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Sartre on Embodiment, Touch, and the âDouble Sensationâ
The chapter titled âThe Bodyâ in Being and Nothingness offers a groundbreaking, if somewhat neglected, philosophical analysis of embodiment. As part of his âes- say on phenomenological ontology,â he is proposing a new multi-dimensional ontological approach to the body. Sartreâs chapter offers a radical approach to the body and to the âfleshâ. However, it has not been fully appreciated. Sartre offers three ontological dimensions to embodiment. The first âontological dimensionâ addresses the way, as Sartre puts it, âI exist my body.â The second dimension is the manner in which my body is experienced and utilized by the other. This includes my ready-to-hand equipmental engagement with the world and my body as the âtool of tools.â The third dimension is the manner in which âI exist for myself as a body known by the other.â In this paper, I explore Sartreâs original analysis and suggest comparisons with Merleau-Pontyâs account of embodiment. I shall suggest that Sartre offers more discussion on intercorporeality than Merleau-Ponty
The New Intergovernmentalism and the Euro Crisis: A Painful Case? LEQS Paper No. 145/2019 June 2019
The new intergovernmentalism seeks to understand the changing dynamics of
contemporary European integration. It emphasises, inter alia, member statesâ
preference for deliberative modes of decision-making and their reluctance to
delegate new powers to traditional supranational institutions. The euro crisis is
sometimes seen as a difficult case for the new intergovernmentalism because of the
perceived importance of hard bargaining over crisis measures during this episode
and the new roles entrusted to the European Commission and the European Central
Bank under crisis reforms. Such criticisms, this paper argues, overlook: the
importance of high-level consensus-seeking and deliberation in saving the single
currency; the disparate forms of delegation deployed to preserve member state
influence over Economic and Monetary Union; and the extent to which the euro crisis
has amplified the European Unionâs political disequilibrium. Far from running counter
to the new intergovernmentalism, it concludes, the euro crisis exemplifies the
turbulent dynamics of the post-Maastricht period
Measuring luminosity at LHCb using elastic diphoton dimuon production
We report on an indirect method being used to measure luminosity at LHCb. It
involves recording the event rate of elastic diphoton dimuon production.
Preliminary MC studies suggest that with 1 fb^{-1} of data this method could
provide a luminosity measurement with a precision of better than 2%Comment: Presented at "XVIII International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic
Scattering and Related Subjects", (DIS2010) Firenze, 19-23rd April 201
Current, emerging and future technologies for sensing the environment
This paper reviews current technologies that are used for environmental monitoring, and presents emerging technologies that will dramatically improve our ability to obtain spatially distributed, real-time data about key indicators of environmental quality at specific locations. Futuristic approaches to environmental monitoring that employ fundamental breakthroughs in materials science to revolutionise the way we monitor our environment will also be considered. In particular, approaches employing biomimetic and 'adaptive'/'stimuli-responsive' materials will be highlighted, as these could play an important role in the realization of small, low power, low cost, autonomous sensing and communications platforms that could form the building blocks of the much vaunted environmental 'sensor web'
The Paradox of EMU's External Representation: The Case of the G20 and the IMF
This paper revisits claims about the euro areaâs fragmented system of external relations in multilateral settings in the light of the global financial crisis. Focusing on the involvement of the EU and euro area in the G20 and the IMF Executive Board, it offers a case study of European influence during the most turbulent period for the international economic system since the Great Depression. Its central finding is that the euro area has been an influential international actor in these fora in spite, and in some cases because, of its fragmented system of external representation
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