scholarly journals The Social Life of Bitcoin

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Dodd
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Powerful Demonstration

This paper challenges the notion that Bitcoin is ‘trust-free’ money by highlighting the social practices, organizational structures and utopian ambitions that sustain it. At the paper's heart is the paradox that if Bitcoin succeeds in its own terms as an ideology, it will fail in practical terms as a form of money. The main reason for this is that the new currency is premised on the idea of money as a ‘thing’ that must be abstracted from social life in order for it to be protected from manipulation by bank intermediaries and political authorities. The image is of a fully mechanized currency that operates over and above social life. In practice, however, the currency has generated a thriving community around its political ideals, relies on a high degree of social organization in order to be produced, has a discernible social structure, and is characterized by asymmetries of wealth and power that are not dissimilar from the mainstream financial system. Unwittingly, then, Bitcoin serves as a powerful demonstration of the relational character of money.

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE AMARNA LETTERS TOWARDS A STUDY OF SYRO-PALESTINIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE (1). TERMINOLOGY FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 788-832
Author(s):  
Lukas M. Muntingh
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Social ◽  
Amarna Letters ◽  
Free People ◽  
Shed Light

Egyptian domination under the 18th and 19th Dynasties deeply influenced political and social life in Syria and Palestine. The correspondence between Egypt and her vassals in Syria and Palestine in the Amarna age, first half of the fourteenth century B.C., preserved for us in the Amarna letters, written in cuneiform on clay tablets discovered in 1887, offer several terms that can shed light on the social structure during the Late Bronze Age. In the social stratification of Syria and Palestine under Egyptian rule according to the Amarna letters, three classes are discernible:1) government officials and military personnel, 2) free people, and 3) half-free people and slaves. In this study, I shall limit myself to the first, the upper class. This article deals with terminology for government officials.

scholarly journals Poetry as a Social Document: The Social Position of the Arab Woman as Reflected in the Poetry of Nizâr Qabbânî

1975 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-494
Author(s):  
Arieh Loya
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Harsh Environment ◽  
Arab Woman ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Nomadic Life ◽  
Social Document

No other people in the world, perhaps, have given more information in their poetry on their cultural and social life than have the Arabs over the centuries. Many years before the advent of Islam and long before they had any national political organization, the Arabs had developed a highly articulate poetic art, strict in its syntax and metrical schemes and fantastically rich in its vocabulary and observation of detail. The merciless desert, the harsh environment in which the Arabs lived, their ever shifting nomadic life, left almost no traces of their social structure and the cultural aspects of their life. It is only in their poetry – these monuments built of words – that we find such evidence, and it speaks more eloquently than cuneiform on marble statues ever could.

scholarly journals SPACE-TIME TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE UPPER XINGU AND UPPER RIO NEGRO

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 699-724
Author(s):  
Geraldo Andrello ◽  
Antonio Guerreiro ◽  
Stephen Hugh-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Rio Negro ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Esoteric Knowledge ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Time Transformations

Abstract The multi-ethnic and multilingual complexes of the Upper Rio Negro and the Upper Xingu share common aspects that frequently emerge in ethnographies, including notions of descent, hierarchical social organization and ritual activities, as well as a preference for forms of exogamy and the unequal distribution of productive and ritual specialties and esoteric knowledge. In this article we investigate how the people of both regions conceive of their humanity and that of their neighbours as variations on a shared form, since in both regions ritual processes for negotiating positions and prerogatives seems to take the place of the latent state of warfare typical of the social life of other Amazonian peoples. In this article we will synthesize, for each region, the spatio-temporal processes that underscore the eminently variable constitution of collectivities, seeking, in conclusion, to isolate those elements that the two regions have in common.

scholarly journals Home Finance - The Source of Improving Wellness of the Population

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9S2) ◽  
pp. 706-708
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Public Finances ◽  
State Economy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Commodity Money

For a qualitative analysis of the state of modern society and financial relations prevailing in the financial system of our country, it is especially important to study issues related to attracting public finances to the state economy. The long process of developing commodity-money relations has radically changed the content of finance. If earlier in these relations the main and fundamental role was played by the monarchs, the state, as the owners of all property, then in the XX century. The main owners of valuables, including enterprises and firms, are citizens, and the state represented by public authorities acts as an intermediary and a consumer of redistributed wealth. Confirming this thesis, P. Drucker expressed that the main impetus of progress now comes not from the social structure, but from an individual, and the present time requires every person to take effective actions to transform not only society, but above all himself [1 ].

scholarly journals The Era of Uncertainty and Ethical Arrangement in Javanese Classical Texts: Disseminating Ranggawarsita’s Works as Source of Islamic Ethics in Islamic Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-493
Author(s):  
Zumrotul Mukaffa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Classical Text ◽  
Uncertainty Condition ◽  
The Social

This paper investigates the era of uncertainty and ethical arrangement formulated in the Javanese classical text written by Ranggawarsita. Most of his works, especially Serat Kalatidha, Serat Sabdapranawa, and Serat Sabdatama, situated in the era of uncertainty and moved to the era of zaman edan (crazy age), kalabendhu (age of anger), owah or pakewuh (bizar time). Social structure in this era tied to unethical behavior. Elite communities were lacking of self- representation as a good example, meanwhile the communities were ignoring public advisability.  To set free from uncertainty condition is possible through implementing four ethical doctrines in the social life, namely: Monotheistic behavior, active submission to God’s predestination, self-contemplation, and eling lan waspada (self-awareness and mindfulness). The dynamic of nationhood today is almost reflecting the age of kalabendhu, and therefore it is necessary to do dissemination and transformation of ethical doctrines in the Islamic Higher Education by using the doctrine as a source of subject of Islamic Ethic. The need of dissemination is because academia in the Islamic Higher Education is an integral part of uncertain social structure.

scholarly journals ISLAM NUSANTARA: SEBUAH ARGUMENTASI BERAGAMA DALAM BINGKAI KULTURAL

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Hanum Jazimah Puji Astuti
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Law ◽  
Social Level

AbstractThe emergence of Islam Nusantara is the typical of Indonesia, where Islam Nusantara is declared as a universal religion, manifested in its teachings including religious law (fiqh), trust (faith), and the ethical (the moral). Although Islam Nusantara gives a new ambience in Islam by assimilating a culture into religion, this method is not contagious to the purity of Islamic teachings by taking Quran and Hadith as the guidances and directions in the Indonesian social life. Islam teaches mutual respect and reciprocal tolerance. This religion teaches the adherents to love others, to mercy and nurture regardless of race, nationality, and social structure. This is in line with the Indonesian Islam commonly called ‘Islam Nusantara’. It can be said that someone who lived in the religion, including people that comprehend the religion intrinsically, occupies religion as a guide of life, applies and practices based on the belief. At the social level, religious values   serve as the basis for adopting a life policy. AbstrakPemunculan Islam Nusantara merupakan ciri khas Indonesia, di mana Islam Nusantara ini di nyatakan sebagai agama yang universal, dimanifestasikan dalam ajarannya, yang mencakup hukum agama (fiqh), kepercayaan (tauhid), serta etika (akhlak). Meskipun Islam Nusantara memberikan nuansa baru dalam beragama Islam dengan memasukkan budaya dalam agamanya, namun cara beragama seperti ini tidak menghilangkan kemurnian ajaran Islam itu sendiri, dengan menjadikan al Quran dan Hadits sebagai pedoman dan tuntunan dalam kehidupan sosial masyarakat Indonesia. Dalam beragama, Islam mengajarkan untuk saling menghargai dan saling toleransi, agama yang mengajarkan penganutnya untuk saling menyayangi, mengasihi dan mengayomi tanpa me mandang ras, kebangsaan, serta struktur sosial. Hal ini sejalan dengan Islamnya Indonesia yang biasa disebut ‘Islam Nusantara’. Dapat dikatakan seseorang yang menjalani agama itu, termasuk orang yang menghayati agamanya dengan cara intrinsik, agama dijadikan sebagai pedoman hidup, dijalankan dan diamalkan sesuai dengan keyakinannya. Pada tataran sosial nilai-nilai agama dijadikan sebagai dasar dalam mengambil kebijakan hidup.

scholarly journals Rimski novčići u ženskim srednjovekovnim grobovima sa teritorije Srbije: mogućnosti interpretacije

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 731
Author(s):  
Gordana Ćirić
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Funerary Practices ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Roman Coins ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Secondary Usage ◽  
Definition Of

The paper explores the phenomenon of secondary usage of Roman coins (2nd to 4th century) in medieval necropolises (10th to 15th century) in the territory of Serbia. The research is focused upon the graves in which the coins are used as ornaments on the costume of the deceased, most frequently reshaped as pendants. This type of secondary usage is only registered in female graves. The paper aims to suggest the interpretation of this phenomenon via the analysis of value and importance of secondarily used coins in the formation of family treasures, defined in important and critical moments of the social life. The possibility is explored of the graves in which female individuals were buried with parts of their dowry. The construction of meaning of these objects is analysed through their exchange in the customs linked to marriage and, finally, funerary practices. Since the Roman coins are scarce and exclusively made of bronze, it may be concluded that the definition of their value and importance is based upon the symbolic and representational levels. The starting point of the paper is the concept of the social biography of objects, in order to further investigate the link between the Serbian medieval social structure and evaluation of the coins in rural communities of the Central Balkans.

Social structure and peer terminology in a black adolescent gang

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Labov
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Street Gang ◽  
Black Adolescent ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adolescent Groups ◽  
Primary Groups

ABSTRACTStudies of the social organization of adolescent groups may not have always taken into account sufficiently the dual reality of the groups in which much of the youths' activities occur. Peer terminology is useful in locating and describing the associational patterns and activities of the youth, but only if the range of possible terms is considerably broadened. It was found in a study of a Harlem street gang that such language may appear ambiguous, but when studied systematically in the interaction between interviewer and members, the misunderstandings become transparent. Peer terminological practices can be used to provide further knowledge of the reality of the social organization of adolescent primary groups. (Peer terminology, primary groups, misunderstanding, interviewing, juvenile delinquency, urban black adolescent language; verbal tags.)

scholarly journals Codzienność w kryzysie

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-47
Author(s):  
Łukasz Rogowski ◽  
Radosław Skrobacki ◽  
Dorota Mroczkowska
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this article is to demonstrate the relationship between everyday life and special conditions seen in the context of the concept of crisis. The authors define everyday life and special conditions as two opposing ways of experiencing social life, but their differentiation does not depend on their content but rather on form and manner of their perception/realisation in everyday life. This differentiation is described on the basis of the example of the concept of crisis, understood as the breakdown of everyday life and the consequent creation of special conditions. Based on contemporary examples, concerning to a large degree the social consequences of the breakdown of the economy, the authors represent crisis as a moment of renegotiating the principles of social life, the disruption of the routines and habits of everyday life and the transition into the unpredictability and reflexivity of social practices which characterize such special conditions. Attention is paid in particular to the concept of power, which takes on new meanings in the sociology of everyday life, differing from its institutional meaning, closer rather to “everyday power” which is realised in the framework of direct interactions in daily life.

scholarly journals PERANAN PEMBENTUKAN KARAKTER DAN MORALITAS KEAGAMAAN UNTUK PEMBERANTASAN KORUPSI

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Dalmeri Dalmeri
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Religious People ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Function ◽  
Religious Morality ◽  
Role And Function

Reality of paradoxical in Indonesian existence shows that the corruption achievements is improve as wll as the diversity of the people. It shows that the pattern of religious people still in the theoretical-formalistic stage. It seems the religius leader attempts to tease the religion doctrin to destroy the social structure of community life. Corruption has become a cultural and traditions that haunting destruction the character of Indonesian nation because people who have distort the authority given by the people of Indonesia. That they do corruption can the resulted crisis economical, crisis politic and also poornes, jobles and criminalty, starvation, hardness with others. Majority the people Indonesia regarded as people who are religious. This phenomenon can build character and religious morality to apply teachings of religion to eradicate corruption. This paper seeks to analyze the role and function of religion as a source of kindness and instructions in social life in order to building the character and morality of religion to eradicate corruption.

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