Humans are a coalitional, parochial species. Yet, extreme actions of solidarity are sometimes taken for distant or unrelated groups. What motivates people to become solidary with groups to which they do not belong originally? Here, we demonstrate that such distant solidarity can occur when the perceived treatment of an out-group clashes with one's political beliefs (e.g., for Leftists, oppressi...

I was writing and thinking about the algorithmic and the allegoric. I’ve been struck by how so much contemporary art practice has been informed by the algorithmic. Having done work in information engines and various net art pieces using algorithms for the display and organization of information, I was equally intrigued by what we get after we’ve deployed all these little engines and are outside...

This paper investigates Jordanian playwright Nader Omran’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. It examines dramatization the struggle Arab youths in a region ruled by corrupt leaders. In particular, focuses on how Omran transforms Ophelia into an assertive and dynamic character to reflect contemporaneous circumstances conditions World A Theatre Company Found Theatred Hamlet (1984). adaptation, ...

An important allegory throughout the history of philosophy is Plato’s allegory of the cave. There are remarkable similarities between this allegory and an allegory from Islamic philosophy—that of western exile (al-ghurba al-gharbiyya) proposed by Suhrawardī. This paper seeks to consider fundamental components and issues within the two allegories, including the issue of the soul as the ...

A fifth-century handbook on Scripture and its interpretation, Adrian’s Isagōgē in sacras scripturas, is the only known extant introductio Greek which represents Antiochean exegetical tradition. This treatise, available two recensions, largely an explanation of stylistic idiosyncrasies Scripture’s God-talk. Although Adrian acknowledges fact that uses allegory to say various things (i.e., composi...

If ever a literary genre were made for consumer research, that is allegory. The word comes from the Ancient Greek allegoreo, meaning to speak of other in marketplace. Building on pioneering research Barbara B. Stern, this article considers character and characteristics allegorical storytelling. It does so by means an empirical study richly storied apparel brand, Hollister (HCo), whose sudden ri...

understanding allegories, helps us to give a clear and accepted interpretation of complex and complicated thoughts, and this is said to be a cultural need. the purpose of this research is to find and recognize the allegories used by meibodi in his mystic interpretation of kashf-ol-asraar. the results of the study show that different kinds of allegories are used in this interpretation; and this ...