In a recent interview with Beijing Review,Wang Chaoguang,former director of the Institute of World History,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,explained why victory over fascism should be commemorated eight!decades on....In a recent interview with Beijing Review,Wang Chaoguang,former director of the Institute of World History,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,explained why victory over fascism should be commemorated eight!decades on.Edited excerpts from the interview follow:Why do Chinese sources often refer to World War II(WWII)as the World Anti-Fascist War?How are they di!erent and what is the relationship between the two?展开更多
This paper analyses the system of artistic and ideological conditioning that architects were subject to during the Portuguese fascism, the so-called ＂New State＂, the longest western European dictatorship of the prev...This paper analyses the system of artistic and ideological conditioning that architects were subject to during the Portuguese fascism, the so-called ＂New State＂, the longest western European dictatorship of the previous century, that lasted from 1933 to 1974, under the uninterrupted leadership of Ant6nio de Oliveira Salazar until 1968. After a concise exposition of the importance of a major public work campaign to the regime affirmation as well as the aesthetic discourse promoted in its architecture, the standard course of a building project evaluation will be described. Crossing varied legislation and taking into consideration the results of a thorough examination to more than one hundred processes of architectural plans approval, the interaction of the various decision-making bodies will illustrate the existence of an efficient apparatus which progressively depurate designs. Prevention and repression of artistic deviation will be demonstrated. Furthermore, the development and importance of self-censorship will be highlighted. Secondly, a characterization of the atmosphere of ideological surveillance and dissident＇s oppression will be provided. Architects＇ participation in opposition＇s initiatives and strategies will be portrayed. As a conclusion, New State practice of a negotiation and inclusion （both artistic and ideological） tactic in the architectural field will be underlined.展开更多
This year marics the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Wbrld Anti-Fascist War There will be a two-minute silence at 12 noon in the UK to ...This year marics the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Wbrld Anti-Fascist War There will be a two-minute silence at 12 noon in the UK to honor the 80th anniversaiy of VJ Day.This is a moment not only for solemn remembrance,but also for reflection on the enduring bonds forged in the crucible of histoiy-bonds that continue to resonate in our world today.展开更多
In Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos,Pound mourns the unjust execution of Louis Till,Emmett Till's father.This essay argues that the unusually sympathetic representation of Till in the poem was made possible by Pound&...In Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos,Pound mourns the unjust execution of Louis Till,Emmett Till's father.This essay argues that the unusually sympathetic representation of Till in the poem was made possible by Pound's engagement with the ideas of activists for black liberation like Nancy Cunard and Langston Hughes;hence Pound,an avowed fascist,ultimately voices a critique of the“racial fascism”of the United States typical of discourses of black anti-imperialism.The essay concludes with exploring the antinomical racial logic of the Pisan Cantos,for which black political radicalism-the“Black Leninism”of Langston Hughes in particular-is revealed to be a constitutive,but repressed,ideological interlocutor.展开更多
文摘In a recent interview with Beijing Review,Wang Chaoguang,former director of the Institute of World History,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,explained why victory over fascism should be commemorated eight!decades on.Edited excerpts from the interview follow:Why do Chinese sources often refer to World War II(WWII)as the World Anti-Fascist War?How are they di!erent and what is the relationship between the two?
文摘This paper analyses the system of artistic and ideological conditioning that architects were subject to during the Portuguese fascism, the so-called ＂New State＂, the longest western European dictatorship of the previous century, that lasted from 1933 to 1974, under the uninterrupted leadership of Ant6nio de Oliveira Salazar until 1968. After a concise exposition of the importance of a major public work campaign to the regime affirmation as well as the aesthetic discourse promoted in its architecture, the standard course of a building project evaluation will be described. Crossing varied legislation and taking into consideration the results of a thorough examination to more than one hundred processes of architectural plans approval, the interaction of the various decision-making bodies will illustrate the existence of an efficient apparatus which progressively depurate designs. Prevention and repression of artistic deviation will be demonstrated. Furthermore, the development and importance of self-censorship will be highlighted. Secondly, a characterization of the atmosphere of ideological surveillance and dissident＇s oppression will be provided. Architects＇ participation in opposition＇s initiatives and strategies will be portrayed. As a conclusion, New State practice of a negotiation and inclusion （both artistic and ideological） tactic in the architectural field will be underlined.
文摘This year marics the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Wbrld Anti-Fascist War There will be a two-minute silence at 12 noon in the UK to honor the 80th anniversaiy of VJ Day.This is a moment not only for solemn remembrance,but also for reflection on the enduring bonds forged in the crucible of histoiy-bonds that continue to resonate in our world today.
文摘In Ezra Pound's Pisan Cantos,Pound mourns the unjust execution of Louis Till,Emmett Till's father.This essay argues that the unusually sympathetic representation of Till in the poem was made possible by Pound's engagement with the ideas of activists for black liberation like Nancy Cunard and Langston Hughes;hence Pound,an avowed fascist,ultimately voices a critique of the“racial fascism”of the United States typical of discourses of black anti-imperialism.The essay concludes with exploring the antinomical racial logic of the Pisan Cantos,for which black political radicalism-the“Black Leninism”of Langston Hughes in particular-is revealed to be a constitutive,but repressed,ideological interlocutor.
