Fundamental Rejection Research Articles

The American Industrial Consensus and Its Enemies

The article analyses a fundamental shift in the philosophy of U.S. economic policy implemented by the administration of President Biden in the so-called "Bidenomics". It is shown that Biden's economic policy, despite sharp contradictions with the policy of D. Trump, continues the course of the previous U.S. president on protectionism and the safeguarding of American industry. Bidenomics embodies a final break with the fundamental principles of Reaganomics and the "Washington Consensus", which for more than 40 years defined the global economic order. The economic ideology of protectionism and industrial policy is gaining more and more adherents among representatives of the U.S. scientific and political establishment, even among former proponents of neoliberalism. The arguments of Bidenomics opponents, represented by advocates of neoliberal ideology who see danger in the bipartisan consensus on the issue of industrial policy, are analysed. The essence of their criticism boils down to fundamental rejection of the apparent collapse of globalisation and the formation of a new model of the global world order, which requires a different value-based economic paradigm.

Black knight NGOs and international disinformation

ABSTRACT Movements based on conspiracy theories and a fundamental rejection of liberal values are on the rise in traditionally democratic societies and those with authoritarian legacies. This article develops a theoretical approach that treats non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that generate and spread disinformation on international critical events as black knight NGOs and draws attention to their role online. We ask: whether and, if so, how disinformation by black knight NGOs spreads and what factors may facilitate this process? Empirically, we build on a case of a Swedish NGO, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights, in the context of the Syrian Civil War using X (formerly, Twitter) data from 2015 to 2019. We show that black knight NGOs can be damaging during critical events when information is scarce and uncertainty prevails. Additionally, they may affect the information ecosystem through two distinct mechanisms of legitimation: claiming authority in a particular subject and utilising legitimacy attributes, that is, appealing to authoritative figures and social roles conducive to forming a positive attitude towards the disinformation they provide. The findings contribute to the literature on non-state actors and their role in international disinformation.

The World of Al-Akhdam in Ali Al-Muqri’s Black Taste, Black Odour

Limited scholarly attention has been given to Al-Akhdam, a Yemeni term synonymous with Al-Muhamasheen, which refers to marginalized people. This minority shrouded in misconceptions, and lacking in-depth scholarly exploration, finds its voice in Al-Muqri's novel, Black Taste, Black Odour (2008) which tells the story of a young woman from Al- Mazzina (marginalized) caste who elopes, leading to self-discovery and raising questions about identity and the role of Al-Akhdam community in Yemeni society. This journey reveals their perception of societal exclusion as a fundamental rejection, extending to their core identity – religion, homeland, and history. Through a historical, cultural, and social lens, the narrative explores the mechanisms of their marginalization, specifically focusing on the heightened vulnerability faced by Al-Akhdam women. This paper attempts to raise awareness of the problems faced by Al-Akhdam community and how they are portrayed in literature by closely examining the novel. Employing Subaltern and Critical Race Theory (CRT) frameworks, this analysis examines how power structures, ongoing discrimination, and the historical marginalization of minority groups intersect to perpetuate the social exclusion of Al-Akhdam community within Yemeni society. The narrative avoids stereotypical depictions, instead focusing on the multifaceted experiences of Al-Akhdam. The analysis contributes to understanding the complex mechanisms that perpetuate the marginalization of Al-Akhdam community within Yemeni society. This study aims to guide future efforts towards social justice and equality by showcasing their experiences.

The financialization of housing and its political consequences

AbstractInstitutional investors in residential real estate have become targets of political backlash against unaffordable housing. We argue that this backlash is not only about economic issues such as rising rents; it reflects a fundamental rejection of “financialized capitalism” that turns housing from a basic need into a speculative asset. Using novel geo‐coded real estate transaction data, we document the extent of housing financialization cross‐nationally and over time, and demonstrate that neighborhood‐level exposure to financialization alone is insufficient to explain the widespread support to expropriate corporate landlords in a historic 2021 Berlin referendum. We then develop nationally representative surveys to show that German citizens conceptualize housing as a social right and hold the state responsible for its under‐provision. We demonstrate experimentally that arguments about housing financialization significantly raise support for expropriation beyond rent effects. Our findings suggest that financialized capitalism can unite diverse groups of voters in favor of housing socialism.

Evolution of Category of the Other in Works of Tom Wolfe

This article addresses the artistic embodiment of the category of the Other in the works of American journalist and writer Tom Wolfe. The study focuses on Wolfe’s early journalistic essays, compiled in collections published in the early 1960s, as well as his later novel “I Am Charlotte Simmons” (2004). These texts are separated by nearly the entire second half of the 20th century — a period marked by the emergence, flourishing, and decline of postmodernism. The aim of this work is to trace the diachronic evolution of the author’s understanding of the category of the Other, as represented in his early and late texts. The desire for otherness among young people in the first post-war decades signified a fundamental rejection of norms, rules, and laws in the name of rejecting all forms of totalitarianism, which led to the catastrophic destruction of humanity during World War II. As a journalist, Wolfe objectively and empathetically depicts the diverse lifestyles of a new generation. He illustrates the consequences of these emerging trends in his university novel written forty years later. The article demonstrates that this work presents the otherness of various status groups within the university community through a multi-layered conflict. However, these groups remain isolated and hostile towards one another. The abandonment of rational consciousness has led to the primitivization of individuality and the disintegration of education. The novel serves as a vivid illustration of the negative outcomes of postmodernism.

A 25–32-GHz Frequency Doubler With 21% Efficiency and 41-dBc Fundamental Rejection

A 25–32-GHz Frequency Doubler With 21% Efficiency and 41-dBc Fundamental Rejection

An Ultra-wideband Doubler Chain with 43–65 dBc Fundamental Rejection in Ku/K/Ka Band

An Ultra-wideband Doubler Chain with 43–65 dBc Fundamental Rejection in Ku/K/Ka Band

A 195–244 GHz CMOS self-mixing frequency tripler with >23 dBc fundamental rejection

This paper presents a wideband and high-fundamental rejection self-mixing frequency tripler in a 40-nm CMOS. The proposed tripler consists of an input half-shielded transformer balun, an even-harmonics generator, a single-balanced mixer, a slow-wave coupling-line filter and an output half-shielded Marchand balun. The half-shielded coupling structure improves the coupling coefficient of the coupling-line components and also features high design freedom. Consequently, the half-shielded transformer balun achieves a broadband performance. The half-shielded Marchand balun achieves a 1-dB bandwidth of 109 GHz (49.7 %) and a minimum insertion loss of 1 dB. The slow-wave coupling-line filter enhances the fundamental rejection of the proposed tripler with low insertion loss of 1.5 dB, wide 1-dB bandwidth of 162 GHz (62.8 %) and compact footprint (0.01 mm2, 0.00535 λ2). The slow-wave coupling-line filter achieves a broadband low-frequency rejection over 18.6 dB from 65 to 88 GHz. Due to the above-mentioned technology, the tripler achieves a 3-dB bandwidth of 49 GHz from 195 to 244 GHz and a fundamental rejection larger than 23 dBc. Compared with the state-of-the-arts, the proposed self-mixing tripler features wide bandwidth, high fundamental rejection and compact core area among silicon-based triplers.

( I M ) M A T E R ( I A L I T Y ) and the Black-Box Theatre as an ‘Empty Space’ of Re-production

This paper examines a paradigmatic interior from the 20th century, the ‘black-box theatre’, associated with a fundamental rejection of the potential role played by the built-form within the art-form. Material space is denied in order to establish an apparent void-space. This perceived emptiness is reflected in a paucity of architectural and theatrical discourse surrounding the model. However an investigation of its physical and discursive absences suggests its apparent ‘lack’ veils a surplus of meaning. Such gaps and their associations with theatrical production reveal complicated links to the space of human reproduction and its attendant excesses which, in turn, leads to a distinctive link between the black-box and Plato’s notion of ‘chora’. This uncovering of material through the im-material, proposes a more embodied and performative approach to theatre space and to readings of the interior.

Postmodernist collage as a method for regeneration of public spaces

Today's times are characterized by an unprecedented emancipation of creative searches, liberation from canons and stereotypes, a fundamental rejection of the traditions of creativity according to one model, a transition to creativity by «intuition» based on the conditions of a specific order, location, capabilities and desires. The modern architect is preoccupied with the creative search for his «element A» (according to K. Malevich), his creative method, which could indicate the path to creating a new form, a new artistic image. The individualistic principle, together with the desire to achieve unique originality in each new work, and at the same time the desire to accommodate cultural and artistic archetypes of various other eras in one volume-spatial architectural object or in a fragment of the urban architectural environment, adding new reinvented meanings to them and through this achieving architectural and artistic integrity directs us to search for new methods of creating diversity and uniqueness. The new method of «Postmodern Collage» now provides such creative possibilities.

Postmodernist collage as a method for regeneration of public spaces

Today's times are characterized by an unprecedented emancipation of creative searches, liberation from canons and stereotypes, a fundamental rejection of the traditions of creativity according to one model, a transition to creativity by «intuition» based on the conditions of a specific order, location, capabilities and desires. The modern architect is preoccupied with the creative search for his «element A» (according to K. Malevich), his creative method, which could indicate the path to creating a new form, a new artistic image. The individualistic principle, together with the desire to achieve unique originality in each new work, and at the same time the desire to accommodate cultural and artistic archetypes of various other eras in one volume-spatial architectural object or in a fragment of the urban architectural environment, adding new reinvented meanings to them and through this achieving architectural and artistic integrity directs us to search for new methods of creating diversity and uniqueness. The new method of «Postmodern Collage» now provides such creative possibilities.

Renaming Kyiv’s Streets Amid the Russian War of Invasion: The Politics of History Between “Decommunization” and “Derussification”

The article undertakes a comparative thematic and narrative analysis of the trends in place name change in Kyiv (as published by the Kyiv City State Administration) during two periods: (1) between 2014 and the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022 and (2) between 24 February 2022 and the first anniversary of the Russian invasion in 2023. From 2014 to early 2023, 517 (about 17 percent) of Kyiv’s urbanonyms were changed. It is found that 58 percent of names changed during this entire time span belonged to the “Soviet nostalgic” narrative and 41 percent — to the narrative of the “Russian world”, while 1 percent were non-political. Before 24 February 2022, the “Soviet nostalgic” narrative was affected the most (88 percent of renamings), which reflects the phenomenon of “decommunization”; however, during the full-scale Russian invasion its share fell to 30 percent. In the period after 24 February 2022, the theme of “derussification” clearly dominated, with the share of removed names that represented the “Russian world” narrative increasing from 11 percent (before the full-scale invasion) to 69 percent. The largest proportion of newly minted toponyms in the period from 2014 to 2023 embody the “national Ukrainian” narrative (59 percent), while 35 percent invoke a “non-political” context and 6 percent are internationally-themed. The ongoing urbanonymic change, as analyzed in the article using Kyiv as a case study, has led to a radical transformation of the urban symbolic order in Ukraine. Ukraine is appropriating these spaces, displacing the Russian imperial legacy. The radicalization of this policy is a result of the Russian aggression; however, it reinforces an already existing trend. It is also an act of defiance, doing the opposite of what the aggressor may have planned or would have done, had Kyiv been captured. Thus the sad but stubborn irony is that the attempt to reintegrate Ukraine into the Russian imperial order has produced the exact opposite outcome — a fundamental rejection of the symbols of the “Russian world”.

A 53–78 GHz Complementary Push–Push Frequency Doubler With Implicit Dual Resonance for Output Power Combining

This paper presents a millimeter-wave (mmW) frequency doubler based on complementary push-push (CPP) configuration achieving wideband, low-power and high-efficiency operation. Conventional push-push (PP) frequency doublers typically rely on half-wave rectification and suffer from performance compromise between the desired output and the DC current consumed. To mitigate this issue, a simple but effective CPP frequency doubling scheme is proposed to realize full-wave rectification, attaining enhanced output harmonic current and improved fundamental rejection without extra power consumption. At the output, an implicit dual-resonance (IDR) network featuring inherent resonant frequency alignment is employed to efficiently combine the harmonic power generated by the CPP transistors. Implemented in a 65-nm CMOS process and occupying a core area of 0.04 mm2, the proposed frequency doubler prototype measures conversion loss of < 10 dB from 53 to 78.5 GHz at 0-dBm input, while consuming 21.5 mW from a 1-V supply.

К преодолению разрывов: отечественное философ­ское наследие в современном контексте

The frequent opposition of “philosophy in Russia” and “Russian philosophy” is consid­ered by the author as a counterproductive dilemma that prevents the natural interaction of the cultural and historical originality of national philosophizing and world philosophi­cal culture. The most important point in this regard is the need of depoliticization and dei­deologization of discussions about the Russian philosophical heritage. One of the key problems in this regard is the circumstance that the contemporary history of Russian phi­losophy continues to use the self-description language of Russian philosophy of the first half of the 20th century. It causes, on the one hand, the uncritical use of philosophical ideas, categories, concepts of the past in the modern cultural and historical context, on the other hand, the fundamental rejection of work with this conceptual apparatus. The most characteristic examples in this regard are the concepts of “sobornost’” and so called “Russian idea”. The inclusion of the Russian philosophical heritage in the subject field of modern philosophy is hampered, in turn, by a number of circumstances caused both by the fragmentation of modern philosophical knowledge and the blurring of its dis­ciplinary boundaries, and by the specifics of the formation of the Russian professional philosophical community. Historical reasons have necessarily led to a significant gap be­tween the Russian philosophical heritage of the 19th–20th centuries and the conceptual and methodological space of modern philosophical thought. Awareness of this gap, in turn, caused a kind of corporate rift within the Russian philosophical community – its di­vision into groups dealing with issues that claim to be relevant, and a community focused on the study of the Russian philosophical heritage. Overcoming this conceptual gap and corporate rift turns out to be necessary prerequisites for the genuine actualization of the Russian philosophical heritage in modern conditions.

Marcel and Ricoeur’s Understanding of Being as Incarnate Existence: Against the Possible Contemporary Return of the Mind-body Dualism

In this article, we indicate some examples of the possible contemporary return of the mind-body dualism. Aspects of contemporary culture, like the influence of brain-computer interface (BCI) or brain-machine interface (BMI), neuroscience projects, and the popularity of sci-fi series and movies that visualise the separation of consciousness from our bodies, are discussed. Only a few of these examples are indicated as introductory to emphasise the need to think again about the importance of some of the strongest philosophical arguments against this dualism. It is in this regard that we will focus on the philosophies of Gabriel Marcel and Paul Ricoeur. Of specific concern for us in this article is Marcel’s influence on Ricoeur in his fundamental rejection of the mind-body dualism. This article’s unique contribution lies, then, in the fact that it analyses and reveals this influence of Marcel on Ricoeur, especially with regards to their shared understanding of embodied being, or incarnate existence, as opposed to a body-mind dualism. This investigation of how Marcel influenced Ricoeur provides a better understanding of: i) Ricoeur’s account of embodied being; ii) Marcel’s philosophy and concept of incarnate existence as being; and finally, iii) the importance of rejecting a mind-body dualism for our contemporary thought and living

A 7.2-mW V-Band Frequency Doubler With 14% Total Efficiency in 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS

Low-voltage and low-power frequency multiplier blocks used in millimeter-wave RF frontends suffer from high conversion loss leading to lower overall efficiency. In this letter, an alternative approach in the design of a low-power <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${V}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> -band frequency doubler (FD) block without requiring an additional buffer stage is presented. The transconductance stage of a conventional Gilbert multiplier is replaced by a passive trifilar transformer serving as a power splitting, matching, and biasing network. The switching quad transistors are biased with the lowest possible dc current which still provides a positive conversion gain. Experimental results show that the circuit implemented in a 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS technology achieves 14% total efficiency at 58 GHz for an input power of 0 dBm while consuming only 7.2 mW of dc power. The measured saturated output power is 2 dBm and the measured fundamental rejection ratio (FRR) is 49 dBc. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the lowest power consumption while maintaining a positive conversion gain among high FDs based on silicon is reported.

F-band Frequency Multipliers with Fundamental and Harmonic Rejection for Improved Conversion Gain and Output Power

F-band Frequency Multipliers with Fundamental and Harmonic Rejection for Improved Conversion Gain and Output Power

Transnational Research Collectives as “Constellations of Co-Resistance”: Counterstorytelling, Interweaving Struggles, and Decolonial Love

Settler colonialism and coloniality dominate and dismember the truths, the bodies, and the lands of the colonized. Decolonization and decoloniality involve intergenerational, embodied, and emplaced pathways of resistance, rehumanization, healing, and transformation. In this article, we uplift the healing and transformative power of transnational stories and embodied knowledges that are rooted in four research collectives: the Palestinian Resilience Research Collective (PRRC) in the West Bank; the Mapuche Equipo Colaborativo para la Investigación de la Resiliencia (MECIR) in Chile; the Community Action Team (CAT) in Boston, USA; and the Miya Community Research Collective (MCRC) in Assam, Northeast India. We, the co-authors of this article, are directly connected to these four research collectives. Across our collectives, we work to defend the right to exist, to belong, and to express our full range of humanity as racialized and colonized communities in distinct, yet connected, sites of struggle. Our transnational focus of this article is premised on a fundamental rejection of borders, even as we recognize the material and psychosocial realities of borders. In co-writing this article, we bring decolonial solidarity into life through “constellations of co-resistance,” a concept used by Indigenous scholars such as Leanne Betasamosake Simpson to describe complex connective fabrics across decolonial struggles. We share our reflections on three practices of decolonial solidarity that shine through each of our transnational research collectives as three constellations of co-resistance: counterstorytelling, interweaving struggles, and decolonial love.

Mimesis as a Universal Principle of the Form Making

The stylistic method of revealing regularities, formed by the 19th century and dominating up until recently, proves to be ever less relevant to architectural and artistic processes of the Contemporary (Newest) times. To systemize the entire historical experience of architecture as a whole, more profound generalizations are required. An essential prerequisite for such generalizations appears to be the philosophical context of the paradigm shift: tradition — modernity — postmodernity. Without a clear understanding of all the differences between these paradigms, it is impossible to talk about the processes taking place in the architecture of the Contemporary times. The fundamental rejection of semantic binary oppositions (good/bad, beautiful/ugly, high/low, sacred/secular, etc.), typical for postmodernism, has entailed the issue of criteria for the value of art works, and consequently the criteria for art at large. The aim of this work is to demonstrate that the mimetic principle underlies the totality of the valuable qualities inherent in traditional architecture. And that, on the contrary, a gradual departure and subsequent factual rejection of this principle became one of the main reasons for both the emergence of the modern architecture phenomenon and its present crisis. The panoramic, holistic view of architectural development combined with the philosophical context of paradigmatic shift, allows not only to see the logic in the tortuous paths of the form making, but also gives the basis to build a system of universal criteria for architectural analysis.

Can we trust measures of trust? a comparison of results from open and closed questions

Many public opinion surveys compare trust in a number of different information and (mediated) knowledge sources, typically using closed questions with a set of answer categories that are imposed by researchers. We aim to validate these categories by quantitatively comparing survey responses about trustworthy sources using open and closed questions, and by qualitatively analyzing the open answers. The results show that answer options typically used for closed questions in academic research are generally valid and closely match categories that respondents come up with unprimed. In some cases, answers to open questions can be non-exhaustive, particularly when sources are considered trustworthy but are not salient for respondents. Open questions, however, may still be useful for exploratory research or more detailed investigations of media diets on the outlet-level. Qualitative approaches to open questions can also give more insight into motivations for distrust, e.g. perceptions of inconsistency or a fundamental rejection of the shared factual basis of an issue. In addition, our results indicate that respondents’ interpretation of answer categories may change reported levels of trust: those that think of more specific outlets tend to report higher general media trust. This study provides new insights into how question design, and particularly the choice of answer options, may influence reported levels and sources of trust, and how qualitative and quantitative approaches to trust measurement can be combined.