Temporal comparisons: Evaluating the world through historical time

2021 ◽  
pp. 0961463X2110292
Author(s):  
Willibald Steinmetz ◽  
Zoltán B Simon ◽  
Kirill Postoutenko
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Central Notion ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
High Level ◽  
Historical Reflection ◽  
The Relationship

This introduction describes the main themes of the special issue on temporal comparisons. It provides the background for individual contributions by sketching the way in which evaluations are intrinsic to conceptions of historical time. Inasmuch as different configurations of the relationship between past, present and future imply temporal comparisons between ‘now’ and ‘then’, historical time is subject to evaluations that we project onto the differences – or similarities – between the three dimensions. Practices of comparing between and across times pervade all spheres of activity: from high-level theory and historical reflection to the most trivial situations in everyday life. Tracking temporal comparisons is thus a way of exploring the broad middle ground between the consciously elaborated theories about time and the ordinary ways of dealing with time. Our introduction conveys this message in three steps. First, it provides a brief overview of the workings of historical time; second, it introduces the central notion of temporal comparisons while paying special attention to the scales in which they can be studied and their performative character; and third, it gives a quick glimpse into the main contentions of the contributions.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Matthew Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Future Study ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Narrative Thread ◽  
The Relationship

This introduction considers the ‘environmental turn’ taken in the humanities, and particularly in historical study, suggesting ways in which these developments might animate the future study of nineteenth-century Ireland. Question of agency and the relationship between human and non-human nature are addressed. Also considered is how current environmental concerns, and climate change in particular, should lead us to think anew about the past, rendering familiar subjects unfamiliar. Particular attention is paid to how Ireland’s past might be located within larger global processes, attracting the interest of scholars from throughout the world. It then introduces the individual contributions in the volume, tracing a narrative thread through them in order to demonstrate how a change in optic can significantly change how we think about Ireland’s recent past.

National Religious Affiliation and Integrated Model of Homicide and Suicide

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Soo Chon
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
World Health ◽  
Lethal Violence ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Islamic Countries ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship

The current study assessed the relationship between national religious affiliation and lethal violence by simultaneously examining homicide and suicide rates. The information on homicide and suicide rates for 124 countries came from the World Health Organization (WHO). Regression results suggested no significant difference in lethal violence between predominantly Catholic and Protestant countries, although Islamic countries revealed significantly lower homicide, suicide, and overall lethal violence rates than non-Islamic countries. Countries with a high level of religious heterogeneity are subject to an increased suicide rate. The implications of these findings were discussed.

scholarly journals Refugees, forced migration, and conflict: Introduction to the special issue

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Braithwaite ◽  
Idean Salehyan ◽  
Burcu Savun
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Few issues in international politics have dominated public debates, both in domestic and international arenas, as much as refugee movements across borders in recent years. By the end of 2017, more than 68.5 million people – one in approximately every 110 people on the planet – had been displaced from their homes, either as internally displaced persons (IDPs) or as refugees, due to violent conflict, persecution, famine, or natural disasters. This article introduces a special issue on refugees, forced migration, and conflict. It describes the evolution of the international refugee regime and identifies theoretical and methodological advances in the relevant literature. It concludes with a discussion of the individual contributions to the issue, which seek to address gaps in the literature with respect to explaining motivations for refugee departures, understanding the relationship between refugee populations and political instability in host countries, and tracking public attitudes towards hosting refugee populations.

THE RELATION BETWEEN CONFUCIANISM AND CHINESE POLITICS: HISTORY, ACTUALITY, AND FUTURE

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Sun
Keyword(s):  
Mainland China ◽  
Civil Religion ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Chinese Politics ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Social Governance ◽  
State Constitution ◽  
Historical Reflection ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

AbstractThis article analyzes the relation between Confucianism and Chinese politics in the history, actuality, and future. The focus is on the special relationship between Confucianism and Chinese politics. First, the author provides a brief historical reflection on the relationship between Confucianism and Chinese traditional politics and develops three dimensions for such an interpretation. Second, the author explains the need for a Confucian renaissance in contemporary Chinese politics. The article then turns to the contemporary controversy about Confucianism and Chinese politics in mainland China. Jiang Qing's conception of Confucianism as state religion is then juxtaposed with Chen Ming's articulation of Confucianism as civil religion. In conclusion, the author argues that Confucianism should serve as an ethical resource for the state constitution, as well as a resource for social governance and cultivation.

The place of Shepard in the world of perception

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-671
Author(s):  
Walter Gerbino
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Principle ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
External Support ◽  
Evolutionary Account ◽  
The World ◽  
Internalization Process ◽  
The Relationship

To balance Kubovy & Epstein, I evaluate the relationship between Shepard and Gestalt theorists along three dimensions. First, both discover internal universals by reducing external support. Second, they share strengths and weaknesses of the minimum principle. Third, although their attitudes toward an evolutionary account of perception is superficially different, they are fundamentally similar with respect to the internalization process. [Kubovy & Epstein; Shepard]

scholarly journals Editorial: ‘One City, Many Tales’: COVID-19, perception, and the importance of contextualization

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Image Construction ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Media Narratives ◽  
The Relationship

This introduction to the special issue summarizes the contributions from the five leading scholars in the field—their contribution to the conceptualization of such concepts as soft power, sharp power, image shaping, image reception, as well as methodological approaches. It highlights the importance of contextualizing their findings for a full understanding of the image of China in the media narratives examined. In doing so, the Introduction lays foundation for further investigations on the relationship between media coverage of health crisis and image construction as the world continues to fight against the virus.

scholarly journals Correlation between Pupils’ and Teachers’ Opinions regarding the Spheres and Effects of ICT Use by Children and Teenagers (Research Report)

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-458
Author(s):  
Eunika Baron-Polańczyk
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
The World ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Very High

The article presents a fragment of diagnostic-correlative research of a mixed character, identifying pupils’ information literacy in the use of ICT methods and tools in the context of new technological trends and accompanying civilisation changes. The authors aim to answer the question: What is the relationship between pupils’ opinions and teachers’ observations regarding the spheres and effects of ICT use by children and teenagers? For this purpose, the method of diagnostic survey (questionnaire and interview) and statistical methods were used. Together, 2510 pupils and 1110 teachers (in Poland) were involved. The interpretation of the strength of relationship between the co-existent variables – based on the obtained values of correlation (r) and determination (r2) coefficients – in general allows for stating that: 1) a noticeable dissonance exists between pupils’ opinions and teachers’ observations regarding the spheres and effects of ICT use by children and teenagers; 2) the identified differences (the minus/negative correlations in 6 cases) and similarities (the plus/ positive correlations in 4 cases) between pupils’ and teachers’ opinions indicate a significant “separation” between the world of children and teenagers (“Us”) and the world of teachers (“Them”); 3) in three categories, an obvious relationship (a very high level of dependence) exists between pupils’ and teachers’ observations as to the spheres and effects of ICT use by children and teenagers, namely “working with information” (r2 = 0.79; r = 0.89), “network communication” (r2 = 0.78; r = 0.88), and “preparing for classes” (r2 = 0.70; r = -0.84).

Developing shared languages

AILA Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlies Whitehouse ◽  
Henrik Rahm ◽  
Séverine Wozniak ◽  
Steven Breunig ◽  
Gianni De Nardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Socially Relevant ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This issue of the AILA Review focuses on transdisciplinarity as the key to developing shared languages in and across domains and professional settings. The relationship and collaboration between researchers and practitioners have long been discussed within and across applied sciences and theoretical disciplines, mainly in the framework of transdisciplinarity (see AILA Review 31, 2018, for a recent overview). However, research approaches that claim to combine theoretical and practical needs and expectations often lack either solid grounding in empirical data or thorough reflection from theoretical perspectives. This special issue aims to take the discussion further by rethinking transdisciplinarity systematically from theoretical and practical angles. In so doing, we focus on developing shared languages that facilitate communication and mutual learning in multistakeholder discourses – with the ultimate goal of sustainably solving socially relevant problems. In the introduction, we present working definitions of our topic’s key terms (Part 1). We then go through the topics, results, and main interconnections of the six approaches examined in the papers included in this issue (Part 2). Based on the insights from the discussion so far, we set up a framework to systematically analyse three dimensions of developing shared languages: negotiation process, interplay of key drivers, and seizing opportunities (Part 3).

African, American and European Trajectories of Modernity

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
African American ◽  
World History ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Global Context ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Europe ◽  
The Relationship

This book asks why, from some moment onwards, ‘Europe’ and ‘the rest of the world’ entered into a particular relationship. This relationship was not merely one of domination but one that was conceived as a kind of superiority; more specifically, as an ‘advance’ in historical time. Toward this end, the book first analyses the emergence of this Atlantic modernity, then proceeds to compare aspects of contemporary Southern modernity, focusing on Brazil, Chile and South Africa. Finally, it explores the dynamics of contemporary modernity worldwide, looking at the relationship between past oppression and injustice and expectations for future freedom and justice. The book firmly links the history of Europe to world history, situating European modernity in its global context.

scholarly journals Relationship between Emotional Labor and Burnout among Sports Coaches in South Korea: Moderating Role of Social Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 5754
Author(s):  
Jae-Pil Ha ◽  
Jae-Hwan Kim ◽  
Jaehyun Ha
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Surface Acting ◽  
High Level ◽  
Sports Coaches ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effect of social support in the relationship between three strategies of emotional labor (surface acting, deep acting, and genuine expression) and burnout among sports coaches in South Korea. Data were collected from 259 athletic coaches who were working at secondary schools at Gyeongsangnam-do in South Korea. Results indicated that three emotional labor strategies explained a significant amount of variance in each of the three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment). In regard to the moderating effect, social support significantly moderated the relationship between surface acting and overall burnout. Specifically, the positive effect of surface acting on burnout was weaker for coaches with a high level of social support than those with a low level of social support. Some ways to engage in appropriate emotional labor strategies and to create environments where social support can be easily accessed were discussed.

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