Philip A Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3672946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip A Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip A |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS P A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6936-1408 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Performing Indeterminacy
The experience of indeterminate music is, necessarily, intimately bound up with the events of performance. As Cage put it, by and large, indeterminate music may be taken to refer to ‘composition which is indeterminate with respect to its performance
Wishful Thinking; the Role and Development of Good Faith in the Roman Law of Contracts
The paper outlines the theoretical achievements of the work of the Dutch historian Jan Romein and the legal historian and romanist Hoetink, which have become common wisdom in time. However, application of new insights into historical narratives has often been hesitant because of the “anything goes” mentality. This paper approaches one of Roman law’s holy cows, namely the role and development of good faith in the Roman law of contracts and questio…
Decolonising the medical curriculum
Colonial thinking runs deep in psychiatry. Recent anti-racist statements from the APA and RCPsych are to be welcomed. However, we argue that if it is to really tackle deep-seated racism and decolonise its curriculum, the discipline will need to critically interrogate the origins of some of its fundamental assumptions, values and priorities. This will not be an easy task. By its very nature, the quest to decolonise is fraught with contradictions a…
We also like to be surprised
This article explores the ways in which the music of experimental composer Christian Wolff engenders surprise through processes of disruption and provocation. The contexts under examination are: scores which employ cueing strategies; improvisatory pieces; ensemble pieces; pieces for solo piano; and Wolff’s practice as an improvising musician. These case studies show how Wolff’s music occupies a particular position between improvisation and compos…
Madness, childhood adversity and narrative psychiatry
The dominance of technological paradigms within psychiatry creates moral and ethical tensions over how to engage with the interpersonal narratives of those experiencing mental distress. This paper argues that such paradigms are poorly suited for fostering principled responses to human suffering, and proposes an alternative approach that considers a view of relationships based in feminist theories about the nature of caring. Four primary character…
Berio's Sequenza IV
The intention of this study is to provide a holistic approach to interpretation of Berio's Sequenza IV, illuminating some of the complexities and ambiguities of the score and offering possibilities for performance. Comparison of the original with the revised version of the score is shown to offer considerable insight upon performance decisions. Analytical observations are applied to the practical issues of interpretation and projection, such as t…
Determining the indeterminate1
Taking classic works of the American experimental movement as the primary focus for discussion, this article examines the nature of interpretative decisions both before and during a performance. The issues which inform a performer's decisions as to when, how, and what to play are placed within the context both of what is known of the composer's intentions and of the performing traditions which have subsequently developed
The Water That Blesses, The River That Flows
Not long after beginning fieldwork in the village of Manambondro in coastal southeast Madagascar, I was called one evening to the house of the "headman" of the house-group in which I was domiciled. Gathered together there in the encroaching gloom of dusk were several men, to whom the purpose of my visit was being explained. When one man heard that it was my hope to learn to speak the dialect of Malagasy spoken thereabouts he interjected to the ef…
Interpretation and performance in Bryn Harrison's être-temps
The majority of studies of performance focus on the tonal and metric music of the common-practice period, studied at the moment of performance rather than over a period of rehearsal, and usually divorced from the context of real rehearsal and performance (schedules, audiences, auditoria). This paper reports part of a larger project in which three newly commissioned works for solo piano have been studied from the moment that the performer received…
The Human Rights Act
The Human Rights Act
The paper is based on survey work undertaken in the Cynon valley, south Wales, an area of high social deprivation. We interviewed local solicitors to establish their understanding and usage of the Human Rights Act (HRA). Outside of south Wales there is evidence of growing awareness and involvement of specialist practitioners in human rights actions. This we call a top‐down process. Our work starts at the other end: a bottom‐up account of high‐str…
The River, The Road, and The Rural-Urban Divide
In this article, I analyze how ideas of attachment to place and the experience of political and economic marginality combine to produce a particular moral geography for people of the Manambondro region of southeast Madagascar. Though the elements of this moral geography comprise an archive of sorts of the colonial encounter, they also speak of people's consciousness of their marginality within the postcolonial present. I argue that moral geograph…
Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity
Globalization and Identity
Introduction. (Birgit Meyer and Peter Geshiere). Nationalism and Transnationalism. Cirassian Encounters: The Self as Other and the Production of the Homeland in the North Caucasus. (Seteney Shami). Transnationalism in the Era of Nation--States: China, 1900--1945. (Prasenjit Duara). The French Colonial Policy of Assimilation and the Civility of the Originaires of the Four Communes (Senegal): A Nineteenth Century Globalization Project. (Mamadou Dio…
Shorter notice. Failed Legislation, 1660-1800. Extracted from the Commons and Lords Journals. J Hoppit [ed.]
Journal Article Shorter notice. Failed Legislation, 1660-1800. Extracted from the Commons and Lords Journals. J Hoppit [ed.] Get access PDG Thomas PDG Thomas University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 456, April 1999, Pages 452–453, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.456.452 Published: 01 April 1999
Conspicuous Construction
This article examines consumption practices in a region of rural southeast Madagascar, focusing in particular on the building of houses with materials produced outside the local economy. Whilst recognizing that processes of delocalization in vernacular architecture are taking place through the consumption of non-locally produced materials, it is argued that this process exists alongside others of relocalization. One form of relocalization is a pr…
Honor and Slavery
Of houses, hearths, and granaries
(1995). Of houses, hearths, and granaries: Some aspects of gender among the Temanambondro of South‐East Madagascar. Indonesia Circle. School of Oriental & African Studies. Newsletter: Vol. 23, No. 67, pp. 340-358
Identity Cards
Introduction
The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice was announced by the then Home Secretary Kenneth Baker in March 1991 the day of the release of the Irishmen known as the Birmingham Six after sixteen years of wrongful imprisonment. In the decade since the previous Royal Commission on criminal justice matters, a string of miscarriages many long suspected had been publicly acknowledged. The expectation was widespread that the Commission would produce a fund…
The nuclear family, ideology and Aids in the thatcher years
Health Care or Punishment
We consider the reasons for and detail current changes to the prison medical service in England and Wales. We note that whilst civil society increasingly seeks redress through law, prisoners are ill equipped and relatively ineffective in using the courts. Instead, a medical paradigm might be an empowering process for prisoners to improve their quality of life. Delivery of an efficient health care service is a prisoner's right. This is of particul…
Thatcher's Will
Democracy, Rule of Law and Critical Legal Theory in Germany
In the autumn of 1988, Kritische Justiz, the German journal of critical legal studies celebrated its twentieth anniversary. As a consequence, a symposium was organized entitled 'Democracy and Law and Struggle'. One of Germany's outstanding critical legal theorists, Ulrich K. Preuss, was invited to give a public lecture. He was an obvious choice to bring together the theoretical, historical and political dimensions representing the spirit of Kriti…
HIV/Aids in Prisons
Defining a problem is in itself problematic. Appropriate responses to the perceived problem involve the recognition of its nature and scope. ‘Official’ Home Office data and ministerial statements indicate that drug abuse and unprotected anal intercourse are not considered to be major problems in the prisons of England and Wales. ‘Unofficial’ information regarding these high risk activities leads to a contrary conclusion. Lack of adequate ‘officia…
The River, The Road, and The Rural-Urban Divide
In this article, I analyze how ideas of attachment to place and the experience of political and economic marginality combine to produce a particular moral geography for people of the Manambondro region of southeast Madagascar. Though the elements of this moral geography comprise an archive of sorts of the colonial encounter, they also speak of people's consciousness of their marginality within the postcolonial present. I argue that moral geograph…
Conspicuous Construction
This article examines consumption practices in a region of rural southeast Madagascar, focusing in particular on the building of houses with materials produced outside the local economy. Whilst recognizing that processes of delocalization in vernacular architecture are taking place through the consumption of non-locally produced materials, it is argued that this process exists alongside others of relocalization. One form of relocalization is a pr…
Madness, childhood adversity and narrative psychiatry
The dominance of technological paradigms within psychiatry creates moral and ethical tensions over how to engage with the interpersonal narratives of those experiencing mental distress. This paper argues that such paradigms are poorly suited for fostering principled responses to human suffering, and proposes an alternative approach that considers a view of relationships based in feminist theories about the nature of caring. Four primary character…
The Prevention of Terrorism Act
In 1979 Stuart Hall argued, on the advent of the new Conservative government, that their much lauded free market economy demanded, as a necessary corollary, the development of a powerful, centralised state apparatus to maintain order.[1] After four years of Thatcherism it is possible to add flesh to the bones of Hall's original outline and in particular how the Prevention of Terrorism Act contributes towards the growth of the strong state. Before…
Determining the indeterminate1
Taking classic works of the American experimental movement as the primary focus for discussion, this article examines the nature of interpretative decisions both before and during a performance. The issues which inform a performer's decisions as to when, how, and what to play are placed within the context both of what is known of the composer's intentions and of the performing traditions which have subsequently developed
Of houses, hearths, and granaries
(1995). Of houses, hearths, and granaries: Some aspects of gender among the Temanambondro of South‐East Madagascar. Indonesia Circle. School of Oriental & African Studies. Newsletter: Vol. 23, No. 67, pp. 340-358
The Death of Mass Picketing
The Human Rights Act
The paper is based on survey work undertaken in the Cynon valley, south Wales, an area of high social deprivation. We interviewed local solicitors to establish their understanding and usage of the Human Rights Act (HRA). Outside of south Wales there is evidence of growing awareness and involvement of specialist practitioners in human rights actions. This we call a top‐down process. Our work starts at the other end: a bottom‐up account of high‐str…
Introduction
The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice was announced by the then Home Secretary Kenneth Baker in March 1991 the day of the release of the Irishmen known as the Birmingham Six after sixteen years of wrongful imprisonment. In the decade since the previous Royal Commission on criminal justice matters, a string of miscarriages many long suspected had been publicly acknowledged. The expectation was widespread that the Commission would produce a fund…
The nuclear family, ideology and Aids in the thatcher years
Thatcher's Will
Zambian Economic Reforms
April 19th, 1968, has now become one of the memorable dates in Zambian history for on that day Dr. K. D. Kaunda presented to the nation at Mulungushi his economic blueprint for the proposed future development of this country. In it the President unequivocally analyses and exposes present weakness and difficulties, following this with a general policy plan coupled with specific intentions to alleviate the current problems. The analysis is bold and…
Studying Lawyers
Law in the Balance
The Prevention of Terrorism Act
In 1979 Stuart Hall argued, on the advent of the new Conservative government, that their much lauded free market economy demanded, as a necessary corollary, the development of a powerful, centralised state apparatus to maintain order.[1] After four years of Thatcherism it is possible to add flesh to the bones of Hall's original outline and in particular how the Prevention of Terrorism Act contributes towards the growth of the strong state. Before…
The Death of Mass Picketing
Freedom of Movement
women have been stopped, delayed, questioned, prohibited from proceeding, turned back and many arrested by the police for failing to comply with their instructions. This practice has been widespread during the course of the strike, though its legality was questionable. Ultimately, the National Union of Miners (NUM) decided to test the law on police roadblocks. This was done in the High Court in the case of Moss v. McLachlan and the judgement was …
Radical French Judges
Critical legal action within the French judiciary emerged from the lower ranks of the magistrates. In France magistrates are professionally qualified full-time careerists who sit alone in the lower courts. They are appointed to judicial office in their mid-twenties after finishing their training at the National School of the Magistracy. They have not practised as lawyers. Their activism was first manifested in 1968 and resulted in the creation of…
HIV/Aids in Prisons
Defining a problem is in itself problematic. Appropriate responses to the perceived problem involve the recognition of its nature and scope. ‘Official’ Home Office data and ministerial statements indicate that drug abuse and unprotected anal intercourse are not considered to be major problems in the prisons of England and Wales. ‘Unofficial’ information regarding these high risk activities leads to a contrary conclusion. Lack of adequate ‘officia…
Democracy, Rule of Law and Critical Legal Theory in Germany
In the autumn of 1988, Kritische Justiz, the German journal of critical legal studies celebrated its twentieth anniversary. As a consequence, a symposium was organized entitled 'Democracy and Law and Struggle'. One of Germany's outstanding critical legal theorists, Ulrich K. Preuss, was invited to give a public lecture. He was an obvious choice to bring together the theoretical, historical and political dimensions representing the spirit of Kriti…
Health Care or Punishment
We consider the reasons for and detail current changes to the prison medical service in England and Wales. We note that whilst civil society increasingly seeks redress through law, prisoners are ill equipped and relatively ineffective in using the courts. Instead, a medical paradigm might be an empowering process for prisoners to improve their quality of life. Delivery of an efficient health care service is a prisoner's right. This is of particul…
Thatcher's Will
The nuclear family, ideology and Aids in the thatcher years
Introduction
The Royal Commission on Criminal Justice was announced by the then Home Secretary Kenneth Baker in March 1991 the day of the release of the Irishmen known as the Birmingham Six after sixteen years of wrongful imprisonment. In the decade since the previous Royal Commission on criminal justice matters, a string of miscarriages many long suspected had been publicly acknowledged. The expectation was widespread that the Commission would produce a fund…
Of houses, hearths, and granaries
(1995). Of houses, hearths, and granaries: Some aspects of gender among the Temanambondro of South‐East Madagascar. Indonesia Circle. School of Oriental & African Studies. Newsletter: Vol. 23, No. 67, pp. 340-358
Identity Cards
Honor and Slavery
Conspicuous Construction
This article examines consumption practices in a region of rural southeast Madagascar, focusing in particular on the building of houses with materials produced outside the local economy. Whilst recognizing that processes of delocalization in vernacular architecture are taking place through the consumption of non-locally produced materials, it is argued that this process exists alongside others of relocalization. One form of relocalization is a pr…
Shorter notice. Failed Legislation, 1660-1800. Extracted from the Commons and Lords Journals. J Hoppit [ed.]
Journal Article Shorter notice. Failed Legislation, 1660-1800. Extracted from the Commons and Lords Journals. J Hoppit [ed.] Get access PDG Thomas PDG Thomas University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 114, Issue 456, April 1999, Pages 452–453, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/114.456.452 Published: 01 April 1999
Voices of Reason, Voices of Insanity
Globalization and Identity
Introduction. (Birgit Meyer and Peter Geshiere). Nationalism and Transnationalism. Cirassian Encounters: The Self as Other and the Production of the Homeland in the North Caucasus. (Seteney Shami). Transnationalism in the Era of Nation--States: China, 1900--1945. (Prasenjit Duara). The French Colonial Policy of Assimilation and the Civility of the Originaires of the Four Communes (Senegal): A Nineteenth Century Globalization Project. (Mamadou Dio…
The River, The Road, and The Rural-Urban Divide
In this article, I analyze how ideas of attachment to place and the experience of political and economic marginality combine to produce a particular moral geography for people of the Manambondro region of southeast Madagascar. Though the elements of this moral geography comprise an archive of sorts of the colonial encounter, they also speak of people's consciousness of their marginality within the postcolonial present. I argue that moral geograph…
Interpretation and performance in Bryn Harrison's être-temps
The majority of studies of performance focus on the tonal and metric music of the common-practice period, studied at the moment of performance rather than over a period of rehearsal, and usually divorced from the context of real rehearsal and performance (schedules, audiences, auditoria). This paper reports part of a larger project in which three newly commissioned works for solo piano have been studied from the moment that the performer received…
The Human Rights Act
The Human Rights Act
The paper is based on survey work undertaken in the Cynon valley, south Wales, an area of high social deprivation. We interviewed local solicitors to establish their understanding and usage of the Human Rights Act (HRA). Outside of south Wales there is evidence of growing awareness and involvement of specialist practitioners in human rights actions. This we call a top‐down process. Our work starts at the other end: a bottom‐up account of high‐str…
The Water That Blesses, The River That Flows
Not long after beginning fieldwork in the village of Manambondro in coastal southeast Madagascar, I was called one evening to the house of the "headman" of the house-group in which I was domiciled. Gathered together there in the encroaching gloom of dusk were several men, to whom the purpose of my visit was being explained. When one man heard that it was my hope to learn to speak the dialect of Malagasy spoken thereabouts he interjected to the ef…
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