Taking the group (really) seriously. Race, racism and group analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 053331642110415
Author(s):  
Farhad Dalal
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
World View ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject

The paper is an autobiographical account of the critical role that race and racism came to play in the writing of the book Taking the Group Seriously (1998) over 20 years ago. I will start out by telling you something about my history and early life experiences which eventually took me to the IGA in London to train as a group analyst. I will describe how and why I started to become increasingly preoccupied with the themes of race and racism which eventually led me to doing a PhD on the subject. As I delved deeper into the study I was faced with a number of theoretical and experiential difficulties. The engagement with these difficulties led to the critique of the world view that prevailed (and I would say, continues to prevail) in mainstream psychoanalysis and group analysis. I will use some of my experiences at the IGA from that time to make links with dynamics within the institution today.

A World View of Robert Recorde: A Brief Study of Tudor Cosmology

1969 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Barr
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Reading Public ◽  
Great Work ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Short Statement ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nicholas Copernicus

In 1556, Robert Recorde (1510?-1558) provided the English reading public with the first significant reference to the heliocentric theories of Nicholas Copernicus. In a brief passage in his elementary text on astronomy,The Castle of Knowledge, Recorde introduced the fact that Copernicushathe renewed the opinion of Aristarchus Samius, andaffirmeth that the earthe not only moueth circularlyeabout his owne centre, but also may be, yea and is,continually out of the precise cētre of the world 38hundredth thousand miles:This statement, preceded by a review of other ancient astronomers who held similar views, and followed by a promise to the reader that the subject would be examined later in greater detail, constituted the complete reference to Copernicus and his theories. It was neither an endorsement nor a repudiation of the revolutionary theories advanced by Copernicus. Given his reputation as a competent and thorough scholar, one may legitimately ask, first, why did Recorde limit himself to such a short statement? and, second, how can his attitude toward the heliocentric theories be established with greater certainty? Because Recorde elected not to commit himself further inThe Castle of Knowledge, any discussion of his attitude toward the new theories must be based on indirect evidence. The point to be demonstrated is that Recorde was influenced by a particular philosophy that enabled him to view favorably the theories advanced in Copernicus's great work,De Revolutionibus Orbium Celestium. The first part of this study examines some probable causes for Recorde's reluctance to expand upon his reference to Copernicus, while the remainder examines his philosophical views.

scholarly journals Det klingendes meningspotensial og dets slumrende klangbunn i lytteren: Utkast til en musikkinspirert livsanskuelse

2020 ◽  
pp. 301-311
Author(s):  
Peder Christian Kjerschow
Keyword(s):  
Brain Research ◽  
World View ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Reward System ◽  
Human Origin ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Unique Potential ◽  
Thinking Consciousness

In this essay I am aiming to sketch a context of my view of music, taking the form of a musically-inspired Weltanschauung [world view]. Confronted with “great” music of all types, I experience the particular ability of music to bring consciousness into a state of listening, attentive “passivity”, without the need for an explanation of what it is about. Afterwards, the thinking consciousness may rise to active reflection on the unique potential of meaning in music – so unlike anything else – and on the equally enigmatic resonant disposition in me that responds to music as an essential meaningful appeal. Although music has all the characteristics of its human origin and historical context, it may be considered as a spring welling from the very source of the world: Its potential of meaning is rooted deeper than human culture. Thus, music offers a confrontation with objective reality, not with something “staged” by our consciousness or, not to mention, by our brain. This musical confrontation with reality has led to my questioning the subjectivism of Kant and especially Fichte, and to an interest in Schelling’s philosophy of nature as a convincing refutation of subjectivistic epistemology. In the name of reality, I touch on the problematic interpretations and conclusions of neuroscience and brain research concerning self-perception. This sort of “philosophy”, where the very self (i.e. the “I” or the subject) is identified with the object studied, i.e. the brain itself. This view may also imply a reductionistic understanding of the experience of meaningful music as “staged” by the reward system of the brain.

ANALISIS STRUKTURALISME GENETIK DALAM NOVEL MIDAH SIMANIS BERGIGI EMAS KARYA PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Nani Anggraini
Keyword(s):  
Social Problem ◽  
World View ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Historical Reality ◽  
Surrounding Environment ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The World ◽  
Pramoedya Ananta Toer ◽  
The Subject

This study discusses how the world view according to the author in Pramoedya Ananta Toer's novel Midah Simanis Bergigi Emas based on genetic structuralism which covers the world view and collective subject and the surrounding environment and how the author views Pramoedya Ananta Toer's Midah Simanis Bergigi Emas novel based on reality history linked to the literary work. The method used in this research is descriptive analytical method. The analysis technique performed is dialectical technique, namely, prioritizing coherent meaning. Dialectic techniques develop two kinds of concepts, namely "whole-part" and "understanding-explanation". Sources of data in this study used primary data sources in the form of a novel entitled Midah Simanis Bergigi Emas by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. the creation of the Midah Simanis Bergigi Emas novel was lifted from a social problem that affected it. Genetic elements of the work of Sasta are worldview, author's relationship with historical reality, author's biography, application of novel genetic structuralism. The world view on genetic structuralism in the Midah Simanis Bergigi Emas novel is lifted from a social problem that influences its views on God, the world, and humans. The world view that triggers the subject to identify world views is considered as one of the characteristics of the success of a literary work in genetic structuralism.

scholarly journals Early Experience and Incentive Relativity in Adulthood

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Cuenya ◽  
Giselle Kamenetzky ◽  
Alba E. Mustaca
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Early Experience ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Early Experiences ◽  
Stress Responsiveness ◽  
The Subject

Human and animal studies have shown the long-lasting impact of early life experiences on the development of individual differences in stress responsiveness in later life. Despite the numerous works that evaluate the effect of early experiences on different behavioral paradigms, which for the most part are related to aversive situations, there are few studies that assess the effects on the unexpected downshift or omission of positive rewards. The purpose of this article is to present several independent lines of research into how frustration responses during adulthood may be influenced by early experiences. Very few works have been found on the subject, and in most cases the results were negative or controversial. However, more recent investigations suggest that the responses in adults to frustration or euphoria may be modulated by early experiences.

scholarly journals A world view, subject and narration or: In the West, Nothing New

Reci, Beograd ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Želimir Vukašinović
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

In the age of terrorism and virulence, an absence of a true community remains an essential experience of an undeniable subject who, finally justified by its (self) isolation, tends to rediscover the concreteness of existence and vitality of the world of life. This experience will lead us to a possible reading of the narrative structure of identity as a horizon for an understanding of the history of metamorphoses of the subject. This interpretation of the function of narration illuminates a relation between the subject and its story which redefines our contemporary, pragmatically reduced, perception of practice.

The Socialization of Elite Tennis Players in Sweden: An Analysis of the Players’ Backgrounds and Development

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Tennis Player ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
Individual Talent

This study analyzed the process of socialization of elite tennis players, thereby contributing to an explanation of the success experienced by Swedish tennis players in recent years. The top five male and top five female Swedish players, along with parents and coaches, were interviewed regarding background, early life sport experiences, and development. All five males held ranking positions among the 15 best in the world. The control group was chosen by matching pairs regarding age, sex, and junior ranking. Results indicated that both groups at the ages of 12 to 14 were equal, but after puberty the development of the groups diverged. As teenagers, some elite players were ranked among the world’s top players while the control group players did not experience success. The results clearly indicate that it is not possible to predict who will develop into a world-class tennis player based on individual talent alone. Personal qualifications and early life experiences in combination with social structures, tradition of sport, and tennis culture all worked together in an optimal way, particularly the local club environment and the players’ relationships to coaches.

scholarly journals James Hardy Wilkinson, 27 September 1919 - 5 October 1986

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 669-708 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Linear Algebra ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Numerical Linear Algebra ◽  
Considerable Part ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Numerical Analyst

James Hardy Wilkinson was the first professional numerical analyst to be elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society. He was without any doubt a world leader in the subject and indeed the world leader for many years in that considerable part of it generally called numerical linear algebra. But his early life could only be described as ‘humble’, and we have to thank his parents, brother and sisters and some very special schoolmasters for giving him the chance of success. In this memoir I shall call him Jim, though the nickname ‘Wilkie’ occurs in section 5.

scholarly journals Characteristic features of relationships between intelligence and imagination in the synthesis of conceptualized forms of knowledge

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 01020
Author(s):  
Andrey Kuznetsov ◽  
Alexander Zhikharev ◽  
Olga Kurganskaya ◽  
Alina Kuznetsova
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Distinct Structure ◽  
Constructive Function ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

The article presents the analysis of characteristic features of relationships between intelligence and imagination in the synthesis of conceptualized forms of knowledge. Two fundamental capacities of the subject that accomplish a constructive function in conceptualization of theoretical forms of knowledge are distinguished. The first one is the ability to synthesize categories and develop practical and relatively paradigmatically consistent methodologies, that is, the reflective ability of judgement that implies the development of a distinct structure comprising the previous findings as fundamental constructs. The second one is the ability to change the world view when dealing with “abnormal science” that implies the employment of philosophical and general scientific principles in their constructive function.

scholarly journals Las mujeres del teatro de Miguel Hernández: Construcción dramatúrgica del personaje

1996 ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Virtudes Serrano García
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
World View ◽  
Literary Tradition ◽  
The Other ◽  
Double Vision ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Dramaturgical Analysis ◽  
Las Mujeres

<span class="subtitulo">This paper pays attention to an aspect in the drama of Miguel Hernández that has so far not been the subject of much analysis. Here the dramaturgical analysis of his female characters is made bearing in mind the world view of the poetplaywright in two aspects: one based on his personal experience, and the other deriving from the literary tradition he assimilated. This double vision leads him to the building of a feminine typology of archetypal behaviours determined by a canonically patriarchal world view, and qualified by the characters of the literary heroines stemming from the playwright's reading. The result is the fiancées/wives, sisters an mothers, women defending the honour that would be taken from them by force, or beloved women whose resistance makes their ardent lovers suffer. However, in En Labrador de más aire there is a feminine character that is spontaneous and authentic in her emotions, and whom the author hes endowed with an outspoken vehement nature.</span>

scholarly journals Mapping the Estonian Literature of the Selfie-era

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-365
Author(s):  
Anneli Kõvamees
Keyword(s):  
Life Experiences ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
The United States ◽  
Publishing Company ◽  
Literary Field ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
Series Books ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Hyphenated Identity

We live in the era of selfies as making photos of oneself and sharing these in social media has become extremely popular if not even a norm. The perceiving and experiencing subject is in the foreground. This is also valid in the field of literature, which has been democratized as anyone can make a book and anyone can write a book, as seen by the boom of biographies of all kinds. The My-series published by the Estonian publishing company Petrone Print illustrates these tendencies. The publishing company was founded in 2007 by Epp Petrone who had moved back to Estonia from the United States. Her My America was the first book in the series. In this series of books authors describe their lives and activities in one country or city. The series has a firm position in the Estonian literary field: the books are constantly in top ten lists and are in high demand in libraries. Taking the My-series as an example, the article maps tendencies in contemporary Estonian literature. The subject-centeredness is one of the characteristics of contemporary literature as the amount of books concentrating on one’s life experiences is quite noteworthy. The exact genre of this type of literature is ambiguous, which is another characteristic of contemporary literature. I would define the My-series books as ‘literary selfies’ as the person portrays him/herself setting the world in the background. Another issue discussed in connection with the series is migration. The demographic situation in Europe has changed and continues to change; various nationalities can be found in the world metropolises, and the shift from the monocultural and monolingual world to the multicultural and multilingual one is obvious. Therefore, more and more people have a ‘hyphenated identity’; consequently, one’s national identity may not be as clear as before. Over the last decade, a large number of Estonians have left their homeland and settled down in other countries, an aspect illustrated by the My-series.

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