2017 Volume 9 Issue 5

English Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Aristocratism and Authoritative Politics in Behn's Oroonoko: The Existential and Socio-Political Semiotics of Death and Torture
By Conner R. Hayes
Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko offers a complex representation of the semiotic and socio-political meaning of seventeenth-century torture and death and the intersectional manner in which physical agony coincides with authoritative colonial politics... Read Article »
English Literature Aphra Behn Oroonoko Colonialism Race Death Slavery
Climate Change
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Nature or Culture? The Anthropocene as Social Narrative
By Kelly Power
Is it possible to objectively define the Anthropocene? This essay argues that whether or not it is precisely definable as a geological epoch, its true value, as a concept grounded in futurity, lies within the social realm. The origins of the term... Read Article »
Climate Change Anthropocene Ecology Biological Diversity Human Nature
International Law
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Libya 2011: Exploring the Implementation of the 'Responsibility to Protect'
By Andrew R. Aubuchon
This article explores the role that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) played in the 2011 intervention in Libya. It examines the R2P legal framework in coordination with events on the ground in Libya during the early part of 2011 in order to thoroughly... Read Article »
Libya United Nations International Law Responsibility To Protect R2P Humanitarian Intervention Human Rights NATO
Shakespeare
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
The Psyscholinguistic Semiotics and Metanormative Ethics of Suicide and Death in Shakespeare's King Lear
By Conner R. Hayes
The fascination with death and the sensationalizing of suicide are prevalent metaphysical themes which traverse all Shakespearean tragedy. These brooding themes, despite their ubiquitous portrayal, take on an idiosyncratic ethical meaning in King... Read Article »
Ethics Shakespeare Existentialism Nihilism Semiotics Tragedy
Liberation Theology
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Mary Magdalene as a Renewed Feminist Icon: Representations in the Christian Tradition as a Resource for Contemporary Liberation Theology
By Ellen AJ. Goodwin
Mary Magdalene remains prevalent within Christianity and popular culture. A mysterious and enigmatic figure, she continues to capture people’s imagination as ‘a mix of lust, loyalty, belief, prostitution, repentance, beauty, madness,... Read Article »
Feminism Mary Magdalene Liberation Theology Christianity
Humanism
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Does Essence Precede Existence? A Look at Camus's Metaphysical Rebellion
By Scot N. DuFour
Albert Camus lived during a tumultuous time that included his experience of World War II and the Algerian War. Camus is most prominently known as an author of fine French literature but he was also a philosopher. While it is debatable whether Camus... Read Article »
Albert Camus Metaphysics Existentialism Absurdism The Rebel Humanism
American Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
Divinity in the Disguise of Mental Illness in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury
By Rebecca Berezin
The character of Benjy Compson from William Faulkner’s 1929 novel The Sound and the Fury is a mythic and Christ-like figure with the divine gift of prophecy rather than the retarded man-child that the other characters in the novel view him... Read Article »
William Faulkner American Literature The Sound And the Fury Mental Illness Character Development Ontology Constructivism

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