Building a New Humanism for a Globalised World: The Contribution of Religion

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-321
Author(s):  
Ana María Vega Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Change ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Politics Of Recognition ◽  
Holy See ◽  
New Humanism ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
International Environment ◽  
Public Ethics ◽  
Just Society ◽  
The One

Humanity's challenges have become more acute in recent decades. The international environment has been characterised by rapid change, uncertainty, increased complexity and new trends. Despite the seeming unanimity of the international community in accepting human dignity and human rights as the foundation of a just society, the gap between systems and reality is widening around the world, exacerbated at the same time by globalisation and a liberal, individualistic and consumerist model of democracy. This article seeks to identify a new humanism that can be seen in UNESCO's work in the multifaceted field of culture, with culture as an enabler of sustainable development, peace and economic progress. On the one hand, it examines the confrontation between the politics of recognition and the politics of resentment in dealing with the management of diversity in increasingly complex societies. On the other hand, it analyses the relevance of religion, and particularly the work of the Holy See and successive popes, in culture, public ethics and social cohesion.

Óscar Romero and the Politics of Sainthood

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-291
Author(s):  
Manuel A. Vasquez ◽  
Anna L. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil War ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
The Other ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Holy See ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Face ◽  
Crisis Of Modernity ◽  
The One

In this article, we explore the debates surrounding the proposed canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken defender of human rights and the poor during the civil war in El Salvador, who was assassinated in March 1980 by paramilitary death squads while saying Mass. More specifically, we examine the tension between, on the one hand, local and popular understandings of Romero’s life and legacy and, on the other hand, transnational and institutional interpretations. We argue that the reluctance of the Vatican to advance Romero’s canonization process has to do with the need to domesticate and “privatize” his image. This depoliticization of Romero’s work and teachings is a part of a larger agenda of neo-Romanization, an attempt by the Holy See to redeploy a post-colonial and transnational Catholic regime in the face of the crisis of modernity and the advent of postmodern relativism. This redeployment is based on the control of local religious expressions, particularly those that advocate for a more participatory church, which have proliferated with contemporary globalization

Rapid Change of Platelet Aggregability in Acute Hyperglycemia

2000 ◽  
Vol 83 (03) ◽  
pp. 475-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiro Sakamoto ◽  
Hiroaki Kawano ◽  
Nobutaka Hirai ◽  
Shinzo Miyamoto ◽  
Keiji Takazoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Venous Blood ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Immunoreactive Insulin ◽  
Oral Glucose ◽  
Acute Hyperglycemia ◽  
Platelet Aggregability ◽  
Glucose Levels ◽  
Coronary Syndromes ◽  
Glucose Tolerance Tests ◽  
The One

SummaryWe examined the alteration of platelet aggregability in acute hyperglycemia during 75-gram oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT). Twenty subjects underwent 75-gram OGTT and venous blood samples were obtained before (0 min), 60, 120 and 180 min postload. Platelet aggregability shown as the number of small platelet aggregates was measured with a novel laser-light scattering (LS) method. Platelet aggregability increased in parallel with both glucose and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) levels. The number of mean small aggregates at 60 min (12.30 ± 1.10 × 104) was significantly higher than the one at 0 min (8.32 ± 0.88 × 104, p <0.001), 120 min (10.63 ± 0.98 × 104, p <0.05) and 180 min (8.28 ± 0.84 × 104, p <0.001) (mean ± SEM). Small aggregates correlated positively with plasma glucose levels at 60 min postload (r = 0.67, p = 0.001) while not with IRI. It might be important to suppress transient hyperglycemia for preventing the onset of acute coronary syndromes that could be closely related to platelet hyperaggregability.

Architecture, Environment and ‘Scenic Effect’ in May Sinclair’s The Divine Fire

May Sinclair ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terri Mullholland
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Architectural Space ◽  
High Esteem ◽  
The One

Published in 1904, The Divine Fire was May Sinclair’s third novel and the one that was to make her name. Ironically, as Suzanne Raitt notes, ‘The novel which made her both famous and relatively wealthy [is] a critique of the bookselling industry in which she was now earning her living’. Sinclair’s novel is, in fact, an astute engagement with the commercialisation of modern life and consumer culture. In this chapter I examine how Sinclair uses carefully staged representations of architectural space in order to highlight the play between illusion and reality, exterior and interior, and the commercial versus the domestic. Throughout The Divine Fire Sinclair wants us to look beneath the surface of her textual realism, to realise that what is seen should not necessarily be believed. Sinclair was writing at a time of rapid change, and in her use of the imagery of modernity – the commodities, the dazzling lights, the decor – Sinclair reveals society’s growing obsession with surface illusion and ‘the new’. But alongside this, Sinclair also reveals an alternative world that holds art, and the spiritual values it represents, in high esteem; a world she hopes can survive the bright lights of commercialisation now dominating modern life.

Michael VIII Palaeologus and the Union of Lyons (1274)

1953 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deno Geanakoplos
Keyword(s):  
Effective Means ◽  
The Political ◽  
Holy See ◽  
The One

The Union of Lyons between the Greek and Latin churches was largely the result of the political aims of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus. It was he who initiated the negotiations and who almost single-handedly attempted to force the union upon his Empire. He was convinced, as both Greek and Western historians repeatedly observe, that union was the one effective means to avert the menace of an expedition against Constantinople by the powerful coalition of Charles of Anjou, then King of Sicily. Recently recovered from the Latins by Palaeologus, Constantinople was still relatively weak, and it was mainly the Emperor's flexible diplomacy that had hitherto been able to maintain it against the Latins. To Palaeologus' mind only the offer of union could induce the Holy See to restrain Charles from his plan of conquest.

The Study of Culture Contact as a Practical Problem

Africa ◽  
1934 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. P. Mair
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Culture Contact ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Standards Of Conduct ◽  
New Institutions ◽  
The One ◽  
British Colonies

The special branch of social anthropology which deals with peoples whose culture is undergoing rapid change as the result of contact with more highly developed societies is of interest from a number of different points of view. On the one hand there is the purely theoretic approach, which is concerned to discover rules governing this process—to find reasons for the assimilation of some elements of the alien culture and the rejection of others, or explanations of the fact that the dominant civilization has sometimes succeeded in imposing changes in social organization which analysis shows to be patently disadvantageous, while in other directions it may be powerless; perhaps to trace the basic human motives which come sharply into prominence when liberated by the breakdown of traditional standards of conduct and values. On the other hand this study has a severely and urgently practical importance. A recent American writer has suggested that in British colonies these problems are only considered relevant in their bearing on the maintenance of the labour supply. Such a view would appear to conflict with the fact that, as far as Africa is concerned, it is mainly in colonies governed under the system of Indirect Rule, where the economic policy is to encourage independent native production, that the study of social anthropology receives official encouragement. Actually it is being more and more clearly recognized by administrators directly concerned in moulding the development of the African peoples that this ‘sacred trust’ cannot be executed until the bases of a sound development are laid down; until it is known in each separate case how far the native social organization has been already rendered obsolete by changed conditions, how far it is capable of readjustment, what are the existing foundations on which the new institutions that the new needs require can be securely built. Experience is constantly bringing home to the man on the spot the need for some more practical criterion of policy than that inherent desirability of everything ‘civilized’, which the facts so plainly contradict.

scholarly journals Gender Roles by the Sambal-Bolinao in Their Traditional Herbal Healing in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Northern Philippines

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Irene A. De Vera ◽  
W T Fajardo
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Plant Conservation ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Ethnobotanical Knowledge ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
Plant Parts ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
The One

Transmission of ethnobotanical knowledge is needed for cultural preservation and biodiversity conservation. Nowadays, this is seriously threatened by globalization which is evident in tropical areas due to influence of Western culture leading to rapid change in indigenous individual and the community. Several factors were attributed and associated with the use of plants in the indigenous communities which includes biological, ecological and socio-cultural with the inclusion of techniques, practices, religion and age. Moreover, gender influences the ethnobotanical knowledge and the structure of local medical systems. The study aimed to assess the gender roles, sanitation practice, and lifestyle of Sambal-Bolinao in their traditional herbal healing. Specifically, it sought to determine the traditional herbal healers’ profile, gender roles; and sanitation practice and lifestyle. Descriptive research technique was employed in gathering data. All traditional herbal healers in the municipality of Bolinao were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaire. A total of 19 managtambal; 11 males and 8 females. The Sambal-Bolinao Roman Catholic believers appreciated the practice of traditional herbal healing. They extended their roles as plant gatherers, keepers of the plant parts gathered, washers of the plant parts prior to treatment, managers of the plant parts wastes and as plant conservationist either through plant propagation and personal campaign on plant conservation. Majority of women traditional herbal healers did not transmit their ethnobotanical knowledge to their children and relatives due to their multiple burden case and perceived economic difficulty for their children. Men traditional herbal healers were the one transmitting their ethnobotanical knowledge to their family members.

scholarly journals A concepção de “ensino religioso” nos discursos do papa João Paulo II

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (287) ◽  
pp. 538
Author(s):  
Mateus Geraldo Xavier
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Clear Indication ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
Holy See ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church ◽  
Catholic Bishops

Num momento em que o Ensino Religioso Brasileiro vem construindo uma epistemologia própria, vários posicionamentos têm se manifestado por parte, sobretudo, de segmentos do episcopado católico com relação à construção de sua nova identidade. Tais manifestações têm suas raízes no próprio magistério da Igreja. Por isso, julgamos relevante uma volta aos ensinamentos do papa João Paulo II, pois foi ele quem mais insistiu em que os estados assegurassem, em nome da liberdade religiosa, o ensino religioso conforme a confissão de fé dos alunos e de seus familiares. O Acordo entre Brasil e Santa Sé é um claro indício desse esforço. Portanto, este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar descritivamente a visão do ensino religioso na perspectiva do papa João Paulo II.Abstract: At a time when Brazilian Religious Education is building itself an epistemology, several positions have been expressed in particular segments of the catholic bishops regarding the construction of their new identity. These manifestations have their roots in the teachings of the church itself. On that account, we deem relevant to return to the studies of Pope John Paul II, since he was the one who took a strong stand in favor of religious education according to the faith of the students and their families, on behalf of religious freedom. The agreement between Brazil and the Holy See is a clear indication of that effort. This article aims, therefore, to present a descriptive vision of religious education in the light of Pope John Paul II.

scholarly journals MODAL SOSIAL DALAM REVITALISASI KEARIFAN LOKAL (STUDI KASUS DESA WISATA KANDRI KECAMATAN GUNUNG PATI KOTA SEMARANG)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syifa Ayyada Jannati ◽  
Dani Ramadhan ◽  
Cindy Nadya Dewi Pertiwi
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Original Culture ◽  
Tourist Village ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Village Society

<p><em>Cities with various activities have a rapid change in every part of them. This change slowly began to threaten the value of local wisdom in society. It getting worst by globalization that will change the value of society and make them individualistic in this digital era. The revitalization for original culture through make a tourist village that will be the place for development local wisdom which is getting fade between village society in this globalization era is the right thought to solve this problem. The one of tourist village that elevate local wisdom is Kandri Tourist Village. Qualitative method has been selected by researchers to get data through interview an obsevation in research location. Social capital theory used by researches is the theory that was coined by Putnam</em><em>.</em><em> The goal of this research to give the knowledge to reader that tourist village notonly empowering society, but tourist village can elevate local wisdom that left out by this generation. The result in the process to realize culture revitalization and empowering other, have the different caracter is must that is local wisdom and have a leader as the developer to develop Kandri  tourist village.</em><em></em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><strong> <em>Tourist Village, Local Wisdom, Social Capital.   </em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p>Kota dengan berbagai hiruk pikuk yang ada di dalamnya mengalami perubahan pesat. Perkembangan ini secara perlahan mulai mengancam nilai kearifan lokal yang ada di masyarakat. Kondisi seperti ini diperparah dengan munculnya serbuan globalisasi yang semakin hari mulai mengubah tatanan masyarakat yang lebih individualis di era digital seperti sekarang ini. Dalam upaya untuk merevitalisasi budaya luhur yang telah ada, salah satu cara yang tepat dengan menggunakan desa wisata sebagai wadah guna merevitalisasi kearifan yang mulai luntur di masyarakat. Salah satu desa wisata yang mengangkat kearifan lokal yaitu Desa Wisata Kandri. Penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pengambilan data menggunakan wawancara dan observasi. Teori modal sosial yang digunakan adalah teori yang dicetuskan oleh Putnam. Tujuan penelitian ini digunakan untuk memberikan pemahaman bahwa dengan adanya Desa Wisata Kandri tidak hanya memberikan pemberdayaan tetapi ikut merevitalisasi kearifan lokal yang mulai ditinggal generasi sekarang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dalam mewujudkan revitalisasi budaya dan pemberdayaan harus memiliki karakter yang membedakan yaitu kearifan lokal serta memiliki pemimpin sebagai pelaksana segala wujud pengembangan Desa Wisata Kandri.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Kata kunci : Desa Wisata, Kearifan Lokal, Modal Sosial</strong><strong>.</strong><strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals Estética post-humana en la obra gráfica de Claudio Romo

2021 ◽  
pp. 199-216
Author(s):  
Claire Mercier
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
New Humanism ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Graphic Work ◽  
Post Humanism

This paper considers the graphic work of the Chilean artist Claudio Romo from a post-human perspective. Romo's work realizes an opening of imaginaries, above all, new configurations of human being, in order to reconsider the boundaries of human nature and propose a new humanism in relation to a new understanding of modernity. After a theoretical tour of post-humanism, especially of Rosi Braidotti's philosophical nomadism, the paper will approach the post-human bestiary that elaborates Romo, on the one hand, as a questioning of access to empirical realities and, on the other hand, as a presentation of potential life forms. The paper will conclude on the presence, in Romo’s work, of a new affirmative humanism, that is, the experimentation of new modes of subjectivization, as well as the approach of new modes of knowledge.

Alternative dispute resolution, Africa, and the structure of law and power: the Horn in context

1999 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Grande
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Legal Transplant ◽  
The Past ◽  
The One ◽  
Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Data collected by comparative legal scholars show that legal transplants usually take place from more complex societies to less complex ones. By contrast, the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) movement that has recently developed in modern societies has been described as a return to a simple model of dispute settlement used in the past and in modern non-Western societies. Does this mean that we are experiencing a new kind of legal transplant, a transplant from less complex to more complex societies? In this article I will argue that this is not the case. Far from being a transplant from the southern to the northern hemisphere, ADR seems indeed to be a modern legal institution born from the retreat of the state from some of its traditional functions. A different question thus needs exploring: is ADR, at least, an institution that can easily be transplanted to Africa where the original transplant of the Western state has failed? In other words, is conciliatory ADR more similar to the African way of dealing with conflicts and consequently to be recommended as the dispute resolution mechanism for modern African states? The question appears to be appropriate in situations such as the one in the Horn of Africa—particularly Eritrea—where the new political leadership is confronting the difficult task of building a new legal system.

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