Writing as a technology of the self in Kierkegaard and Foucault

Writing is a very important means by which we can work on ourselves. Yet as a "technology of the self" writing has changed substantially at different times during European history. This essay sketches some of the crucial characteristics of wriring as a technology of the self for Plato's contemporaries, for the early church fathers, and then for Peter Abelard. The changes exemplified in the confessional writing of Abelard became the platform for writing as a technology of the self in European modernism. The characteristics of modernist writing as a technology of the self are examined in some detail in the work of Kierkegaard, particularly with respect to his aesthetic writings and his use of multiple narrative voices.Kierkegaard's uses of writing are compared and contrasted with those of Baudelaire and Foucault.Escriure és un important mitjà amb el qual podem actuar sobre nosaltres mateixos. Tanmateix, com a "tecnologia del jo", l'escriptura ha canviat substancialment en el temps durant la història europea. Aquest assaig esbossa algunes de les característiques més rellevants de l'escriptura com a tecnologia del jo per als contemporanis de Plató, per als primers pares de l'església i per a Pere Abelard. Els canvis exemplificats en l'escriptura confessional d'Abelard varen esdevenir la plataforma per a l'escriptura com una tecnologia del jo en la modernitat europea. Les característiques de l'escriprura de la modernirat en tant que tecnologia del jo són examinades arnb cert detall en l'obra de Kierkegaard, parricularment en rclació amb els seus escrits estètics i el seu us de múltiples veus narratives. Els usos Kierkegaardians dc l'escriptura són comparats i contrastats amb els de Baudelaire i Foucault

Do the benefits of international policy commitments outweigh the burdens for small island states? : a case study of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Federated States of Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a small island developing state (SIDS) comprising four semi-autonomous states. The country faces a number of environmental challenges, not least of which is the loss of biodiversity upon which it relies for subsistence and economic development. The FSM is a signatory to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and must develop and deliver a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan as a way of implementing the convention and protecting its biodiversity. For a SIDS like the FSM, being a party to the CBD presents a notable burden: fielding personnel to global meetings, crafting necessary policies and legislation and implementing such policies. This article explores the perceptions of what being a signatory to the CBD brings to those in countries such as the FSM who are responsible for, or involved in, developing and implementing biodiversity conservation policy and actions. It highlights specific perceived benefits and challenges, and considers these in relation to the status of biodiversity in the FSM today.peer-reviewe

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Pituitary adenoma classification: Tools to improve the current system

The World Health Organization classification of pituitary tumors provides a framework for pathologists and researchers to classify pituitary adenomas. From the perspective of a practicing pathologist, this classification can be improved by pooling immunohistochemical data in a more standardized way, and by deliberately distinguishing features that assist in classification from those that do not. This article illustrates one general workflow to examine classification features consisting of immunohistochemical stains for anterior pituitary tumors, in order to promote debate and advance an evidence-based framework for classification

'Lift up your heart' : the poem Sursum corda by Margaretha Susanne von Kuntsch Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens (Lamentations 3:41)

Margaretha Susanna von Kuntsch (1651-1717) was a well-read, pious, Protestant author who blended a strong religious faith with a neoStoic philosophy in her writings, which encompass lyric poems and an operetta. She is a seriously under-appreciated writer whose work is rarely assessed from an aesthetic standpoint. Elke O. Hedstrom claims that Sursum corda, the poem with which the present essay is concerned, expresses a world-negating attitude, employing typical, antithetical statements, as well as images of vanitas.peer-reviewe