Sizing Up the Beast

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Clasen
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Gothic Novel ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Historical Circumstance ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Horror Fiction ◽  
Biocultural Approach ◽  
Constructivist Approaches

Horror fiction has been a legitimate object of academic study for several decades now. There are many competing theoretical approaches to horror and the Gothic, but the most prevalent approaches are seriously flawed. Constructivist approaches, which see horror as a product of historical circumstance, ignore the genre’s psychological and biological underpinnings and its deep history. Horror stretches back in time beyond the Gothic novel through folk tales to earlier oral narratives. Psychoanalytical approaches, which build on Freud’s theories of psychology, are scientifically obsolete and have a distorting effect on the subject matter, reducing horror to representations of psychosexual complexes. The chapter critically discusses existing approaches to horror, as well as horror as an affectively defined genre, and it argues for a consilient, biocultural approach which integrates other viable approaches within a framework based on biology and which builds on current social science.

scholarly journals Theoretical Approaches to the Concept of Responsibility of Members of Political Parties and its Correlation with Legal Responsibility

2019 ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
V. Е. Mamedova
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
The Political ◽  
Basic Properties ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Legal Responsibilities

The paper proposes the author’s understanding of responsibility of members of political parties provided by the political parties’ constitutions and other intraparty documents (intraparty responsibility). Also, the paper demarcates intraparty responsibility, legal and other types of social responsibility. It is concluded that the responsibility of members of political parties is a subspecies of social and statutory responsibility. The study has determined the tendency of convergence (diffusion) of internal party and legal responsibilities; the analysis has been carried out concerning perspectives of treating the responsibility of members of political parties as positive; the author substantiates the conclusion about the need to study intraparty responsibility exclusively in retrospective aspect. The author elucidates the thesis concerning expediency of enforcement of intra-party penalties as the subject matter of responsibility of members of political parties. Also, the basic properties of intra-party responsibility are revealed and analyzed. The study has investigated the influence of ambivalent nature of political parties and peculiarities of intra-party relations regarding the properties of responsibility of members of political parties.

scholarly journals Mengatasi Kesulitan Membuat Jurnal Penutup dengan Metode Inkuiri pada Mata Pelajaran Ekonomi

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Nurhayati Sitorus
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
School Year ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Passing Score

The subject of this research is 30 students at class Social Science-2 grade XII in SMA 12 of Medan, whilst the object of research is teaching method of inquiry. Whereas the tools of collecting data is score list of student. Based on pre-test to 30 students, resulting 27 students (90 percent) reached lower of learning outcome (not passed) by had not obtained yet 70 score of Minimal Passing Score and 3 students (10 percent) were categorized as passed and obtained 70 of Minimal Passing Score. Then in the first cycle, resulting 12 students (40 percent) were categorized as passed and reached 70 score of minimal, and 18 students (60 percent) were categorized as not passed and had not obtained yet 70 score of minimal.  In the second cycle, resulting 27 students (90 percent) were categorized as passed and obtained 70 score of minimal, and 3 students (10 percent) were categorized as not passed and had not reached yet 70 score of minimal. Based on result of the research from pre test, post test of both firts and second cycle, there were increasing of learning outcome significantly. Therefore can be concluded that by using method of inquiry, can be elvate learning outcome of students on the subject of Economy on subject matter of Basic Competence in Writing Closing Journal at class Social Science-2 grade XII in SMA 12 of Medan in 2012/2013 school year.

The Subject Matter of Social Science

1972 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Lachenmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
The Subject

scholarly journals Notes For Supporting An Epistemological Neuropsychology: Contributions From Three Perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-118
Author(s):  
Mauricio Barrera Valencia ◽  
Liliana Calderón Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cognitive Neuropsychology ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Dual Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Epistemological Basis

A review of the epistemological basis of neuropsychology is done in order to clarify its foundations and its dual status as a discipline rooted in biology and psychology. This work is justified from two fundamental issues that are faced by neuropsychology: from an external perspective based on the upswing of certain disciplines, which by definition seem to have similar subjects of study to neuropsychology; however, given the complexity of the study of the relationship between the behavior and the brain, it leads to a duplicity of efforts that do not add anything to the understanding of the subject matter. On the other hand, from an internal perspective, the main issue appears when diverse theoretical positions are presented within neuropsychology as schools that must stand as if they were the only perspective. To provide a tentative answer, this paper reviews three theoretical approaches within neuropsychology: Russian reflexology and the cultural-historical perspective, connectionism, and cognitive neuropsychology. The conclusion leads towards a set of principles that, as a proposal, should guide the discipline development.

Political Economy Approaches and a Changing Rural Geography

Rural History ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Paul Cloke
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Theoretical Ground ◽  
Rural Geography ◽  
The Past ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Critical Social Science ◽  
The Subject

As a ‘rural geographer’ it has been fascinating over the past few years to witness and participate in the rather ponderous lurch being made by the subject towards new theoretical approaches. In particular, ideas and concepts within the broader movement of critical social science, and under the umbrella of political economy, are now being widely discussed, but a fundamental and widespread adoption of new ideas has been both slothful and in some cases grudging. This is not to suggest that research in rural geography has remained unchanged through the 1980s. Indeed, a growth in the scale of rural research has been evident, and this research has become more applied and policy-oriented than ever before. Until quite recently, however, rural geography has lacked a vigorous push towards new theoretical ground and towards the analytical comparisons of these theories.

Max Weber

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheldon S. Wolin
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Political ◽  
Empirical Inquiry ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Prestige

Max Weber is widely regarded as one of the founders of twentieth-century social science and probably its greatest practitioner. Modern and ancient theorists commonly believed that founding was the most notable action of which political man is capable. Thus, to found a form of social science entails an act of demarcation that indicates the subject matter peculiar to the science, the kind of activities that are appropriate (e.g., empirical inquiry), and the norms that are to be invoked in judging the value of the results produced by the activities. This chapter analyzes the political nature of Weber's activity as a founder. It suggests that laying the foundations of social science was a possible action only because of the prestige of the natural sciences.

scholarly journals Ethnic policy as a subject of social science research. Different theoretical approaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 79-89
Author(s):  
Amadeusz Urbanik
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ethnic Policy

The article is part of a study of issues of Polish ethnic policy. Its main aim is to present to the reader different theoretical approaches of social science researchers to the subject of ethnic policy. It consists of two parts. The first of these is dedicated to the various definitions of ethnic policy. The second specifies different models and typologies of the subject.

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