Developmentalism: An Obscure but Pervasive Restriction

An Obscure Scandal of Consciousness

Dark Age (But Not Obscure) Logic A Brief Excursion

The 20th century has witnessed a vertiginous development of logic: a discipline that traditionally belonged to the domain of philosophy, but whose recent development is due to the use of mathematics as its meta-language. Considered as one of the greatest of Greek gifts to humanity, logic is now essential as the foundational model for Computer Science. Some scholars assimilate Mathematics and Lo...

An Obscure Case of Hepatic Subcapsular Hematoma

Spontaneous liver bleeding is often reported in preeclampsia. It is otherwise rare and has been linked to gross anatomical lesions and coagulopathy. We report a case of subcapsular hematoma of the liver without any apparent lesion and in the absence of coagulopathy. A 41-year-old male, paraplegic for 16 years, presented to the emergency department 3 days after sudden onset of right upper quadra...

Complex Emergencies and the Crisis of Developmentalism

Using complex emergencies and the humanitarian response to them as its point of reference, this paper provides a critique of relief, development and the linking -debate. Rather than being autonomous, relief is a developmental idea. Development concepts have proven incapable of understanding permanent emergency. They also underestimates the extent of the North's institutional accommodation with ...

An Obscure Neurological Case Simulating Early Leprosy

man, presented himself at the Leprosy Research Department of the School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Calcutta, complaining of loss of sensation in the skin of the lower right eyelid and right side of the nose of between 6 and 9 months' duration. About 9 months ago the patient became conscious of defective sensation in the skin of the lower right eyelid and upper part of the right cheek; 3 ...