1. On Ancient Tenure of Land in Scotland

1884 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 99-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Auldjo Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Ancient Society ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Scientific System ◽  
Living Present

I deem no apology due for introducing to the notice of the Royal Society the subject of the present paper. The close and accurate criticism which distinguishes modern scholarship has allied all branches of knowledge in a common scientific system; and the laws which regulate the development of human society are now recognised as being not less inexorable than those of which the operation on material objects is the more frequent theme in this room. To exhume the forms and types of ancient society, to subject them to close analysis, to identify their prototypes and trace their evolution in our modern life is not less a scientific study than to dig out the nodules of remote ages from those ancient records the rocks, and to subject them to that analysis which detects their identity with forms of life still extant. But with this difference in our present inquiry : the forms of existence of which the nodule is the representative have transmitted their characteristics through so great a succession and variety of forms as to make their identity with, or even relation to, any modern type distinguishable in most cases only by subtle processes of analysis; they are themselves callous and dead, and have no direct contact with the life of the present day; but the systems of ancient society have not undergone that process of extinction and disintegration in transmitting their characteristics; it is less in the alembic that decomposes than by the scalpel that exposes, that their characteristics are discoverable; they do touch, and that often closely, the living present, and there is danger therefore that in the search for ancient truth a nerve may be sometimes touched that may send a thrill into living organisms in our modern society, aflame as some of these are at present with fevered sensation and debate.

scholarly journals Social and Cognitive Implications of Using Euphemisms in English

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Narmina Fataliyeva Arif
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Sensitive Topics ◽  
The Subject ◽  
People Search

<p>Today in a globalized society the need for word substitutions while speaking on sensitive topics has increased. People search for milder alternatives to express their opinions whenever they feel their words might sound abrupt or offensive. These substitutions are called euphemisms.</p><p>At first sight one might suppose that these expressions are too ordinary, but in fact they possess a strong persuasive character. Thus, the subject of this article is to identify the main functions of euphemisms in modern society. The article also aims at determining which social and cognitive factors regulate our choice of these substitutions.</p><p>In the theoretical part of the research different views on the phenomenon are outlined.</p><p>The main method used in this work is descriptive analytical method, based on the description of euphemisms from theoretical point of view with the subsequent analysis of achieved results. Besides, the method of contextual analysis has been applied.</p><p>As data for analysis different euphemistic expressions have been studied.</p><p>An overall study shows that in modern life honest debate has turned into a rare phenomenon.</p><p>One of our assertions is that the use of euphemisms primarily presupposing good intentions so as not to hurt a listener’s feelings, in modern life has acquired completely a different purpose. Today people use euphemisms to sound more persuasive instead of simply sounding polite.</p><p>It should be noted that for a deeper understanding of the role of euphemisms they should be studied within a specific discourse. Thus this study will require a further look at the problem applying a more contextual approach to its analysis.</p>

PHILOSOPHICAL PROPAEDEUTICS IN THE SYSTEM OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Gan N.Yu. ◽  
Ponomareva L.I. ◽  
Obukhova K.A.
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Training

Today, worldview, spiritual and moral problems that have always been reflected in education and upbringing come to the fore in society. In this situation, there is a demand for philosophical categories. One of the priority goals of education in modern conditions is the formation of a reasonable, reflexive person who is able to analyze their actions and the actions of other people. Modern science is characterized by an understanding of the absolute value and significance of childhood in the development of the individual, which implies the need for its multilateral study. In the conditions of democratization of all spheres of life, the child ceases to be a passive object of education and training, and becomes an active carrier of their own meanings of being and the subject of world creation. One of the realities of childhood is philosophizing, so it is extremely timely to address the identification of its place and role in the world of childhood. Children's philosophizing is extremely poorly studied, although the need for its analysis is becoming more obvious. Children's philosophizing is one of the forms of philosophical reflection, which has its own qualitative specificity, on the one hand, and commonality with all other forms of philosophizing, on the other. The social relevance of the proposed research lies in the fact that children's philosophizing can be considered as an intellectual indicator of a child's socialization, since the process of reflection involves the adoption and development of culture. Modern society, in contrast to the traditional one, is ready to "accept" a philosophizing child, which means that it is necessary to determine the main characteristics and conditions of children's philosophizing.

Changes in environment as cause for environmentally induced migration of people

2017 ◽  
pp. 527-537
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Ljustina
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Complex Relation ◽  
Environmental Migration ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Adequate Definition ◽  
The Subject

Migration is one of the oldest and most used strategies for overcoming negative social issues. Despite the fact that it is historically deeply rooted, environmental migration as a social phenomenon has only recently become the subject research of numerous scientific fields. However, the study of current environmental migration is characterized by a number of issues, such as absence of an adequate definition and multi-causality of environmental migration. In this paper, through conceptual framework, author analyzed two main questions: who are environmental migrants and what reasons cause environmental migration. Due to the destruction of the global environmental balance, as well as accumulated environmental disturbances, it is likely that environmental migration will increase in future and there is nowhere you cannot make more use of scientific and professional projection of the future than in demographic and environmental spheres of human life. There is no doubt that our future is unpredictable. However, the environmental factors influencing the pattern of human interaction with the environment must be taken into account when projecting future development of the modern society. Such is the context in which the complex relation among migration, change and the environment has to be studied. In order to establish the basis for controlling environmental migration caused by negative changes in the environment, it is necessary to adopt a consistent strategy instead of ad hoc activities that are being used. In this paper, author analyzed societal response for the challenges caused by environmental migration, specifically regarding actions related to governing environmental migrations.

Moral Sentiments in Modern Society

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriël Brink
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Dutch Society ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Moral Sentiments ◽  
Contemporary Life ◽  
Novel Theory

Since the time of Adam Smith, scholars have tried to understand the role moral sentiments play in modern life, an issue that became especially urgent during and after the 2008 global financial crisis. Previous explanations have ranged from the idea that modern society is built on moral values to the notion that modernisation results in moral decay. The essays in this interdisciplinary volume use the example of Dutch society and a wealth of empirical data to propose a novel theory about the ambivalent relation between contemporary life and human nature. In the process, the contributors argue for the need to reject simplistic explanations and reinvent civil society.

Touching Photographs: Roland Barthes's ''Mistaken'' Identification

2002 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Olin
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Response ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Small Child ◽  
Camera Lucida ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Intimate Relation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Mistaken Identification ◽  
The Way

IN CAMERA LUCIDA, ROLAND BARTHES'S subject is the significance of photography's defining characteristic: the photograph's inseparable relation to its subject, that which ''must have been'' in front of the camera's lens. Or so it would seem. The present reading of Camera Lucida argues that Barthes's essay actually shows photography's nature as dependent not only on the intimate relation to its object, commonly termed ''indexical,'' but in accord with its relation to its user, its beholder. An examination of Barthes's encounters with photographs in Camera Lucida reveals the way in which identification and misidentification figure into the viewing of images, and suggests that contact between the beholder and the photograph actually eclipses the relation between the photograph and its subject. Barthes's focus on the emotional response of the viewer disguises the fact that he misidentified key details in Camera Lucida's photographs, most significantly in a 1927 portrait by James Van Der Zee and in the ''Winter Garden Photograph.'' This latter photograph of Barthes's recently deceased mother as a small child is famously not illustrated in the book. This essay argues that it is fictional. These ''mistakes'' suggest that Camera Lucida undermines its ostensible basis in indexicality. The subject did not have to be in front of the camera after all. The present rereading of the text from this point of view articulates a notion of performativity according to which the nature of the contact that exists between the image and the viewer informs the way an image is understood. Barthes's desire to find his mother again through her photograph to a large extent acts out his desire to re(per)form and make permanent his relation to her, a desire that he elucidates in the process of describing his search for her picture and his reaction to it when he finds it. This performative element is charged with identification; the person the narrator (Barthes) seeks, in his mother, is himself. A close analysis of the ''Winter Garden Photograph,'' as described by Barthes, shows how performances of identification are inscribed with gender and familial configurations.

scholarly journals Trends in modern theatrical interpretation of A. P. Chekhov's play “Uncle Vanya”

Litera ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Natalia Gavrilova
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
The State ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Stage Directors ◽  
Separate Object ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Xix Century

This article is dedicated to the analysis of trends in interpretation of A. P. Chekhov's play &ldquo;Uncle Vanya&rdquo; in modern theater. The subject of this research is the four theatrical productions of the play on the national stage: by Rimas Tuminas in Vakhtangov Theatre (2009), by Andrei Serban in Alexandrinsky Theater (2009), by Andrei Konchalovsky in Mossovet State Academic Theatre (2009) by St&eacute;phane Braunschweig in the State Theatre of Nations (2019). These productions reflect the eternal existential questions raised in A. P. Chekhov&rsquo;s play, as well as the relevant transformations in modern perception of the play. Examination of the aforementioned productions, as well as their analysis in the context of Chekhov's play and modern life realities in comparison with such in the XIX century, has not previously become a separate object of research. The scientific novelty consists in comprehension of the message delivered by play written in the late XIX century for the XXI century, as well as in determination of problems relevant to a contemporary person that are raised in the play. Using the meaning-making topics of the play, stage directors imply death of kindness, deterioration of nature and human, human disunity and misunderstanding. Therefore, the play &ldquo;Uncle Vanya&rdquo; indicates its timeliness and everlasting lifelikeness for the XXI century.

scholarly journals Global holiday as a cultural phenomenon of the Digital Age

2020 ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Ivan Dmitrievich Tuzovskii
Keyword(s):  
Soft Power ◽  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Methodological Foundation ◽  
Day Of The Dead ◽  
The Status ◽  
Global Status ◽  
The Subject

The subject of this research is modern celebratory culture in the context of impact of globalization processes upon festivities. The author explores a new phenomenon that emerged in the early XXI century &ndash; a &ldquo;global holiday&rdquo; within the framework of sociocultural transformations related to transition of humanity towards the Digital Age, and formation of the global information space. Special attention is given to the following aspects: creation of media and post-mythological global holidays of the Digital Age, and transformation of the traditional holiday into new metanational forms. The methodological foundation for studying the holidays that received the status of "global" in modern culture became the adaptation of &ldquo;head page method&rdquo; applied in sociological, cultural and futurological research and sociocultural monitoring, including overt observation. The conclusion is made that modern culture marks the formation of several types of global holidays that carry metanational character: the first group includes media-produced holidays associated with post-folklore and post-mythology of modern society, or represent celebratory events as award ceremonies in the field of politics, art and science; the second group includes ethnic traditional holidays that received the global status (Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Mexican Day of the Dead, Holi &ldquo;Festival of Spring&rdquo;, etc.). The phenomenon of global holidays should be taken into account in creation of the national strategies of cultural policy, and the global holiday itself may become one of the "soft power" tools in the Digital Age.

scholarly journals Radicalisation of Adolescents and Youth: In Search of Explanations

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.D. Tikhonova ◽  
N.V. Dvoryanchikov ◽  
A. Ernst-Vintila ◽  
I.B. Bovina
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Integral Characteristic ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Psychological Knowledge ◽  
Different Levels

The main purpose of the presented article is to reveal the potential of social psychological knowledge for the analysis of radicalisation of young people. In the introduction, the features of socialisation in the modern world are discussed. Special attention is drawn to the role of the Internet in the socialisation of adolescents and young people. It is noted that the dominance of audiovisual information contributes to the reduction of reflexivity and promotes the so-called clip thinking, which has become an integral characteristic of adolescents and young people. It is emphasized that life in the modern society is associated with a number of changes taking place simultaneously at different levels, and uncertainty has become its important feature. Extremism and radicalisation are considered as a reaction to uncertainty, a way to overcome it. The main part of the article is devoted to the analysis of models of radicalization describes in various works. Finally, perspectives of further investigation into the subject are outlined.

scholarly journals Development and transformation of the communicative element of socio-cultural activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S2) ◽  
pp. 708-721
Author(s):  
Oksana A. Telep ◽  
Inna V. Balashenko ◽  
Pavlo P. Fedaka ◽  
Liudmyla I. Ukhach ◽  
Yelizaveta M. Sivak
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
Communication Culture ◽  
Methodological Studies

The relevance of the subject matter derives from the fact that communication is one of the oldest institutions of humanity and plays a crucial role in modern society. The authors used general scientific methods such as generalisation, analysis and integration of elements of the concept of conventional communication as well. The purpose of the study is to define the essence of the models of socio-cultural transformation, as well as the characteristics and features of the development of socio-cultural activities. The study analyses how socio-cultural content functions in social communication; the key theoretical thesis of the functionality message is identified. The study discusses the models that influence socio-cultural transformation on the global level and make changes both in the global cultural space and in the cultural space of countries, communities, and people in particular. The study proposes means to strengthen the innovative potential of Ukrainian culture. The authors emphasise that the phenomenon of communication culture requires in-depth theoretical and methodological studies of the problems of its design and support. 

scholarly journals Value-based orientations as a normative-regulatory mechanism for the formation of professional worldview of future music teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S2) ◽  
pp. 522-536
Author(s):  
Mariia M. Tkach ◽  
Olga M. Oleksiuk
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Philosophy Of Music ◽  
Subject Field ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Pedagogical Discourses

The transition period of modern society can be observed in various aspects, particularly in the value-normative one. The study of the Genesis of the formation of personality’s value-based orientations in the current conditions of reforming educational sector in Ukraine and its integration into the European Higher Education Area are becoming prioritized. The research methodology is complex, combining theoretical and empirical methods. Theoretical study of the problem of values in philosophical-historical and psychological-pedagogical discourses creates a methodological basis for expanding the subject field of interdisciplinary branches of scientific knowledge: pedagogical axiology and philosophy of music education. The interdisciplinary context of the conceptual range of these disciplines makes it possible to modernize the value-based orientation in the content of art education. The problem of spiritual and value-based formation of the personality by means of music is actualized, which creates the prerequisites for the formation of a phenomenon of holistic professional worldview of future music teachers. The analysis of structural components of the outlined phenomenon shows that the normative and regulatory basis of professional worldview is a system of value-based orientations of the individual.

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