The Moralizing Message of the Senatus Consultum de cn. Pisone Patre

1998 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Cooley
Keyword(s):  
Political Life ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

The recently published senatus consultum de Cn. Pisone patre provides the opportunity not only to explore afresh an episode in Tiberius' reign recounted by Tacitus, but also to reassess several aspects of political life during the early Principate. This decree outlines the Senate's judgement of the conduct of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso who had been accused of maiestas for seditious activities in the East, but had committed suicide before the conclusion of his trial. The document adds a considerable number of details to those recorded by Tacitus. Quite apart from its main theme, the text has shed light on such thorny problems as the definition of imperium maius, and the relationship between the fiscus and aerarium The aim of this article, however, is not to investigate such matters, but to consider the rhetorical language with which the Senate treats the whole affair.

scholarly journals Biofortification of tomatoes in Italy: Status and level of knowledge

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 227-235
Author(s):  
Vera Teresa Foti ◽  
Alessandro Scuderi ◽  
Claudio Bellia ◽  
Giuseppe Timpanaro
Keyword(s):  
Natural Processes ◽  
Agronomic Practices ◽  
Consumption Choices ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Lycopene Content ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Clear Information ◽  
High Willingness ◽  
Shed Light

Biofortification is a strategy to reduce micronutrient deficiency in humans by fortifying food through natural processes, agronomic practices and genetic modification. In this study, we seek to shed light on what consumers understand by the term 'biofortified products' and thus to understand their level of knowledge about these products, as well as the reasons that dictate their purchasing choices and the relationship between consumption choices and lifestyles. The analysis focuses on vegetables and, in particular, on tomatoes with a high lycopene content. Research shows that consumers of biofortified food products are generally confused and uninformed, even though they show a high willingness to pay. This confusion seems to result, moreover, from the lack of a clear definition of a biofortified product, as well as from the lack of clear information on the specifics of biofortified products and the benefits they can bring. The future of biofortified products can, therefore, be improved by the creation of clear standards and reference definitions and better information and transparency that would benefit the consumer.

scholarly journals THE ANALYSIS OF TRUST AS AN ELEMENT OF SUPPORT TO DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES

2019 ◽  
pp. 085
Author(s):  
Žarko Đorić
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Democratic Theory ◽  
Political Life ◽  
The Third ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

Declining trust is one of the central problems in modem politics. Trust declines in collective action arrangements. Trust is one of the "big questions," and "one of the normal obligations of political life." Embedded within it are fundamental issues of politics and democratic theory. In this article, I want to discuss which different conceptions of trust (and relations to democracy). The paper  proceeds as  follows. In the first part, the conceptual and theoretical definition of trust is given. In the second part it points to one of the basic division of  trust which is present in the literature. Finally, in the third part, the relationship between trust and democracy is pointed out and appropriate argumentation is offered.

scholarly journals Nation, Race, and Religious Identity in the Early Nazi Movement

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Derek Hastings
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
First World War ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
World War ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
First World ◽  
Shed Light

This paper examines the dissemination of radical nationalist and racist ideas among Catholics within the early Nazi movement in Munich. While the relationship between the Nazi regime and the Catholic faith was often antagonistic after 1933, a close examination of the earliest years of the Nazi movement reveals a different picture. In the immediate aftermath of the First World War and within the specific context of Munich and its overwhelmingly Catholic environs, early Nazi activists attempted to resacralize political life, synthesizing radical völkisch nationalism with reformist, “modern” conceptions of Catholic faith and identity. In so doing, they often built on ideas that circulated in Catholic circles before the First World War, particularly within the Reform Catholic movement in Munich. By examining depictions of nation and race among three important Catholic groups—reform-oriented priests, publicists, and university students—this paper strives not only to shed light on the conditions under which the Nazi movement was able to survive its tumultuous infancy, but also to offer brief broader reflections on the interplay between nationalism, racism, and religious identity. The article ultimately suggests it was specifically the malleability and conceptual imprecision of those terms that often enhanced their ability to penetrate and circulate effectively within religious communities.

scholarly journals Is Buying Local Food a Sustainable Practice? A Scoping Review of Consumers’ Preference for Local Food

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 772
Author(s):  
Lucio Cappelli ◽  
Fabrizio D’Ascenzo ◽  
Roberto Ruggieri ◽  
Irina Gorelova
Keyword(s):  
Local Food ◽  
Consumer Preference ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Nutrition Practices ◽  
Scoping Literature Review ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Sustainable Practice

Access to healthy food and the introduction of sustainable nutrition practices are two important issues today. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to food security but it has also provided opportunities for local food production. The discussion on local food has been gaining attention in recent years, but there is still a lack of clear understanding of the term ‘local food’ in the literature. The relationship between local food and sustainability issues is still unclear and has various connotations. This discordance leads to further discussions on whether buying local food should be considered a sustainable behavior and whether consumer preference for local food can be perceived as a sustainable practice. A scoping literature review was conducted in order to fill this gap and to shed light on the main tendencies of the scientific literature regarding this topic. The outcomes of the research revealed three dimensions of ‘local food’ definitions in the literature: geographical, geopolitical, and organic; while the problem of a unified local food definition remains open. The studied literature did not show any sound evidence for sustainability attributes in the definition of local food and consumer perception of local food.

Writing as resistance: Berber literature and the challenges surrounding the emergence of a Berber literary field in Morocco

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Pouessel
Keyword(s):  
Language Production ◽  
Social Space ◽  
The Political ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Literary Field ◽  
Political Field ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

This article discusses the development of Berber literature in Morocco and the connections between this literature and Moroccan national identity as well as the pan-Amazigh identity movement. Over the last 40 years, the political conjuncture in Morocco has led Berber writers to affirm an alternative definition of Moroccanness, not exclusively based on Arabness, but one in which Berberity is included. This article aims to shed light on modern Berber literature, and on the social space in which it is embedded. It argues that there is no autonomous Berber literary field, the literature being intrinsically bound up with identity issues, but a Berber literary space, located at the intermingling of several fields (the political field and the field of language production in particular). The article first reconstructs the Moroccan political context by exploring the Amazigh movement, its aspirations and its reality. It then focuses on the relationship between the language issues (alphabet, standardization, etc.) and the emergence of a Berber “neo-literature.” Lastly, it moves beyond Morocco into the wider pan-Berber world — the Maghreb and those countries to which Berbers have emigrated — to question the possibility of a transnational Berber literature.

The Satisfaction-Loyalty Relationship in Marketing: A Critical Review and Future Research

2016 ◽  
pp. 92-116
Author(s):  
Tuu Ho Huy ◽  
Olsen Svein Ottar
Keyword(s):  
Critical Review ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Combined Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Functional Forms ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

The purpose of this study is to critically review and to recommend future research for the satisfaction-loyalty relationship (SLR) in marketing. The paper is based on over 75 papers published by top peer reviewed journals in marketing throughout the world over the past three decades. The results show that the SLR is suggested to be positive. However, this relationship could be linear or nonlinear depending on the nature, the different approaches of measure and definition of satisfaction and loyalty. Moreover, the relationship is affected by many moderators, mediators and other variables. Future research should extend to test other antecedents besides satisfaction and to use different definitional approaches of satisfaction and loyalty to explain loyalty. Different functional forms of the SLR, moderators and mediators are also recommended to test in a separate or combined approach to shed light on the complex nature of this relationship.

scholarly journals WITTGENSTEIN’S “REMARKS ON COLOUR”: FROM COLOUR LOGIC TO SOCIAL STUDIES OF COLOUR

2020 ◽  
pp. 25-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Валерий Александрович Суровцев ◽  
Кирилл Александрович Родин
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
First Case ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

«Заметки о цвете» Витгенштейна посвящены исследованию логики (или грамматики) цвета. В нашей статье логика цвета (цветовых понятий) рассматривается в контексте различных редукционистских проектов – когда логические отношения сводятся к объективному определению цвета (проект Джонатана Вестфаля) или универсализируются в рамках определенной экспликации (таковой может выступать цветовой октаэдр и др.). Такие способы редукции при детальном рассмотрении показывают собственную несостоятельность. В данной статье мы прочитываем «Заметки о цвете» Витгенштейна как последовательную критику редукционистских проектов в исследовании отношений между цветовыми понятиями. В первом случае (в споре с Вестфалем) придерживаемся позиции Элейн Хорнер. При рассмотрении универсалистских редукций логики цвета подробно разбираем работу Габриэлы Мрас. В завершающей части статьи пытаемся показать обусловленность (на уровне исходных предпосылок) некоторых социологических и антропологических исследований цвета универсалистской тенденцией (кратко рассматриваются работы Уильяма Риверса и исследования Берлина-Кея). Здесь нашу статью можно рассматривать в качестве дополнительного комментария к работе Мартина Куша. The main theme in Wittgenstein’s “Remarks on Colour” is the logic (or grammar) of colour. We consider the logic of colour in the context of various reductionist projects in which logical relations between colour concepts are planned to be reduced to an objective definition of colour (it is the first variant of reduction and here we will take as an example a project of Jonathan Westphal) or are planned to be universalized within the framework of a certain explication (such may be the colour octahedron, etc.) (the second variant). When examined in detail, both variants show their own insolvency. We read Wittgenstein’s remarks on colour as a consistent criticism of any reductionist projects in the study of the relationship between colour concepts. In the first case (with Westphal) we adhere to the position of Elaine Horner. When considering universalistic reductions, we look in detail at the work of Gabriela Mras. In the final part of the article, we try to show how the universalist tendency (at the level of initial premises) influences some sociological and anthropological studies of colour (we briefly consider the works of William Rivers and Berlin & Kay). And our article can be taken as an additional commentary on the work of Martin Kusch.

Language, Politics and Society in the Middle East

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abeer AlNajjar
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Language Politics ◽  
Road Signs ◽  
Grassroots Initiatives ◽  
Language And Politics ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Core Questions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

This book aims to shed light on core questions relating to language and society, language and conflict, and language and politics, in relation to a changing Middle East. While the book focuses on Arabic, it goes way beyond a purely linguistic analysis by bringing to the fore a set of pressing questions about the relationship between Arabic and society. For example, it touches on the development of language policy via an examination of administrative mandates (top-down) in contrast to grassroots initiatives (bottom-up); the deeper layers of the linguistic landscape that highlight the connection between politics, conflict, identity, road signs and street names; Arabic studies and Arabic identity and the myriad ways countries deal simultaneously with globalisation while also seeking to strengthen local and national identity, and more.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL STATUS OF THE CAPITAL OF UKRAINE - THE HERO CITY OF KYIV AS A GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS OF UKRAINE AND THE TERRITORIAL COMMUNITY OF THE CITY

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksii Chepov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
City Councils ◽  
The Social ◽  
District Management ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

The qualitative and clear definition of the legal regime of the capital of Ukraine, the hero city of Kyiv, is influenced by its legislative enshrinement, however, it should be noted that discussions are ongoing and one of the reasons for the unclear legal status of the capital is the ambiguity of current legislation in this area. Separation of the functions of the city of Kyiv, which are carried out to ensure the rights of citizens of Ukraine and the functions that guarantee the rights of the territorial community of the city of Kyiv. In the modern world, in legal doctrine and practice, the capital is understood as the capital of the country, which at the legislative level received this status and, accordingly, is the administrative and political center of the state, which houses the main state bodies and diplomatic missions of other states. It is the identification of the boundaries of the relationship between the competencies of state administrations and local self-government, in practice, often raises questions about their delimitation and ways of regulatory solution. Peculiarities of local self-government in Kyiv city districts are defined in the provisions of the Law on the Capital, which reveal the norms of the Constitution in these legal relations, according to which the issue of organizing district management in cities belongs to city councils. Likewise, it is unregulated by law to lose the particularity of the legal status of the territory of the city. It should be emphasized that the subject of administrative-legal relations is not a certain administrative-territorial entity, but the social group is designated - the territorial community of the city of Kiev, kiyani. Thus, the provisions on the city of Kyiv partially ignore the potential of the territorial community.

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