This article investigates the role of the body in Jean-Luc Nancy's powerful essay Corpus, and critiques it from the standpoint of Agamben's biopolitics. For Nancy, the body becomes the privileged site of both existe...This article investigates the role of the body in Jean-Luc Nancy's powerful essay Corpus, and critiques it from the standpoint of Agamben's biopolitics. For Nancy, the body becomes the privileged site of both existence and sense in a way that threatens to obscure the logic of exceptional decision that Agamben takes from Carl Schmitt. As an alternative to Nancy's understanding of the body, we can see in Deleuze a series of bodies that works in parallel to a series of sense or language, where sense and body do not get collapsed into each other. At the same time, contemporary continental philosophy resists the idealistic separation of thinking and embodiment. Deleuze calls this relation between sense and body a cut, but we could also consider a parallax, following Slavoj Zizek. Finally, African-American historian of religion Charles H. Long's work complements some of Deleuze's insights in a more explicitly postcolonial context.展开更多
The House of the Scorpion (2002) is a National Book Award winner by American YA (young adult) novelist Nancy Farmer. It is a coming-of-age story about Matt, a young clone struggling for acceptance and survival in ...The House of the Scorpion (2002) is a National Book Award winner by American YA (young adult) novelist Nancy Farmer. It is a coming-of-age story about Matt, a young clone struggling for acceptance and survival in a dystopian world. Under the veil of science fiction, The House of the Scorpion not only allegorically exposes the evil of dehumanization, totalitarianism, and the abuse of technology, but also successfully builds up the brave image of Matt. Through depicting protagonist Matt's initiation journey in a dystopian world, Nancy Farmer expresses her belief that goodness triumphs and hope is indestructible.展开更多
Hubris manifest in the U.S.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some congressmen about the Taiwan question has created a national dilemma.While America has lost in its search for global power,China has won through its commi...Hubris manifest in the U.S.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some congressmen about the Taiwan question has created a national dilemma.While America has lost in its search for global power,China has won through its commitment to the development of mankind.N ancient Greek mythology,the sin of hubris,or overbearing pride,was the greatest flaw in humans,leading often to their destruction.When Icarus and his father Daedalus tried to escape the labyrinth on an island where they had been imprisoned by Minos,the King of Crete.展开更多
BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis(UC)with concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis(PSC)represents a distinct disease entity(PSC-UC).Mayo endoscopic subscore(MES)is a standard tool for assessing disease activity in UC bu...BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis(UC)with concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis(PSC)represents a distinct disease entity(PSC-UC).Mayo endoscopic subscore(MES)is a standard tool for assessing disease activity in UC but its relevance in PSC-UC remains unclear.AIM To assess the accuracy of MES in UC and PSC-UC patients,we performed histological scoring using Nancy histological index(NHI).METHODS MES was assessed in 30 PSC-UC and 29 UC adult patients during endoscopy.NHI and inflammation were evaluated in biopsies from the cecum,rectum,and terminal ileum.In addition,perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies,fecal calprotectin,body mass index,and other relevant clinical characteristics were collected.RESULTS The median MES and NHI were similar for UC patients(MES grade 2 and NHI grade 2 in the rectum)but were different for PSC-UC patients(MES grade 0 and NHI grade 2 in the cecum).There was a correlation between MES and NHI for UC patients(Spearman's r=0.40,P=0.029)but not for PSC-UC patients.Histopathological examination revealed persistent microscopic inflammation in 88%of PSC-UC patients with MES grade 0(46%of all PSC-UC patients).Moreover,MES overestimated the severity of active inflammation in an additional 11%of PSCUC patients.CONCLUSION MES insufficiently identifies microscopic inflammation in PSC-UC.This indicates that histological evaluation should become a routine procedure of the diagnostic and grading system in both PSC-UC and PSC.展开更多
文摘This article investigates the role of the body in Jean-Luc Nancy's powerful essay Corpus, and critiques it from the standpoint of Agamben's biopolitics. For Nancy, the body becomes the privileged site of both existence and sense in a way that threatens to obscure the logic of exceptional decision that Agamben takes from Carl Schmitt. As an alternative to Nancy's understanding of the body, we can see in Deleuze a series of bodies that works in parallel to a series of sense or language, where sense and body do not get collapsed into each other. At the same time, contemporary continental philosophy resists the idealistic separation of thinking and embodiment. Deleuze calls this relation between sense and body a cut, but we could also consider a parallax, following Slavoj Zizek. Finally, African-American historian of religion Charles H. Long's work complements some of Deleuze's insights in a more explicitly postcolonial context.
文摘The House of the Scorpion (2002) is a National Book Award winner by American YA (young adult) novelist Nancy Farmer. It is a coming-of-age story about Matt, a young clone struggling for acceptance and survival in a dystopian world. Under the veil of science fiction, The House of the Scorpion not only allegorically exposes the evil of dehumanization, totalitarianism, and the abuse of technology, but also successfully builds up the brave image of Matt. Through depicting protagonist Matt's initiation journey in a dystopian world, Nancy Farmer expresses her belief that goodness triumphs and hope is indestructible.
文摘Hubris manifest in the U.S.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some congressmen about the Taiwan question has created a national dilemma.While America has lost in its search for global power,China has won through its commitment to the development of mankind.N ancient Greek mythology,the sin of hubris,or overbearing pride,was the greatest flaw in humans,leading often to their destruction.When Icarus and his father Daedalus tried to escape the labyrinth on an island where they had been imprisoned by Minos,the King of Crete.
基金Supported by Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic,No.NV17-31538AGrant Agency of the Czech Republic No.20-16520Y and No.21-21736SMinistry of Education,Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic Project,No.LX22NPO05102.
文摘BACKGROUND Ulcerative colitis(UC)with concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis(PSC)represents a distinct disease entity(PSC-UC).Mayo endoscopic subscore(MES)is a standard tool for assessing disease activity in UC but its relevance in PSC-UC remains unclear.AIM To assess the accuracy of MES in UC and PSC-UC patients,we performed histological scoring using Nancy histological index(NHI).METHODS MES was assessed in 30 PSC-UC and 29 UC adult patients during endoscopy.NHI and inflammation were evaluated in biopsies from the cecum,rectum,and terminal ileum.In addition,perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies,fecal calprotectin,body mass index,and other relevant clinical characteristics were collected.RESULTS The median MES and NHI were similar for UC patients(MES grade 2 and NHI grade 2 in the rectum)but were different for PSC-UC patients(MES grade 0 and NHI grade 2 in the cecum).There was a correlation between MES and NHI for UC patients(Spearman's r=0.40,P=0.029)but not for PSC-UC patients.Histopathological examination revealed persistent microscopic inflammation in 88%of PSC-UC patients with MES grade 0(46%of all PSC-UC patients).Moreover,MES overestimated the severity of active inflammation in an additional 11%of PSCUC patients.CONCLUSION MES insufficiently identifies microscopic inflammation in PSC-UC.This indicates that histological evaluation should become a routine procedure of the diagnostic and grading system in both PSC-UC and PSC.