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Aesthetics and class interests: Rethinking Kant
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Third Text, 28(2), 137 - 148, 2014, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09528822.2014.890788.Immanuel Kant's philosophy of the aesthetic is typically celebrated by bourgeois critics as a transcendence of the social, an interpretation largely accepted by anglophone Marxism. This article rethinks Kant's concept of ‘interest’ around the question of social compulsion. The ‘pure judgement’ involved in aesthetic production and reception is understood as providing an institutionalized space for reflection on and not merely reflection of social determinations. Drawing on Kojin Karatani's reading of Kant, the article stresses the communicative dimension of the aesthetic in relation to a universal that is not given. The Kantian aesthetic can be read as one which inscribes the classed other into its very form. The novelty of this reading is highlighted by comparing the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Jacques Rancière. The article argues that their respective sociological and philosophical positions do not adequately assess whether practices are identical to their immediate conditions of existence
The Limited Liability Company Experiment: Unlimited Flexibility, Uncertain Role
Limited liability company (LLC) laws utilize provisions clearly of partnership origin in varying degrees. The adoption of the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act and the LLC are discussed
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China-U.S. Trade Issues
[Excerpt] U.S.-China economic ties have expanded substantially over the past several years. Total U.S.-China trade, which totaled only 387 billion in 2007. China overtook Japan to become the third largest U.S. export market, and overtook Canada to become the largest source of U.S. imports. With a huge population and a rapidly expanding economy, China is a potentially huge market for U.S. exporters. However, U.S.-China economic relations have become strained over a number of issues, including large and growing U.S. trade deficits with China (which hit $256 billion in 2007), China’s failure to fully implement its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments (especially in regards to protection of intellectual property rights), its refusal to adopt a floating currency system, its use of industrial policies and other practices deemed unfair and/or harmful to various U.S. economic sectors, and failure to ensure that its exports to the United States meet U.S. health and safety standards. The Bush Administration has come under increasing pressure from Congress to take a more aggressive stance against various Chinese economic and trade practices. In response, it filed a number of trade dispute resolution cases against China in the WTO, including China’s failure to protect IPR and afford market access for IPR-related products, discriminatory regulations on imported auto parts, and import and export subsidies to various industries in China. In addition, the Administration reversed a long-standing policy that countervailing cases (dealing with government subsidies) could not be brought against non-market economies (such as China). In December 2006, the Administration began a “Strategic Economic Dialogue” (SED) with China to discuss major long-term economic issues between the two countries; the latest SED talks were held in December 2007. In response to growing concerns in the United States over the health, safety, and quality of certain Chinese products, the Administration in 2007 concluded agreements with China on toys, food and feed, drugs and medical devices, and tires. Numerous bills have been introduced in Congress that would impact U.S.-China economic relations. H.R. 321, H.R. 782, H.R. 1002, H.R. 2942, S. 364, S. 796, S. 1607, and S. 1677 seek to address China’s currency policy. H.R. 388 would prohibit U.S. imports of Chinese autos as long as Chinese tariffs on autos are higher than U.S. tariffs. H.R. 708, H.R. 1229, and S. 974 would apply U.S. countervailing laws to China. H.R. 1958 and S. 571 would terminate China’s permanent normal trade relations status. H.R. 275 would prohibit U.S. companies from aiding regimes that restrict Internet access. S. 1919 would limit the president’s discretion on Section 421 investigations on import surges from China. H.R. 3273 would expand U.S. export promotion programs to boost exports to China. Finally, numerous bills have been introduced to address concerns over unsafe imports (including from China). This report examines major U.S.-China trade issues and will be updated as events warrant
Hysteresis of Finite Arrays of Magnetic nano Dots
Hysteresis curves for finite arrays of ferromagnetic nano dots
subject to the dipole-dipole interaction are investigated for . Spin
arrangements up to N=6 are presented, which indicate the onset of bulk-like
behavior associated with odd (N=5) and even (N=6) systems. The effect of field
misalignment on the hysteresis loops is also studied for . The area
of the hysteresis loop is studied as a function of . We find that
approximately scales as for odd and as
for even.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures, Submitted to PR
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China’s Currency: An Analysis of the Economic Issues
[Excerpt] This report provides an overview of the economic issues surrounding the current debate over China’s currency policy. It identifies the economic costs and benefits of China’s currency policy for both China and the United States, and possible implications if China were to allow its currency to significantly appreciate or to float freely. It also examines proposed legislation in the 111th Congress that seek to address China’s currency policy
Violation of Quasineutrality in Semiconductor Transport: The Dember Effect
Exact solution of the linearized equations for steady-state transport in
semiconductors yields two modes that vary exponentially in space, one involving
screening (without entropy production) and one involving diffusion and
recombination (with entropy production). Neither mode is quasineutral. For
constant surface photoexcitation with generation of electrons and holes, the
steady-state response is a linear combination of these modes, subject to global
electroneutrality. The resultant charge separation produces a voltage
difference across the sample (the Dember effect)
Supersolid He Likely Has Nearly Isotropic Superflow
We extend previous calculations of the zero temperature superfluid fraction
(SFF) {\it vs} localization, from the fcc lattice to the experimentally
realized (for solid He) hcp and bcc lattices. The superfluid velocity is
assumed to be a one-body function, and dependent only on the local density,
taken to be a sum over sites of gaussians of width . Localization is
defined as , with the nearest-neighbor distance. As expected, for
fcc and bcc lattices the superfluid density tensor is proportional to the unit
tensor. To numerical accuracy of three-places (but no more), the hcp superfluid
density tensor is proportional to the unit tensor. This implies that a larger
spread in data on , if measured on pure crystals, is unlikely to be due to
crystal orientation. In addition, to three decimal places (but no more) the
curves of {\it vs} are the same for both the hcp and fcc
cases. An expected value for the localization gives an in reasonable
agreement with experiment. The bcc lattice has a similar curve of {\it
vs} , but is generally smaller because the lattice is more dilute.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, 3 table
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