Sentences with phrase «to civilise»

Koo's contribution is Civilising Process: printed reproductions of 20 minimalist fountain pen drawings from a larger series of 1,001.

In theories of protest and revolution, the question whether violence is justified is premissed on the idea that it is probable.On the other hand, as is often observed, much modern social and political theory more or less eclipsed war within or between states, taking the socialising and civilising forces of historical progress for granted.

Still, it sounds as though Rossano is looking in the right direction; it's about time we had a wide exploration of religion's unique role in civilising human society.

He was a passionate and civilising influence on the culture of the past 50 years.

Among the counter-evidence was last year's Turner prize headlines: Eminence without merit (Sunday Telegraph); Tate trendies blow a raspberry (Eastern Daily Press); For 1,000 years art has been one of our great civilising forces.

We are now very upset because they apparently are very ungrateful to us for civilising them.

The Church provided next to nothing in civilising Europe.

So dominant is the understanding of mission as the churches» endeavour to multiply itself in number through conversion and civilising activities that the significance of changes and development of mission understanding in the ecumenical movement has frequently been overlooked.

Historians vouch for the trade in hunting dogs and the Vespasianic influx of those supposedly civilising lawyers.

He said» «I begin to believe in only one civilising influence — the discovery one of these days of a destructive agent so terrible that War shall mean annihilation and men's fears will force them to keep the peace.»

A Daily Mail headline stated «For 1,000 years art has been one of our great civilising forces.

In his 2000 Dimbleby lecture, Who's afraid of modern art, Sir Nicholas Serota advocated such kinds of «difficult» art, while quoting opposition such as the Daily Mail headline «For 1,000 years art has been one of our great civilising forces.

Missionaries were sent, therefore, not only to save the «heathen» people's souls from damnation, but also to civilise them and to elevate the «uncultured» people to be like the «cultured» western Christians.

The civilising effect of the pre-Reformation parliamentary tradition would seem to have taken on even greater importance - as would the questionable papal excommunication of Elizabeth.

So you walk a very fine line, civilising these raw things.»

The civilising mission of normative stigmatisation has been taken up by those formerly on the receiving end.

First he delivered an emotional defence of trade unionism as a civilising force which has been simply unheard of at a Labour leader's speech for a generation.

«The job of progressives is not to kill capitalism but to civilise it — by making it work in the public interest.»

'' It has never happened in a civilise democratic dispensation where a serving governor can deliberately hijack the process of Congresses by hiding the national committee delegated to conduct free and fair election until now,» said Jibrin

Oliver Letwin is a great man, and one is grateful for his civilising presence in our party, but he tends to be wrong on almost everything.

Stanley constantly talks about his desire to «civilise this land» by whatever means.

Damsels in Distress follows a trio of girls in a university who attempt to civilise the DU frat boys and uplift the depressed student body with musical numbers.

«The Lustful Turk» is the inaugural exhibition of The Civilising Process, a yearlong programme of exhibitions and events at Gasworks inspired by German sociologist Norbert Elias's eponymous 1939 book, which looks at the development of the tastes, manners and sensibilities of Western Europeans since the Middle Ages.

Does art have its uses, other than to civilise, enlighten, stimulate, console?

The paper afforded Serota one of his favourite quotes in the annual barrage of outrage that, with weary inevitability, follows the announcement of the Turner Prize, which was until recently chosen by a panel chaired by Serota: «For 1,000 years art has been one of our great civilising forces.

Late Barbarians is the second exhibition of The Civilising Process, a yearlong programme of exhibitions and events at Gasworks inspired by Elias's eponymous 1939 book, which looks at the development of the tastes, manners and sensibilities of Western Europeans since the Middle Ages.

(London, UK) «The Lustful Turk» is the inaugural exhibition of «The Civilising Process», a yearlong programme of exhibitions and events at Gasworks inspired by German sociologist Norbert Elias's eponymous 1939 book, which looks at the development of the tastes, manners and sensibilities of Western Europeans since the Middle Ages.

(London, UK) «The Lustful Turk», the first UK solo exhibition by Italian artist Patrizio Di Massimo, is the inaugural exhibition of «The Civilising Process», a yearlong programme of exhibitions and events at Gasworks inspired by German sociologist Norbert Elias's eponymous 1939 book, which looks at the development of the tastes, manners and sensibilities of Western Europeans since the Middle Ages.

«Late Barbarians» is the second exhibition of «The Civilising Process», a yearlong programme of exhibitions and events inspired by German sociologist Norbert Elias's eponymous 1939 book, which looks at the development of the tastes, manners and sensibilities of Western Europeans since the Middle Ages.

(London, UK) «Late Barbarians» is the second exhibition of The Civilising Process, a yearlong programme of exhibitions and events at Gasworks inspired by Norbert Elias's eponymous 1939 book, which looks at the development of the tastes, manners and sensibilities of Western Europeans since the Middle Ages.

The Civilising Process comprises five exhibitions, a programme of interdisciplinary events, contributions to Gasworks's online platform Pipeline and a printed publication.

The implication is that the oversight of research ethics is a key part of what makes the work of academics different from that produced commercially — a civilising of research practice that other professions may not always live up to.

«Imagine society without the civilising influence of the arts and you'll have to strip out what is most pleasurable in life — and much that is educationally vital.»