Between the Notes: A Musical Understanding of Change in Group Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linde Wotton
Keyword(s):  
Group Process ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Creative Space ◽  
Musical Understanding ◽  
Musical Process

This article brings together insights from the fields of communicative musicality and group analysis and suggests that the matrix should be understood as a musical process. Linking the social and the biological, this offers an explanation of many of the mechanisms that are fundamental, both to our nature as social to the core and to the group process (particularly belonging and resonance), but which remain outside of awareness. This musical understanding leads to a recasting of the role of the group analyst, not as conductor but as tonic or home note and a view of change as the development of greater flexibility in relating. The basis for the analogy between music and the group process is, I suggest, the creative space from which meaning emerges that is common to both—the interval in music and the intersubjective space in the group.

The role of the social partners in the European employment strategy

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Foden
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
European Council ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
European Level ◽  
The Core ◽  
Amsterdam Treaty ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Implementation ◽  
Social Partners

This article considers the part played by the social partners in the development of the European employment strategy over recent months, and in particular their role with reference to the European employment policy guidelines for 1999. The guidelines and national implementation reports are central to the "Luxembourg process" defined in the Employment Title of the Amsterdam Treaty (which has been in force since May 1999, though the Employment Title was largely implemented by political agreement from 1997 onwards). Much of the European-level debate on employment during 1999 has concerned the "European pact for employment", which was heralded by the Vienna European Council of December 1998, and which all the relevant actors were urged to support. Agreement on the pact was reached at the June 1999 European Council in Cologne. This article begins, therefore, by describing the different elements which constitute the pact. The role of the social partners in relation to these components, including the Luxembourg process where it is most developed, is set out in the core of the article, with greater emphasis on trade union than employer involvement. The concluding section provides an overview.

Reply to Comments

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-300
Author(s):  
Allen Buchanan ◽  
Russell Powell
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Moral Progress ◽  
Evolutionary Explanation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Core Elements

Abstract Commentators on The Evolution of Moral Progress: A Biocultural Theory raise a number of metaethical and moral concerns with our analysis, as well as some complaints regarding how we have interpreted and made use of the contemporary evolutionary and social sciences of morality. Some commentators assert that one must already presuppose a moral theory before one can even begin to theorize moral progress; others query whether the shift toward greater inclusion is really a case of moral progress, or whether our theory can be properly characterized as ‘naturalistic’. Other commentators worry that we have uncritically accepted the prevailing evolutionary explanation of morality, even though it gives short shrift to the role of women or presupposes an oversimplified view of the environment in which the core elements of human moral psychology are thought to have congealed. Another commentator laments that we did not make more extensive use of data from the social sciences. In this reply, we engage with all of these constructive criticisms and show that although some of them are well taken, none undermine the core thesis of our book.

A Profitable Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 359-381
Author(s):  
Rohit Mehta ◽  
Edwin Creely ◽  
Danah Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Political Influences ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social

In this chapter, the authors take a multifaceted critical approach to understanding and deconstructing the term 21st century skills, especially in regard to technology and the role of corporations in the discourses about education. They also consider a range of cultural and political influences in our exploration of the social and academic meanings of the term, including its history and politics. The application of the term in present-day educational contexts is considered as well as possible futures implied through the term. The goal in this chapter is to counter ideas that might diminish a humanized educational practice. Specifically, the authors offer a critique of neoliberal discourses in education, particularly the neoliberal and corporate narrative around 21st century teaching and learning. They raise concerns about what an undue emphasis on industry-oriented educational systems can mean for the core purposes of education.

scholarly journals Asymptotic analysis for the electric field concentration with geometry of the core-shell structure

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Zhiwen Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Singular Behavior ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Function Type ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Perfect Conductivity

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>In the perfect conductivity problem arising from composites, the electric field may become arbitrarily large as <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$ \varepsilon $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>, the distance between the inclusions and the matrix boundary, tends to zero. In this paper, by making clear the singular role of the blow-up factor <inline-formula><tex-math id="M2">\begin{document}$ Q[\varphi] $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> introduced in [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b27">27</xref>] for some special boundary data of even function type with <inline-formula><tex-math id="M3">\begin{document}$ k $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>-order growth, we prove the optimality of the blow-up rate in the presence of <inline-formula><tex-math id="M4">\begin{document}$ m $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>-convex inclusions close to touching the matrix boundary in all dimensions. Finally, we give closer analysis in terms of the singular behavior of the concentrated field for eccentric and concentric core-shell geometries with circular and spherical boundaries from the practical application angle.</p>

scholarly journals The Humble Reason. On Education in Kant and Fichte

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-45
Author(s):  
Lara Scaglia
Keyword(s):  
Human History ◽  
Human Reason ◽  
Political Role ◽  
The Core ◽  
Ethical Education ◽  
Core Function ◽  
The Social ◽  
Historical Phenomenon ◽  
Critical Writings

In this paper I will focus on education as the core function of reason in Kant and Fichte. The notion of reason carries an intrinsic tendency to universality, which is difficult to be reconciled with its local (cultural, historical, anthropological) background and actualisation. I believe that the stress on the importance of learning, which can be seen in the works of both Kant and Fichte, might provide useful clues to approaching the relation between universality and particularity. I will start by focusing on Kant’s narration on the genealogy of human reason in the Conjectural Beginning of Human History, and then move on to the critical writings and selected lectures in order to focus on the role of human dignity and ethical education for the moral appraisal and the practice of virtue. Later, I will consider Fichte’s lectures on the Vocation of the Scholar, the Vocation of Man and The Characteristics of the Present Age, which are crucial to understanding the social, ethical and political role of the scholar. For Fichte, education is the best instrument to eradicate selfishness, regarded as a historical phenomenon which can lead a nation to ruin. I will then provide some conclusions concerning the two accounts and their implications.

scholarly journals Implantação do Protestantismo no Brasil: aspectos sociais e políticos – Parte I

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Wanderley Pereira da Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Religious Movement ◽  
Specific Question ◽  
Political Role ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Historical Trajectory ◽  
Political Actions ◽  
Successes And Failures

O artigo se propõe apresentar a implantação do protestantismo no Brasil sob a ótica das ações sociais e políticas deste movimento religioso. Desejamos apresentar resumidamente o ethos protestante: suas potencialidades, acertos e fracassos, especialmente em terras brasileiras. E, dentro desse universo, uma questão específica referente ao papel social e político desse protestantismo. O cerne do artigo é simples e pode ser consubstanciado pela seguinte questão: o protestantismo brasileiro em seu trajeto histórico em nosso país deu alguma contribuição realmente relevante em termos sociais e políticos? Se sim, quais são? E como ocorreram? Se não, o que deu errado? E por quais motivos?The article proposes to present the implantation of Protestantism in Brazil from the perspective of the social and political actions of this religious movement. We wish to present briefly the Protestant ethos: its potentialities, successes and failures, especially in Brazilian lands. And within this universe, a specific question concerning the social and political role of Protestantism. The core of the article is simple and can be substantiated by the following question: Has Brazilian Protestantism in its historical trajectory in our country given any really relevant contribution in social and political terms? If yes, what are they? And how did they happen? If not, what went wrong? And for what reasons?

Allostasis and the developing human brain: Explicit consideration of implicit models

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 955-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara L. Ganzel ◽  
Pamela A. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Life Sciences ◽  
Developmental Stress ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Explicit Consideration ◽  
Emotional Systems ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Stress And Health ◽  
The Brain

AbstractWe previously used the theory of allostasis as the foundation for a model of the current stress process. This work highlighted the core emotional systems of the brain as the central mediator of the relationship between stress and health. In this paper, we extend this theoretical approach to consider the role of developmental timing. In doing so, we note that there are strong implicit models that underlie current developmental stress research in the social and life sciences. We endeavor to illustrate these modelsexplicitlyas we review the evidence behind each one and discuss their implications. We then extend these models to reflect recent findings from research in life span human neuroscience. The result is a new set of developmental allostatic models that provide fodder for future empirical research, as well as novel perspectives on intervention.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITTLE POETS’ CORNER BETWEEN CULTURAL MEMORY AND GEOPOLITICS

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-370
Author(s):  
Maurizio Ascari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Giambattista Vico ◽  
New Science ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Past ◽  
Social Compact ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Burial Rituals

As Jan Assmann writes, the concept of “cultural memory” both “draws our attention to the role of the past in constituting our world” and also investigates “the motives that prompt our recourse to it” (ix). Cultural memory is transmitted through a variety of mediators ranging from texts and images to commemorative sites, whose complex aesthetic and ideological configurations – whether associated with trauma or glory – are a source of great interest. In his New Science (1725–44), Giambattista Vico claimed that “humanitas in Latin comes first and properly from humando” (8), highlighting the importance burial rituals had in the creation of civilised society. The commemoration of the dead is indeed at the core of cultural memory as the foundation on which the social compact between the living and the dead rests.

Personality Inferences Drawn about Abusive Mothers

1995 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Davidson ◽  
Carol Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Group Analysis ◽  
Social Behaviors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Physically Abused ◽  
The Social ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Abusive Mothers

This study investigated the personality inferences people draw about abusive mothers by having 287 subjects view videotapes of four female targets engaged in social discourse with other adults. Some subjects were primed beforehand to believe that the female targets had physically abused or neglected their child and other subjects viewed the tapes without being primed. Afterward, all subjects rated the targets' personalities using 17 bipolar trait scales and estimating the likelihood of six social behaviors. Analyses compared the ratings of the two types of abuse groups (physical abuse and neglect) with each other and with the unprimed control group. Analysis showed that ratings of one or both of the abuse groups differed from those of the control group on 10 of the 17 trait dimensions and four of six social behaviors. Implications are drawn about the social forces experienced by abusive mothers and the possible role of such forces in therapeutic change.

scholarly journals Wall Surfaces as Interfaces: The First Pompeian Style

Arts ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Annette Haug
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Interactive Medium

This article investigates the role of wall surfaces as an interactive medium in the First Pompeian Style, referring to examples from Pompeii. Five different aspects are investigated in more detail: (1) surfaces and their relation to the core; (2) surface qualities; (3) surfaces as image carriers; (4) surfaces and their relation to the physical space; (5) surfaces and their relation to the social space. These aspects allow for a deeper understanding of the First Style’s ornamental, pictorial and spatial qualities. In this view, surfaces can be conceived as media interfaces.

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