The Historical Context: From Renaissance to Radical Change

The current historical context is characterised by a significant change in the economic and social fields that have led to the development of the economy of creativity and knowledge. This condition has laid the basis for the rise of a new social class. This radical change in the productive paradigm has started a series of modifications to urban spaces, setting in place a rooted change in the fabric of the city.The objective of this paper is to understand and interpret the nature of the changes under way and to investigate how what occurred in economic and social fields influenced the processes of urban regeneration. Starting from a theoretical background it will examine the concept of creativity applied to economics and social sciences. Secondly, by identifying the urban environment of London as a case study, it will analyze single cases that will show the root of these practices within urban spaces. The purpose of it will be verified by the possibility of building urban transformation strategies that use creativity as the tool of change.

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May You Live in Interesting Times. Science vs. Pseudoscience in the Era of the Internet

ETHICS IN PROGRESS ◽

10.14746/eip.2020.1.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 85-98

Author(s):

Mariusz Szynkiewicz

Keyword(s):

Social Economic ◽

Historical Context ◽

Radical Change ◽

The Internet ◽

Scientific Discourses ◽

Social Scientific

May you live in interesting times, the famous maxim quotes. Undoubtedly, at least in the historical context, periods of political, social, scientific, or economic riots – or at least commotion, ferment, crisis – have certainly earned such a title. So have the epochs which were subject to radical transformations distorting traditional relationships and institutions, existing patterns and rules. The abovementioned “interestingness” is thus a function of a radical change, challenge and variability, somewhat a derivative of erosion, and of all that we associate it with the notion of revolution or turn, be it political, social, economic, environmental, or scientific. The paper’s core aim is to examine the nowadays constantly revised, questioned, thus, shaking demarcation between science and pseudoscience in the light of new trends such as misinformation, denialism, internetisation and memoisation of scientific discourses.

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George W. Bush in Political Time: The Janus Presidency

Law & Social Inquiry ◽

10.1111/j.1747-4469.2009.01153.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 34 (02) ◽

pp. 473-493 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Gerard N. Magliocca

Keyword(s):

Party System ◽

Historical Context ◽

Bush Administration ◽

Ronald Reagan ◽

Radical Change ◽

September 11 ◽

Majority Party ◽

Political Time ◽

Governing Institutions ◽

Political Failure

This essay places George W. Bush's presidency and the Bush administration in some historical context by applying the model of “political time” developed in recent books by Stephen Skowronek (2008) and Keith Whittington (2007). My thesis is that Bush's political failure during his second term was largely the result of structural tensions created by the attacks of September 11, 2001, that no leader could have overcome. This argument is an extension of Skowronek's and Whittington's views that the executive branch's relationship to other governing institutions is shaped primarily by the president's relative position in the party system. In essence, 9/11 undermined the coalition forged by Ronald Reagan by pushing President George W. Bush to pursue radical change. These actions could not be squared with his need, as the leader of the majority party, to maintain electoral stability. A presidency divided against itself in this way cannot, and did not, stand.

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FIGHTING THE OLIGARCHS: PRESIDENT DUTERTE AND THE ARGUMENT AGAINST ELITE RULE – A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE ACADEME

MALIM: JURNAL PENGAJIAN UMUM ASIA TENGGARA (SEA JOURNAL OF GENERAL STUDIES) ◽

10.17576/malim-2020-2101-03 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 34-46

Author(s):

CHRISTOPHER RYAN MABOLOC

Keyword(s):

Analytical Approach ◽

Good Governance ◽

Historical Context ◽

Basic Structure ◽

Radical Change ◽

Democratic Society ◽

Radical Politics ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Philippine Politics ◽

Pragmatic Leadership

The focus of this study is the radical politics of President Rodrigo Duterte. The leader has clashed with influential businessmen on critical issues. This investigation examines the president’s battle against the oligarchy in the country. This research will try show that the rise to power of the first president from Mindanao is a reaction to elite rule. It seeks to reveal that the style of leadership of Duterte is reflective of the historical context that the critics of the president fail to account for. In arguing the case for Duterte’s non-conventional approach in overhauling Philippine politics and society, the issues involving some conglomerates in the country are mentioned. In terms of method, the interpretive and analytical approach will be used, citing the available literature and documents to strengthen the article’s arguments. The significance of this study has something to do with the idea of good governance. It argues that in the pursuit of a truly democratic society, the foundations of the basic structure must be strengthened. The pragmatic leadership of Duterte is a reflection of the deeper kind of radical change or substantive transformation that is needed to fight elite rule.

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Timothy H. Lim et al. (eds), The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Historical Context (Edinburgh: T. T. Clark, 2000), pp. x + 309. 24.95 (hb).

Scottish Journal of Theology ◽

10.1017/s0336930602260182 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 113-126

Author(s):

Simon Gathercole

Keyword(s):

Historical Context ◽

Dead Sea Scrolls ◽

Dead Sea ◽

The Dead

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Psychology as a Profession and a Science

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000088 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 111-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ype H. Poortinga ◽

Ingrid Lunt

Keyword(s):

European Association ◽

Historical Context ◽

Professional Psychologists

The European Association of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) was created in 1981 as the European Association of Professional Psychologists’ Associations (EFPPA). We show that Shakespeare’s dictum “What’s in a name?” does not apply here and that the loss of the “first P” (the adjectival “professional”) was resisted for almost two decades and experienced by many as a serious loss. We recount some of the deliberations preceding the change and place these in a broader historical context by drawing parallels with similar developments elsewhere. Much of the argument will refer to an underlying controversy between psychology as a science and the practice of psychology, a controversy that is stronger than in most other sciences, but nevertheless needs to be resolved.

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