One of the strengths of this important book is its historical and transnational approach. Friedman skilfully weaves together a century’s worth of data from 16 countries to support his principal argument that strikes hold the key to any understanding of the rise, decline and possible resurgence of the labour movement. Trade unions, he argues, must enhance internal democracy in order to facilitate militancy. An indispensible book for all concerned with the present and future prospects of trade unionism, Reigniting the Labor Movement is here examined by four of the leading authorities on that subject

Producción de texto de educación de la fe de IV y V de secundaria y revisión de los fundamentos pedagógicos del área de educación de la fe a la luz del paradigma sociocognitivo-humanista. Institución educativa Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones “Recoleta”

El presente trabajo se enmarca en la convicción de que es preciso transformar (refundar) la Escuela de tal modo que sea capaz de responder a las condiciones, necesidades y fines que plantea la nueva sociedad emergente (posmoderna, globalizada, del conocimiento y de retorno espiritual). Los paradigmas educativos que respondieron a la sociedad industrial y anteriores no son capaces de asumir el reto, por lo que consideramos que es preciso asumir un nuevo paradigma: el sociocognitivo humanista. En el primer capítulo veremos las principales características del mundo de hoy para comprender el contexto en el que se da actualmente la educación en general, y la educación de la fe en particular. Luego haremos una revisión histórica de los paradigmas educativos y catequéticos, así como las características del Paradigma Sociocognitivo-humanista. Terminaremos planteando por qué este paradigma educativo es el mejor vehículo para la Educación de la Fe.The present work is framed in the conviction that it is necessary to transform (re-found) the School in such a way that it is capable of responding to the conditions, needs and purposes that raises the new emerging society (postmodern, globalized, of knowledge and spiritual return). The educational paradigms that responded to industrial society and above are not capable of assuming the challenge, so we consider that it is necessary to assume a new paradigm: the humanistic sociocognitive. In the first chapter we will see the main characteristics of today's world to understand the context in which education generally occurs today, and education of faith in particular. Then we will make a historical review of the educational paradigms and catechetical, as well as the characteristics of the Sociocognitive-Humanist Paradigm. We will end by raising why this educational paradigm is the best vehicle for the Faith education.Tesi