Primitivism, Transgression, and other Myths: The Philosophical Anthropology of Georges Bataille
... to bring the same stylistic, textual, and representational concerns of fiction to bear on empirical writings about existing societies and cultures. This critique could prove disconcerting for an older Anglo-American tradition which sees ethnography as a thoroughly modern and positivist practice; how ...
... to bring the same stylistic, textual, and representational concerns of fiction to bear on empirical writings about existing societies and cultures. This critique could prove disconcerting for an older Anglo-American tradition which sees ethnography as a thoroughly modern and positivist practice; how ...
Jacques Derrida
... 1960s is not suitable for the larger, wider, more diverse, high technology education systems of the twenty-first century. These changes call not just for new, up-to-date, introductions but new methods of presentation. The presentational aspects of Routledge Critical Thinkers have been developed with ...
... 1960s is not suitable for the larger, wider, more diverse, high technology education systems of the twenty-first century. These changes call not just for new, up-to-date, introductions but new methods of presentation. The presentational aspects of Routledge Critical Thinkers have been developed with ...
McTaggart John Mitchell - MacSphere
... it is not simply a passive phenomenon resulting from the willful interplay of autonomous individuals; rather it plays a determinative role in interaction itself, generating social phenomena and influencing the behavior of the individuals as it unfolds according to its own inner logic [21]. The indiv ...
... it is not simply a passive phenomenon resulting from the willful interplay of autonomous individuals; rather it plays a determinative role in interaction itself, generating social phenomena and influencing the behavior of the individuals as it unfolds according to its own inner logic [21]. The indiv ...
after essentially contested concepts - JYX front page
... somewhat interesting and not just a summation of the work done by authors clearly cleverer than the writer. The work might still be of a low quality but at least it is something to own up. That’s a start. My sincere wish is that the motto I have chosen for this project comes true eventually: It kind ...
... somewhat interesting and not just a summation of the work done by authors clearly cleverer than the writer. The work might still be of a low quality but at least it is something to own up. That’s a start. My sincere wish is that the motto I have chosen for this project comes true eventually: It kind ...
The Jesuit Way of Going Global
... history of the Society of Jesus. Therefore, one of the most interesting sources of data for my research has been the direct words (or e-mails) of many individuals who have had first-hand involvement in JRS’s history. My previous experience with JRS facilitated most of the contacts, but especially pr ...
... history of the Society of Jesus. Therefore, one of the most interesting sources of data for my research has been the direct words (or e-mails) of many individuals who have had first-hand involvement in JRS’s history. My previous experience with JRS facilitated most of the contacts, but especially pr ...
The Rise of History: Kant, Herder, and the End of the Enlightenment
... national cultures part of a providential plan? Perhaps cultures, while building upon each other, are not aimed at a single pinnacle of human consciousness, as Hegel would argue, but instead possess parallel validity. Clearly, Herder has reservations about verbalizing a purpose for this history, pinn ...
... national cultures part of a providential plan? Perhaps cultures, while building upon each other, are not aimed at a single pinnacle of human consciousness, as Hegel would argue, but instead possess parallel validity. Clearly, Herder has reservations about verbalizing a purpose for this history, pinn ...
Challenging Globalization – The Contemporary Sociological Debate
... subject of study in various domains. This fact makes the attempt to define it more complicated. The lack of precise definition and theory of globalization provokes a debate among scholars coming from different fields of study. It is exactly the obscurity of the meaning of globalization and the conte ...
... subject of study in various domains. This fact makes the attempt to define it more complicated. The lack of precise definition and theory of globalization provokes a debate among scholars coming from different fields of study. It is exactly the obscurity of the meaning of globalization and the conte ...
Conceptualizing the West in International Relations
... civilizational identities are likely to be characterized by conflict or co-operation, or presumptions about the potential for the transfer of ideas and institutions between civilizations. For some, such processes promise convergence and interdependence, for others, domination or imperialism. Therefor ...
... civilizational identities are likely to be characterized by conflict or co-operation, or presumptions about the potential for the transfer of ideas and institutions between civilizations. For some, such processes promise convergence and interdependence, for others, domination or imperialism. Therefor ...
Personal Ethics and Fraudster Motivation: The Missing Link in Fraud
... and IAASB), critics have argued that the model cannot solve the fraud problem alone because two sides of the fraud triangle, pressure and rationalization cannot be easily observed (Dorminey et al 2010 as cited in Kazsem and Higson 2012). Again the fraud diamond theory by Wolfe and Hermanson (2004) a ...
... and IAASB), critics have argued that the model cannot solve the fraud problem alone because two sides of the fraud triangle, pressure and rationalization cannot be easily observed (Dorminey et al 2010 as cited in Kazsem and Higson 2012). Again the fraud diamond theory by Wolfe and Hermanson (2004) a ...
centralization versus decentralization
... forces are creating a borderless world where the national boundaries are becoming either obsolete or irrelevant in determining differential marketing practices. As the contextual determinants that defined the discipline of international marketing go out of existence, the result is bound to be a radi ...
... forces are creating a borderless world where the national boundaries are becoming either obsolete or irrelevant in determining differential marketing practices. As the contextual determinants that defined the discipline of international marketing go out of existence, the result is bound to be a radi ...
Global account management strategies: Drivers and outcomes
... Spurred by advances in communication, information, and transportation technologies, a shift toward market economies, privatization and deregulation in emerging markets, emergence of the global consumer, the availability of transnational media, and a proliferation of global products, globalization is ...
... Spurred by advances in communication, information, and transportation technologies, a shift toward market economies, privatization and deregulation in emerging markets, emergence of the global consumer, the availability of transnational media, and a proliferation of global products, globalization is ...
Rightness and Responsibility
... The position that results from this combination of claims leaves room for the kind of moral skepticism that is excluded a priori by moral judgment internalism. Indeed, there are two points at which space might open up between an agent’s sincere moral judgments and his or her motivations to action. F ...
... The position that results from this combination of claims leaves room for the kind of moral skepticism that is excluded a priori by moral judgment internalism. Indeed, there are two points at which space might open up between an agent’s sincere moral judgments and his or her motivations to action. F ...
“I believe this will become the standard in the field of biblical ethics
... this series will address the interpretation of biblical teachings; others will focus on the history, theological integration, philosophical analysis, and application of Christian moral understanding. But all will use and apply God’s moral truth in ways that convince the mind, convict the heart, and ...
... this series will address the interpretation of biblical teachings; others will focus on the history, theological integration, philosophical analysis, and application of Christian moral understanding. But all will use and apply God’s moral truth in ways that convince the mind, convict the heart, and ...
A FAIR GLOBALIZATION: CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
... We believe the dominant perspective on globalization must shift more from a narrow preoccupation with markets to a broader preoccupation with people. Globalization must be brought from the high pedestal of corporate board rooms and cabinet meetings to meet the needs of people in the communities in w ...
... We believe the dominant perspective on globalization must shift more from a narrow preoccupation with markets to a broader preoccupation with people. Globalization must be brought from the high pedestal of corporate board rooms and cabinet meetings to meet the needs of people in the communities in w ...
The inescapability of ethics and the impossibility of
... Before responding to the «anything goes» ethical relativism critique of constructivism, it is important to clarify precisely what is meant by «constructivism». Glasersfeld’s (1995) two basic constructivist premises provide a nice starting point: (a) knowledge is actively built up rather than passive ...
... Before responding to the «anything goes» ethical relativism critique of constructivism, it is important to clarify precisely what is meant by «constructivism». Glasersfeld’s (1995) two basic constructivist premises provide a nice starting point: (a) knowledge is actively built up rather than passive ...
Meeting Global Challenges - Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
... themselves may resonate differently for different governments. Climate change, for example, impacts differently on different countries, and in the short-term some may even profit from changes to the local climate. Thus the “good” in global public goods is often contested. What might be a highly desi ...
... themselves may resonate differently for different governments. Climate change, for example, impacts differently on different countries, and in the short-term some may even profit from changes to the local climate. Thus the “good” in global public goods is often contested. What might be a highly desi ...
Social and Cultural Anthropology: The Key Concepts
... values or forms of thought, and their connection to certain fundamental activities. The key concepts signalled in this book are to be regarded in a comparable way: they are discursive nodes from which a broader, interconnected landscape of anthropological work and understanding should become apparen ...
... values or forms of thought, and their connection to certain fundamental activities. The key concepts signalled in this book are to be regarded in a comparable way: they are discursive nodes from which a broader, interconnected landscape of anthropological work and understanding should become apparen ...
scheler and philosophical anthropology
... any articles on his work are published. I believe that this represents a loss to philosophers and students of philosophy and in this article argue for a renewed interest in the work of Scheler. Scheler's philosophical career is generally divided into three periods according to his primary interests. ...
... any articles on his work are published. I believe that this represents a loss to philosophers and students of philosophy and in this article argue for a renewed interest in the work of Scheler. Scheler's philosophical career is generally divided into three periods according to his primary interests. ...
The Sovereign and the Social: Arendt`s
... However, by conquering foreign peoples, the nation-states “aroused national consciousness and desire for sovereignty among the conquered people, thereby defeating all genuine attempts at empire building” (OT, 127). This nationalism would ultimately catch up with the conquering nation-states, destroy ...
... However, by conquering foreign peoples, the nation-states “aroused national consciousness and desire for sovereignty among the conquered people, thereby defeating all genuine attempts at empire building” (OT, 127). This nationalism would ultimately catch up with the conquering nation-states, destroy ...
Beyond the organicist metaphor: Media ecology
... contingency” entails that not even being – understood in a broad, heideggerian sense as “that which determines beings as beings, that on the basis of which beings are already understood" (1962, p. 25-26) – is necessary. In his view, Heidegger is a strong correlationist whose fundamental ontology man ...
... contingency” entails that not even being – understood in a broad, heideggerian sense as “that which determines beings as beings, that on the basis of which beings are already understood" (1962, p. 25-26) – is necessary. In his view, Heidegger is a strong correlationist whose fundamental ontology man ...
The Social Contract
... "What did I do?" His refuge may lie in social paranoia such as that so favored by the young. It is somebody else's fault. But the mature must inquire more deeply. What did we do that was wrong? And there is coming about in our time a generation of scientists who, granted the courage, have the power ...
... "What did I do?" His refuge may lie in social paranoia such as that so favored by the young. It is somebody else's fault. But the mature must inquire more deeply. What did we do that was wrong? And there is coming about in our time a generation of scientists who, granted the courage, have the power ...
Don`t Let it Happen Again: A Kantian Account of
... offender. Specifically, as Kant puts it, forgiveness consists of the remission of compensation for a wrongdoing. But how are we to understand Kant’s ideas of compensation and remission? It is crucial to remember that, in the discussion of interpersonal wrongdoing and forgiveness, we are concerned o ...
... offender. Specifically, as Kant puts it, forgiveness consists of the remission of compensation for a wrongdoing. But how are we to understand Kant’s ideas of compensation and remission? It is crucial to remember that, in the discussion of interpersonal wrongdoing and forgiveness, we are concerned o ...
Brown, M. D. (2015). The global history of Latin America. Journal of
... In Moya’s volume, eminent scholars trace the contributions in agrarian history, economic history, indigenous history, and so on, which have changed the way specialist historians have thought about Latin America’s past over the last few decades. There is no chapter on the influence of global or world ...
... In Moya’s volume, eminent scholars trace the contributions in agrarian history, economic history, indigenous history, and so on, which have changed the way specialist historians have thought about Latin America’s past over the last few decades. There is no chapter on the influence of global or world ...