Ian William Merkel
Biographic Data
| ID | 814671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian William Merkel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian William |
| FAMILY NAME | Merkel |
| SIGNATURE | MERKEL I W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1561-2910 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Laurette Séjourné and Leonora Carrington, Ethnography and Surrealism in Mexico
Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity
Between 1965 and 1976, Michel Foucault went to Brazil five times. Although his stays were short, he established relationships with intellectuals and activists that, Marcelo Hoffman argues, furthered his philosophical questioning, social critique, and legacy. Foucault in Brazil documents Foucault's travels, lectures, and publications in Brazil, as well as his dialogues with intellectuals such as Roberto Machado, Maria Lúcia da Souza, Ubirajara Reb…
Barbosa, Cibele. Le Brésil entre le mythe et l’idéal: La réception de l’oeuvre de Gilberto Freyre en France dans l’après-guerre
Gilberto Freyre est l'un des penseurs brésiliens les plus emblématiques mais aussi les plus controversés. Après une période de critiques intenses, l'ouvrage de Ricardo Benzaquen de Araújo, Guerra e paz: Casa-Grande & Senzala e a obra de Gilberto Freyre nos anos 30 (São Paulo: Editora 34, 1994), a relancé l'intérêt pour l'étude de cet auteur dont l'œuvre a été revisitée sous différents angles. Le livre de Cibele Barbosa, centré sur sa réception en…
The Remnants of Race Science: Unesco and Economic Development in the Global South
Race science, it is often thought, declined precipitously after 1945. Eugenics was repudiated politically with the defeat of the Germans, and purportedly scientific claims to racial inequality were debunked, including at the United Nations. The 1950 and 1951 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Statements on Race, Sebastián Gil-Riaño tells us, serve as a high-water mark for “cleans[ing] scientific studies of …
Brazilian Race Relations, French Social Scientists, and African Decolonization: A Transatlantic History of the Idea of Miscegenation
This article analyzes how debates concerning Brazilian race relations, miscegenation, and racial democracy unfolded in France in the 1950s. During those years, Gilberto Freyre and those critical of him emerged in French social scientific discourse, offering distinct visions concerning race, culture, and the possibility of harmonious coexistence in a world structured by racial, social, and colonial inequalities. Certain French social scientists su…
Fernand Braudel, Brazil, and the Empire of French Social Science
These previously untranslated essays by Fernand Braudel are invaluable sources for understanding the social sciences in a formative moment, as well as the relationship between French intellectuals and the colonial world. Published in Portuguese at the University of São Paulo during Braudel's tenure there between 1935 and 1938, they are translated into English here to make them more widely available to historians of France. “The Concept of a New C…
Para uma história plebeia do liberalismo
Resenha do livro: SARTORI, Andrew. Liberalism in Empire: An Alternative History. Oakland: California University Press, 2014
Rachid Bouchareb’s Outside the Law: Aesthetics and Reception in France
This article is a critical reading of the Franco-Algerian filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb’s films and their reception in France, Algeria, and the United States. Whereas Days of Glory, which deals with African soldiers who fought on behalf of France in World War II, was praised for its realism, Outside the Law, taking the form of a gangster film, failed to garner the label of authenticity in its treatment of the Algerian War of Independence. By analyzi…
Brazilian Race Relations, French Social Scientists, and African Decolonization: A Transatlantic History of the Idea of Miscegenation
This article analyzes how debates concerning Brazilian race relations, miscegenation, and racial democracy unfolded in France in the 1950s. During those years, Gilberto Freyre and those critical of him emerged in French social scientific discourse, offering distinct visions concerning race, culture, and the possibility of harmonious coexistence in a world structured by racial, social, and colonial inequalities. Certain French social scientists su…
Fernand Braudel, Brazil, and the Empire of French Social Science
These previously untranslated essays by Fernand Braudel are invaluable sources for understanding the social sciences in a formative moment, as well as the relationship between French intellectuals and the colonial world. Published in Portuguese at the University of São Paulo during Braudel's tenure there between 1935 and 1938, they are translated into English here to make them more widely available to historians of France. “The Concept of a New C…
Rachid Bouchareb’s Outside the Law: Aesthetics and Reception in France
This article is a critical reading of the Franco-Algerian filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb’s films and their reception in France, Algeria, and the United States. Whereas Days of Glory, which deals with African soldiers who fought on behalf of France in World War II, was praised for its realism, Outside the Law, taking the form of a gangster film, failed to garner the label of authenticity in its treatment of the Algerian War of Independence. By analyzi…
Para uma história plebeia do liberalismo
Resenha do livro: SARTORI, Andrew. Liberalism in Empire: An Alternative History. Oakland: California University Press, 2014
Fernand Braudel, Brazil, and the Empire of French Social Science
These previously untranslated essays by Fernand Braudel are invaluable sources for understanding the social sciences in a formative moment, as well as the relationship between French intellectuals and the colonial world. Published in Portuguese at the University of São Paulo during Braudel's tenure there between 1935 and 1938, they are translated into English here to make them more widely available to historians of France. “The Concept of a New C…
Brazilian Race Relations, French Social Scientists, and African Decolonization: A Transatlantic History of the Idea of Miscegenation
This article analyzes how debates concerning Brazilian race relations, miscegenation, and racial democracy unfolded in France in the 1950s. During those years, Gilberto Freyre and those critical of him emerged in French social scientific discourse, offering distinct visions concerning race, culture, and the possibility of harmonious coexistence in a world structured by racial, social, and colonial inequalities. Certain French social scientists su…
Barbosa, Cibele. Le Brésil entre le mythe et l’idéal: La réception de l’oeuvre de Gilberto Freyre en France dans l’après-guerre
Gilberto Freyre est l'un des penseurs brésiliens les plus emblématiques mais aussi les plus controversés. Après une période de critiques intenses, l'ouvrage de Ricardo Benzaquen de Araújo, Guerra e paz: Casa-Grande & Senzala e a obra de Gilberto Freyre nos anos 30 (São Paulo: Editora 34, 1994), a relancé l'intérêt pour l'étude de cet auteur dont l'œuvre a été revisitée sous différents angles. Le livre de Cibele Barbosa, centré sur sa réception en…
The Remnants of Race Science: Unesco and Economic Development in the Global South
Race science, it is often thought, declined precipitously after 1945. Eugenics was repudiated politically with the defeat of the Germans, and purportedly scientific claims to racial inequality were debunked, including at the United Nations. The 1950 and 1951 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Statements on Race, Sebastián Gil-Riaño tells us, serve as a high-water mark for “cleans[ing] scientific studies of …
Laurette Séjourné and Leonora Carrington, Ethnography and Surrealism in Mexico
Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity
Between 1965 and 1976, Michel Foucault went to Brazil five times. Although his stays were short, he established relationships with intellectuals and activists that, Marcelo Hoffman argues, furthered his philosophical questioning, social critique, and legacy. Foucault in Brazil documents Foucault's travels, lectures, and publications in Brazil, as well as his dialogues with intellectuals such as Roberto Machado, Maria Lúcia da Souza, Ubirajara Reb…
Political science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Law (3 works) · North African History and Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Empire (2 works)