interpellation

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I would argue that your referencing the concept of the "new" somehow being different than the same old type of capitalist interpellation is a common way capitalist ideology re-presents itself.

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  1. The act of interpellating, or of interrupting or interfering by speech; verbal interruption. Good sir, I crave pardon, If I so chance to break that golden twist You spin by rude interpellation. Dr. H. More, Psychozoia, ii. 44.
  2. The act of interceding; interposition by entreaty or request; solicitation. “Praying without ceasing,” St. Paul calls it: that is, with continual addresses, frequent interpellations, never ceasing renewing the request till I obtain my desire. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 231. He was to mention the urgent interpellations made to him by the electors and princes of the Empire in their recent embassy. Motley, Dutch Republic, II. 269.
  3. A summons; a citation. In all extrajudicial acts one citation, monition, or extrajudicial interpellation is sufficient. Ayliffe, Parergon.

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  • The question, judging from Makgill's interpellation, was “whether subjects might lawfully take her Mass from the Queen.” —  John Knox and the Reformation
  • When the ground was clear at the very last moment, how absurd that the Black Flags and the Chinese should win a big victory over the French at Langson and that, in consequence, there should have been an interpellation in the French Senate causing the Jules Ferry Ministry to resign suddenly and leaving the Treaty still unsigned. —  Sir Robert Hart
  • I would argue that your referencing the concept of the "new" somehow being different than the same old type of capitalist interpellation is a common way capitalist ideology re-presents itself. —  PopMatters
  • It must indicate the nature of the interpellation, its degree and the situation of the giver and receiver of the summons in regard to each other A study of the signs which distinguish these different shades will teach us the analysis of gesture Aside from simple interpellation, the series passes successively from gratitude, devotion, etc., to anger, menace and conflict, leaving the soul at the point where it is subdued and asks forgiveness The passional or fugitive type forms the constant subject of the study of this series The Series of Gestures Applied to the Sentiments Oftenest Expressed by the Orator First Gesture. —  Delsarte System of Oratory
  • A long interpellation was addressed to the government by the Czech deputies_ Binovec, Filipinský and Stejskal_ (Socialists) regarding the outrageous and inhuman treatment of the Czech political prisoners. —  Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty
 

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  1. from French interpellation = Spanish interpelacion = Portuguese interpellação = Italian interpellazione, from Latin interpellatio(n-), an interruption, from interpellare, interrupt: see interpel.
 

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