Conclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 205-220
Author(s):  
Mohammed A. Bamyeh
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Political Legitimation

The conclusion addresses some key characteristics of Islam in connection with sociology of religion. In particular, it explores the idea of religion as a historically emerging compromise amongst a myriad of populations; the dynamics by which ethical standpoints emerge out of metaphysical contemplation; and the dialectics of love and fear as approaches to divinity. On the basis of these discussions it introduces the notion of Islam as a “reserve discourse” that is called upon to solve social and political problems not as a first option, but only when other discourses have fared poorly. The modern problems that were addressed in the book include social solidarity; participatory ethics; political legitimation; social justice; and civic ethics.

scholarly journals Global learning: Educational research in an emerging field

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13
Author(s):  
Annette Scheunpflug
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
World Society ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Wide Range

Global learning may be understood as an educational response to the development towards a world society. The development of world society is accompanied by a wide range of adaptation challenges, such as the development of global social justice, the overcoming of paternalism or the facilitation of social solidarity and dealing with migration in an era of climate change. This paper reflects the learning of the understanding of world society by empirical studies. The paper shows some challenges for the research agenda, especially concerning the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s framework of global competences and suggests a framework for further research.

Teaching for intersectionality: insights from a relational cultural perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldene K. Simola
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Critical Inquiry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Practical Guidelines

Purpose This paper aims to consider the use of relational cultural theory (RCT) as an underlying, processual orientation for teaching with those who are living and learning at the intersection of multiple, marginalised identities. Design/methodology/approach The concept of intersectionality is defined, and key characteristics of intersectional approaches are described. The criticality of teaching for intersectionality-related social justice goals involving inclusion, engagement, mattering, empowerment and critical inquiry as foundations for critical praxis is identified. Consideration is given to the viability of RCT as an underlying orientation for teaching with students who live and learn at the intersection of multiple, marginalised identities. Findings RCT is consonant with key characteristics of intersectional approaches, including rejection of essentialist perspectives; recognising the roles of power in creating, maintaining and legitimising interlocking marginalisations; retaining race as a critical point of intersectional analysis and practice; recognising the validity of insights obtained from non-dominant standpoints; and working to fulfill social justice goals. Practical guidelines from RCT that support social justice goals include facilitating student voice within a context of radical respect; use of “disruptive empathy”; attending to particular experiences within the context of systemic power dynamics; using co-active “power with” versus “power over” students; relying on mutuality and fluid expertise; and reframing student resistance. Research limitations/implications This paper provides a foundational overview of the history, nature and uses of RCT as an underlying processual orientation when teaching across diverse academic disciplines for students who live and learn at the intersection of multiple marginalised identities. Detailed case studies involving the application of RCT, including those involving teacher self-reflection would be useful. Practical implications Guidelines are provided for the practical application of RCT when teaching for intersectionality across diverse academic disciplines. Social implications RCT supports the intersectionality-related social justice goals of inclusion, engagement, mattering, empowerment and critical inquiry as foundations for critical praxis. Originality/value Intersectional pedagogies have been associated with positive attitudinal, intentional and behavioural outcomes. However, despite some notable exceptions, intersectional pedagogies are still absent in most academic disciplines. This paper provides practical guidance on the use of RCT as an underlying processual orientation when teaching for intersectionality across diverse academic disciplines.

scholarly journals Social Justice and Human Rights in the Socio-Cultural Space of Russia

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-109
Author(s):  
Е. М. Мчедлова ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Russian Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
Monitoring Study ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The article considers, in particular, such political values as social justice and human rights, their place in the Russian socio-cultural space. The article presents the sociological data of the monitoring study conducted by the Center for the Sociology of Religion and Socio-Cultural Processes of the ISPI of the Russian Academy of Sciences in recent years in Moscow and some regions.

A Race to the Bottom

2020 ◽  
pp. 172-182
Author(s):  
Yael Tamir
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
The Political ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Race To The Bottom ◽  
Social Democrats ◽  
Mutual Responsibility

This chapter unfolds the basis of a new social contract that sets out innovative ways of redistributing risks and opportunities. It also discusses how “committed nationalism” — the nationalism of mutual responsibility that places fellow nationals at the top of one's social priorities — may help to rebuild social solidarity. The chapter then turns to talk about the alliance of conservatives and social democrats, rallying around the nation-state and looking to bring the elites back home in the name of both nationalism and social justice. It demonstrates how the political balance tilted in the direction of the nationalism of the vulnerable rather than in the direction of the nationalism of the affluent. As we enter the age of a new and caring nationalism, the chapter explains four moves that must be taken to tame the new nationalism and make it more liberal and tolerant. Finally, the chapter reviews the significance of reviving the sense of social and political optimism and collective pride that allows individuals and societies to envision a better future for themselves and for the coming generations.

A Tribute to Gary Bouma

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332110588
Author(s):  
Pete Lentini ◽  
Anna Halafoff ◽  
Andrew Singleton ◽  
Greg Barton ◽  
Marion Maddox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Interfaith Dialogue ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Spiritual Support ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
Eminent Scholar ◽  
Interreligious Relations

Emeritus Professor Gary Bouma was many things to many people. He was Australia's pre-eminent scholar of the sociology of religion. As an ordained Anglican priest, Gary was noted for his pastoral care of his parishioners and others who sought his counsel and spiritual support. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Moreover, his deep commitment to social justice and harmony greatly influenced Gary's participation in interfaith dialogue. Gary contributed so much to scholarship and building bridges between religious communities that he was justly rewarded with an Order of Australia as a Member (AM) in recognition for his services to sociology, to the Anglican Church of Australia, and to interreligious relations in the 2013 Australia Day Honours.

Moving on?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Community Arts ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
The Face ◽  
Shared Understandings

Having summarised the underlying structural factors to be addressed, in the context of neo-liberal globalisation, this concluding chapter focuses upon the issues to be addressed within and between communities themselves. Communities can, and too often do, exacerbate the effects of displacement, becoming fragmented and divided in the process, blaming each other/ ‘the other’ for their frustrations and anxieties. But these are so far from being the only options, as previous chapters have amply demonstrated. The concluding chapter identifies the importance of common understandings as the basis for social solidarity, developing alliances across differences, taking account of the importance of community arts as a way of developing shared understandings and empathy in the pursuit of social justice agendas. The chapter ends with a collaborative poem, written by migrant, asylum-seeking and refugee women, expressing their solidarity in the face of displacement and dispossession.

scholarly journals Zakat and the Concept of Ownership in Islam: Yusuf Qaradawi’s Perspective on Islamic Economics

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-385
Author(s):  
Euis Nurlaelawati
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Minimum Requirement ◽  
Multiple Functions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Islamic Insurance

Looking at the two functions of ownership which include the individual and social, Qaradawi explores such a relationship and analyzes its implication for social justice. Zakat has multiple functions: the religious, economic, and social. It constitutes the earliest concept of mutual social responsibility proposed by Islam to achieve social justice. Zakat serves as a means to both guarantee social security and strengthen social solidarity. From this perspective, Qaradawi moves forward to link up the concept of zakat with the Islamic system of economics. The linkage between zakat and the Islamic system of economics is visible in the ways Qaradawi investigates various aspects of ownership and zakat in Islam. This can particularly be seen in his analysis that the concept of Islamic insurance coheres with the interpretation of al-gharimin, one of the groups deserving to the income of zakat and in his emphasis that mutual social responsibility, which aims to fulfill the needs of adequate livelihood, can be supplied only by zakat. This article argues that these views in turn confirm Qaradawi’s concern with the importance of zakat as the foundation of both the social and economic systems of Islam. This article also emphasizes that, for Qaradawi, different from voluntary charity that can only fulfill the minimum requirement of the needs of livelihood, zakat can supply the answer to cover all the needs of livelihood of Muslim society.

scholarly journals THEORETICAL AND LEGISLATIVE READING OF THE IDEA OF THE SOCIAL ACHE SOLIDARITY

Issues of Law ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
O. S. Smorodina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Mutual Responsibility

The premise of writing the article is reflected that the process of development of the Russian State is based on the principles of social justice, mutual responsibility and universal solidarity. Solidarity is an indicator of the socio-economic, civilized and moral level of development of society. The terminology «economic, political and social solidarity» was proposed in the amendments to the Constitution in 2020 and firstly voiced. The purpose of the work is a theoretical analysis of this term with its historical retrospective, sociological, philosophical and legal thinking, as well as work with legislation, federal and regional, operating this concept even before it came as a proposal for reforming the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Music First and Last

2015 ◽  
pp. 486-500
Author(s):  
Jonathan Savage
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Social Backgrounds

This chapter explores issues of social justice in music education with technology in two key settings. The first of these relates to the provision of examinations in music and music technology within the United Kingdom. The second recounts a project conducted in Manchester, northwest England, that drew together two groups of students from very different musical and social backgrounds. These settings illustrate and highlight a number of issues relating to themes of social justice, technology, and music education. An alternative, more socially just, vision of music education with technology is envisaged, with key characteristics drawn from the work of other theorists, practitioners, and the research.

scholarly journals Activism resource of local associations of the Volgograd Oblast

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Alexander Vladimirovich Odintsov
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Total Size ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Volgograd Oblast ◽  
Rural Districts ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Key Issues

The object of this research is the local municipal and rural associations of the Volgograd Oblast. The subject of this research is the resource of activism of local associations of the Volgograd Oblast. This research analyzes the key characteristics of the population of municipal and rural districts of the Oblast for emergence of activism, namely the unity in understanding of the key issues faced by local association and attention to them; presence of social solidarity and close communication; self-identification with the local territorial community. The main hypothesis of this research was tested with help of mass surveys of the population, conducted based on quota cell. Statistical population in this research – the population of the Volgograd Oblast (N=2,491,751). The basis for the quota consisted in the following: place of residence of respondents (municipal and rural districts of the Volgograd Oblast), as well as gender and age of respondents. The total size of the cell is n=848 respondents. The novelty of this research consists in the fact that for the first time it is determined that rural local associations possesses greater potential for activism than their urban counterparts, which can become a substantial base for development of rural areas if properly applied.

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