Crisis: Extensions in Meaning from the Renaissance to Contemporary Times

The Crisis of Representation in Azadeh Khanoom and Her Author by Reza Baraheni

The crisis of representation is a topic widely discussed in critique and theory of postmodern literature. This refers to the crises of the present era including the crisis of meaning, the perplexity of contemporary humankind amidst a mass of valid and invalid data, alienation, etc. Literature, as the epitome of human life, is a reflection of these crises in the contemporary era. Azadeh Khanoom ...

A Review of the Contextual Adaptability of Three Contemporary Urban Paradigms: New Urbanism, Urban Village and Urban Renaissance

A BRIEF HERMENEUTIC OF THE CO-CONSTITUTION OF NATURE AND CULTURE IN mE WEST INCLUDING SOME CONTEMPORARY CONSEQUENCES

In 1986, the book A World in Crisis? appeared. In it R.J. Johnston and P.J. Taylor remind us that the word 'crisis' is frequently used 'today' to characterise difficulties and problems. They note that the use of this word is, 'understandable' because ' ... many of the problems called 'crises' are very severe, suggesting to contemporary observers that they might be major turning-points in the co...

Reading the Grotesque Graphic Art in Nicole Eisenman's "Triumph of Poverty" Based on the Views of Mikhail Bakhtin

Nicole Eisenman, a contemporary figurative painter belongs to a generation of masters of the art who have equally adapted their sources from Renaissance newspaper caricatures and paintings, seeking to efface the borders between fine art and popular culture. “Triumph of Poverty”, one of Nicole Eisenman's greatest nipping artworks, is a contemporary conception of a work of art of the same name by...

The analysis of the Relationship between the Environmental Crisis and the Contemporary Human's Spiritual Crisis (with Emphasis on the Ideas of Seyed Hossein Nasr)

Humanistic philosophic approaches and the ever-increasing dominance of humans on nature and the excessive use of it have all led to the emergence of an environmental crisis. This incident has necessitated the clarification of the causes, as well as understanding the spiritual and philosophical dimensions of the crisis for all. Researchers have found that this crisis is the result of philosophic...