Towards a Social Conception of Persons

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bennett W. Helm
Keyword(s):  
Practical Rationality ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Peter Strawson ◽  
The One

This Chapter examines three sources of motivation for individualistic conceptions of persons (responsibility, identity, and practical rationality), all of which are in conceptual tension with the sorts of authority we can have over each other. We can relieve this tension in part by following Peter Strawson in understanding responsibility to depend on “human communities”—communities of respect by which we hold each other responsible to certain norms and so to certain practices or way of life. Yet the authority by which we hold others responsible presupposes the worth not only of the norms but also of the agent and the one holding her to those norms. We can understand such worth, it is suggested, in terms of communities of respect—in terms of its members’ joint respect for each other and for its norms and practices.

Muslims, Islamic Law, and the Sociopolitical Reality in the United States

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Sherman A. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Double Consciousness ◽  
American Muslims ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Subjective Responses ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The One ◽  
Politics And Law

Native born African-American Muslims and the Immigrant Muslimcommunity foxms two important groups within the American Muslimcommunity. Whereas the sociopolitical reality is objectively the samefor both groups, their subjective responses are quite different. Both arevulnerable to a “double Consciousness,” i.e., an independently subjectiveconsciousness, as well as seeing oneself through the eyes of theother, thus reducing one’s self-image to an object of other’s contempt.Between the confines of culture, politics, and law on the one hand andthe “Islam as a way of life” on the other, Muslims must express theircultural genius and consciously discover linkages within the diverseMuslim community to avoid the threat of double consciousness.

scholarly journals Indigenous economies in the Arctic

Elem Sci Anth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Gladun ◽  
Soili Nysten-Haarala ◽  
Svetlana Tulaeva
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The One

There is a growing global interest in Arctic natural resources that have a strong influence on the local economies. The Arctic economy is a rather unique phenomenon encompassing Indigenous practices, local economic activities, and industrial development. Indigenous economies vary across the Arctic states and exhibit divergent economic mixtures. In globalizing societies and full market economies, traditional Indigenous economies are changing and perceived especially by the non-Indigenous to be a tribute to old customs rather than a way of life that is being followed by the young generation. However, certain groups of the contemporary Indigenous populations in the Arctic continue to preserve their culture and ensure the continuation of Indigenous ways of life. The development of Indigenous communities is closely linked to their economic well-being, on the one hand, and to their culture and traditions, on the other. Our article contributes to the discussion on the significance of Indigenous economies in providing sustainability in terms of Indigenous communities, their culture, and traditions. The research objective is to identify strategies and tools that sustain Indigenous economies as well as the goals of various stakeholders in encouraging and supporting the traditional economic activities of Indigenous peoples. We contrast three countries—Russia, Finland, and the United States (Alaska)—and discuss some governmental strategies that can be employed for preserving unique Indigenous economies. The research methods consist of a content analysis of state and regional legislation and strategies, social studies of stakeholders’ opinions, case studies describing market infrastructure, and economic activities as well as features of traditional lifestyles and Indigenous knowledge typical of these regions.

Platonism as a Way of Life

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Way Of Life ◽  
General Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Life ◽  
The One ◽  
Philosophical Understanding

This chapter examines the philosophy of Plotinus. It argues that philosophy, and only philosophy, can prepare us adequately for our true life, a life consisting of contemplation of Forms, in self-absorption into Intellect and into Intellect's own origin, the One. Furthermore, this very contemplation, which constitutes both our natural good and our true life, is an exercise of completely achieved philosophical understanding. For Plotinus, and the late ancient Platonists in general, philosophy is the sole road to happiness, and also its very essence. Thus, the Platonist way of life is doubly a philosophical life. The practice of philosophy is the sole necessary means to happiness. Moreover, the highest level of active philosophical understanding is happiness. It is the very essence of happiness.

scholarly journals Sustainability in the Anthropocene: Between Extinction and Populism

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2538
Author(s):  
Manuel Arias-Maldonado
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Policy Goal ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
Climate Policies ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One

The pursuit of environmental sustainability has been affected by two significant developments in the last years. On the one hand, the Anthropocene hypothesis suggests that the human impact on the environment has increased to such a degree, that natural systems are now disrupted at a planetary level. The most dangerous manifestation of the Anthropocene is climate change, where there is need for greater urgency in the face of insufficient climate action. There are a number of scientists who currently warn of the possibility that failing to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may render the Earth uninhabitable in the first place. A first goal of this paper is thus to ponder how the sustainability paradigm may be affected in the face of this threat and whether, in fact, sustainability may be displaced by “habitability”. On the other hand, some climate policies are eliciting the reaction of a populist movement—from Trumpism to the gilets jaunes in France—that opposes the rise of environmentally-related taxes and denies climate change or questions the severity of its effects. Both as a concept and as a policy goal, sustainability thus finds itself under double pressure: as it must focus on keeping the planet inhabitable, while the political opposition to measures directed towards decarbonization also increases. In what follows, the paper suggests that sustainability should be understood as a technocratic project to keep the planet safe for humanity rather than imposing a new way of life for all its inhabitants. This is not to imply that moral or ideological debate is to be curtailed, but rather to differentiate between achieving environmental sustainability and seeking the reshaping of socionatural relations.

Voices in Rural Special Education: Retrospectives, Prospectives, Possibilities

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry R. Berkeley ◽  
Kay S. Bull
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
City Life ◽  
Rural Schooling ◽  
The One

There is a richness of history, tradition, customs, and lore about rural America and rural schooling. Education in rural locales has had a significant and positive impact on education in suburban and urban areas. The same can be related about rural special education. In this article, retrospective views of the past and prospective thoughts about the future in the mix that occurs in rural education and rural special education were joined as voices to celebrate the successes and challenges confronting professional school people as they go about their daily work with students with disabilities in integrated settings and in separate classrooms. Teaching, working, writing, and living in a rural locale either for part of one's life or for all of one's life adds a degree of realism and practicality no matter how much one can be influenced by city life. In particular, for the one author while in the city, I always feel that I am from away, and while in New Hampshire, the country, I never feel that I am here enough. For both of the authors of this article, rural roots, deep or not as firm, color our appreciation and caring for a way of life too few people speak about and too few other people know about. It is in this spirit that we hope these thoughts are considered.

scholarly journals Geïntegreerdheid van die psalms volgens die verband tussen Psalm 1 (en 2) en die res van die psalms

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Helberg
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Close Connection ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
God's Will ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Integrality of the psalms according to the relation between Psalm 1 (and 2) and the rest of the psalms The article explores views about the unity of the psalms and, as the author’s own approach, focuses especially on the need of the psalmist(s) not to be estranged. Simultaneously the place of trust in the psalms as well as that of the Torah/Law/Word of the Lord is scrutinised. The Torah requires on the one hand that one must distance oneself from an erroneous way of life, like disregarding God’s will and righteousness and on the other hand that one associates with a covenantal circle or community. The integrality of the psalms, like that of life, is rooted in the Torah of Yahweh, in close connection with the covenant.

scholarly journals i-kiyohkātoyāhk (we visit): adapting nēhiyawēwin/nīhithawīwin (Cree) language learning to the COVID-19 reality

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-416
Author(s):  
Onowa McIvor ◽  
Andrea Sterzuk ◽  
William Cook
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Online Version ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The One

i-kiyohkātoyāhk (we visit) is a phrase which describes our experience of trying to recreate an online version of our way of life, being together in the language. The following report is our view of the ways nēhiyawēwin/nīhithawīwin (Cree) language learning has adapted to the COVID-19 reality since March 2020. Our hope is that by sharing the experience most familiar to us, the one we are living as learners and speaker-teacher, we offer a useful perspective and potential solutions or directions for others.

Going Over: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Data Set ◽  
North West ◽  
Southern Scandinavia ◽  
The One ◽  
Early Farmers ◽  
Rich Data

The processes involved in the transformation of society from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to Neolithic farmers were complex. They involved changes not only in subsistence but also in how people thought about themselves and their worlds, from their pasts to their animals. Two sets of protagonists have often been lined up in the long-running debates about these processes: on the one hand incoming farmers and on the other indigenous hunter-gatherers. Both have found advocates as the dominant force in the transitions to a new way of life. North-west Europe presents a very rich data set for this fundamental change, and research has both extended and deepened our knowledge of regional sequences, from the sixth to the fourth millennia bc. One of the most striking results is the evident diversity from northern Spain to southern Scandinavia. No one region is quite like another; hunter-gatherers and early farmers alike were also varied and the old labels of Mesolithic and Neolithic are increasingly inadequate to capture the diversity of human agency and belief. Surveys of the most recent evidence presented here also strongly suggest a diversity of transformations. Some cases of colonization on the one hand and indigenous adoption on the other can still be argued, but many situations now seem to involve complex fusions and mixtures. This wide-ranging set of papers offers an overview of this fundamental transition.

COMPORTAMENTOS IMPOSTOS AO GáŠNERO: representações da submissão feminina no Rio Grande do Sul na República Velha

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (23) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL LUCIANO GEVEHR ◽  
SALETE RODRIGUES
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Old Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Siglo Xx

 O estudo discute o modo de vida e o comportamento impostos pela sociedade sul-rio-grandense á s mulheres, durante a República Velha. Para tanto, analisamos as representações construá­das e difundidas sobre a condição de submissão dessa mulher no á¢mbito de um dos municá­pios mais importantes do estado no iná­cio da República, que é São Leopoldo. Observa-se, nesse caso, a presença de caracterá­sticas de uma sociedade marcada pelo domá­nio masculino e pelas ideias positivistas. Através dos processos-crime, apresentados por mulheres em São Leopoldo, no iná­cio do século XX, acompanhamos as condições nas quais se deram as primeiras reações dessas mulheres, contrárias á  sua condição de submissão, bem como a difusão de determinadas representações construá­das sobre o feminino, por parte da elite e das autoridades locais.Palavras-chave: Mulheres. Representação. Rio Grande do Sul.IMPOSED BEHAVIORS TO GENDERS:   representations of female submission in Rio Grande do Sul in the Old RepublicAbstract: The study discusses the way of life and behavior imposed by society of Rio Grande do Sul to women, During the Old Republic. Therefore, we analyze the constructed and disseminated representations about the condition of submission of these woman on scope of the one of the most important cities of the state at the begining of the republic, which is São Leopoldo It is observed in this case the presence of characteristics of a society marked by the male domain and for the positivist ideas. Through the criminal proceedings presented by women in São Leopoldo at the begining of 20th century, we observed the conditions in which they gave the first reactions of these women, contrary to the condition of submission, and the dissemination of certain constructed representations about the female, by the elite and local authorities.Keywords: Women. Representation. Rio Grande do Sul.COMPORTAMIENTOS IMPUSESTOS AL GÉNERO:  representaciones de la sumisión femenina en Rio Grande do Sul en la República Vieja    Resumen: El estudio discute el modo de vida y el comportamiento impuestos por la sociedad sur-rá­o-grandense a las mujeres, durante la República Vieja. Para ello, analizamos las representaciones construidas y difundidas sobre la condición y sumisión de esta mujer en el marco de una de las ciudades más importantes del estado a principios de la República, que es São Leopoldo. Se observa, en este caso, la presencia de caracterá­sticas de una sociedad marcada por el dominio masculino y por las ideas positivistas. A través de los procesos-crimen, presentados por mujeres en São Leopoldo, a principios del siglo XX, acompañamos las condiciones en las cuales se dieron las primeras reacciones de esas mujeres, contrarias a su condición de sumisión, asá­ como la difusión de determinadas representaciones construidas sobre el femenino, por parte de la élite y de las autoridades locales.Palabras clave: Mujeres. Representación. Rio Grande do Sul.

Memory of Futures

KronoScope ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Adam
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Modification ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
The Other ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Memory Aids ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One ◽  
Far Future

AbstractWe think of memories as being focused on the past. However, our ability to move freely in the temporal realm of past, present and future is far more complex and sophisticated than commonsense would suggest. In this paper I am concerned with our capacity to produce and extend ourselves into the far future, for example through nuclear power or the genetic modification of food, on the one hand, and our inability to know the potential, diverse and multiple outcomes of this technologically constituted futurity, on the other. I focus on this discrepancy in order to explore what conceptual tools are available to us to take account of long-term futures produced by the industrial way of life. And I identify some historical approaches to the future on the assumption that the past may well hold vital clues for today's dilemma, hence my proposal to engage in 'memory of futures'. I conclude by considering the potential of 'memory aids for the future' as a means to better encompass in contemporary concerns the long-term futures of our making.

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