By insisting on the primacy of double-plot, Empson brackets the sometimes deceptive appearances of a text′s content to uncover and disengage the more fundamental double-plot system at work within the defining structu...By insisting on the primacy of double-plot, Empson brackets the sometimes deceptive appearances of a text′s content to uncover and disengage the more fundamental double-plot system at work within the defining structure of the text. Empson′s thinking about the reception of double-plot structures enables Raymond Williams′s early formulations of structure of feeling, in particular the gesturing this perplexing, underdeveloped, but persistent concept makes towards understanding collective response to cultural forms. This article explores the implications of the reception of double-plot structures, drawing out the assumptions inscribed in Empson′s claims about processes at work as an audience engages with these dramatic structures.展开更多
Amid the recent global upsurge of studies on the philosophy of emotion, a reinterpretation of traditional Confucian philosophy, especially Mencius＇s ideas on the siduan （Four Original Sources） of morality, may shed...Amid the recent global upsurge of studies on the philosophy of emotion, a reinterpretation of traditional Confucian philosophy, especially Mencius＇s ideas on the siduan （Four Original Sources） of morality, may shed new light on the subject in comparative philosophy. This paper probes the structure of moral feeling and reason described by Mencius＇s from five perspectives： （1） In view of the relationship between feeling and reason, is it better to use the expression ＂siduan＂ or the expression ＂sixin （Four Heart-minds）＂？ （2） In view of dispositional feeling, what are the four original sources？ （3） In view of moral feeling, what are the structural order of the four sources and the corresponding procedure of reasoning of four heart-minds of Humanity？ （4） In view of positive feeling, how does moral feeling grow out of the goodness of human nature？ （5） What is the global value of Mencius＇s ideas on human moral feeling？ The author concludes that Mencius＇s thought on moral feeing has a global value and cross-cultural significance, and that Chinese wisdom is more than regional but universally applicable. The structure of moral feeling and reason that Mencius identified is in accordance with the principles ofzhiliang （grasping the two poles of the beginning and the end） and yongzhong （emloying the middle）. The principles ofzhiliang and yongzhong are true universal wisdoms of Confucianism, which should be rekindled today. From a practical point of view, ＂the Way begins from moral feelings,＂ and Confucius and Yah Hui＇s seeking the simple, virtuous life is an ideal model of emotional well-being.展开更多
This paper brings the insight of Raymond Williams’concept of"structure of feeling"to explore ways in which self-entrapment of queer consciousness in AIDS victims has been brought into both conflicts and res...This paper brings the insight of Raymond Williams’concept of"structure of feeling"to explore ways in which self-entrapment of queer consciousness in AIDS victims has been brought into both conflicts and resolutions among different social hierarchies within Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.Angels in America has significance not only in accordance with its position as a successful popular production,but also in terms of its contribution to extensive conversations and controversial debates on identity politics,the definition of"democratic values",and domestic social conflicts that were initiated by the then mainstream politicians.Examined through the lens of critical works by Raymond Williams,Antonio Gramsci,Walter Benjamin,and David Savran,and extending Williams’definition of culture as an ideal sense of wholeness somehow connected to a particular historical context through social meanings,personal memories,and practices native to the text,this paper shares how AIDS victims’affirmation of life in Angels stages the homosexual community’s structure of feeling in its fight for life and also for citizenship in the face of heteronormative hegemony.展开更多
文摘By insisting on the primacy of double-plot, Empson brackets the sometimes deceptive appearances of a text′s content to uncover and disengage the more fundamental double-plot system at work within the defining structure of the text. Empson′s thinking about the reception of double-plot structures enables Raymond Williams′s early formulations of structure of feeling, in particular the gesturing this perplexing, underdeveloped, but persistent concept makes towards understanding collective response to cultural forms. This article explores the implications of the reception of double-plot structures, drawing out the assumptions inscribed in Empson′s claims about processes at work as an audience engages with these dramatic structures.
文摘Amid the recent global upsurge of studies on the philosophy of emotion, a reinterpretation of traditional Confucian philosophy, especially Mencius＇s ideas on the siduan （Four Original Sources） of morality, may shed new light on the subject in comparative philosophy. This paper probes the structure of moral feeling and reason described by Mencius＇s from five perspectives： （1） In view of the relationship between feeling and reason, is it better to use the expression ＂siduan＂ or the expression ＂sixin （Four Heart-minds）＂？ （2） In view of dispositional feeling, what are the four original sources？ （3） In view of moral feeling, what are the structural order of the four sources and the corresponding procedure of reasoning of four heart-minds of Humanity？ （4） In view of positive feeling, how does moral feeling grow out of the goodness of human nature？ （5） What is the global value of Mencius＇s ideas on human moral feeling？ The author concludes that Mencius＇s thought on moral feeing has a global value and cross-cultural significance, and that Chinese wisdom is more than regional but universally applicable. The structure of moral feeling and reason that Mencius identified is in accordance with the principles ofzhiliang （grasping the two poles of the beginning and the end） and yongzhong （emloying the middle）. The principles ofzhiliang and yongzhong are true universal wisdoms of Confucianism, which should be rekindled today. From a practical point of view, ＂the Way begins from moral feelings,＂ and Confucius and Yah Hui＇s seeking the simple, virtuous life is an ideal model of emotional well-being.
文摘This paper brings the insight of Raymond Williams’concept of"structure of feeling"to explore ways in which self-entrapment of queer consciousness in AIDS victims has been brought into both conflicts and resolutions among different social hierarchies within Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.Angels in America has significance not only in accordance with its position as a successful popular production,but also in terms of its contribution to extensive conversations and controversial debates on identity politics,the definition of"democratic values",and domestic social conflicts that were initiated by the then mainstream politicians.Examined through the lens of critical works by Raymond Williams,Antonio Gramsci,Walter Benjamin,and David Savran,and extending Williams’definition of culture as an ideal sense of wholeness somehow connected to a particular historical context through social meanings,personal memories,and practices native to the text,this paper shares how AIDS victims’affirmation of life in Angels stages the homosexual community’s structure of feeling in its fight for life and also for citizenship in the face of heteronormative hegemony.
