Cultura

Value Conflict And Cultural Memory In Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children: An Axiological And Hermeneutic-Statistical Study

VOLUME 22, 2025

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Dr. Iliyas Ali Shaik
Dr. G. Hemalatha
Dr. Ananthi T
Dr V Kavitha

Abstract

This paper examines Midnight’s Children (1981) by Salman Rushdie as a paradigmatic literary site where value conflict and cultural memory are not merely represented but structurally produced through narrative form. Drawing on axiological philosophy (Scheler, Hartmann), philosophical hermeneutics (Gadamer, Ricoeur), and cultural memory theory (Assmann), the study proposes a mixed-methods framework that integrates interpretive analysis with quantitative thematic modeling. Using a manually curated and computationally supported coding scheme, the novel is analyzed across seven value-memory categories: identity, freedom, moral duty, tradition, modernity, gender ethics, and postcolonial memory. Statistical results reveal that identity-oriented value conflicts (87.3%) and memory-inflected ethical tensions (79.1%) dominate the narrative structure, suggesting that the novel functions as a moral archive rather than a historical allegory. The study argues that Rushdie’s narrative does not simply reflect cultural values but actively reorganizes them through metafictional memory work. By combining hermeneutics with statistical modeling, this paper advances a new methodology for philosophy-of-literature research, demonstrating that literary meaning can be both interpreted and empirically structured. This approach redefines English literature as a dynamic system of cultural valuation and ethical negotiation.

Keywords : Axiology, Cultural Memory, Hermeneutics, Salman Rushdie, Value Conflict, Postcolonial Ethics, Narrative Identity, Philosophy of Literature.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty