Civilizational Incompetence: The Trap of Post-Communist Societies

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Sztompka
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Central European ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
Entrepreneurial Culture ◽  
Real Socialism ◽  
Collapse Of Communism ◽  
The Impact

AbstractRecent history has witnessed two huge surprises: first the collapse of communism, and then the unexpected slow-down of post-communist transition. The author claims that the secret of current tensions and drawbacks experienced by Eastern and Central European societies is to be sought in the area of “intangibles and imponderables”, the deep cultural legacy inherited both from the distant pre-modern past of these societies and the more recent syndrome of “fake modernity” imposed by real socialism. The vicious effect of these complex historical influences is described by the concept of “civilizational incompetence” comprising deficiencies in: (a) entrepreneurial culture, (b) civic or political culture, (c) discourse culture and (d) everyday culture. The agents able to undermine and slowly eliminate civilizational incompetence must be sought among the elites most insulated from the impact of real socialism, and at the same time most exposed to the influence of modern, Western culture.

The impact of hypopituitarism on function and performance in subjects with recent history of traumatic brain injury and aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

Brain Injury ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 639-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Srinivasan ◽  
Brian Roberts ◽  
Tamara Bushnik ◽  
Jeffrey Englander ◽  
David A. Spain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals WESTERN CULTURE AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL CULTURE IN TAISHO JAPAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-14
Author(s):  
A.A. Astahova
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Taisho Era ◽  
Spiritual Tradition ◽  
Western Intellectual

The changes in Japanese philosophy and political culture in the Taisho era (1912-1926) that occurred as a result of the influence of Western intellectual systems are grounded. The evolution from their formal importation to reformulation and rethinking on the basis of their own spiritual tradition is shown. The trends of democratization of socio-political thought and a shift in emphasis to traditional Japanese values are revealed.

scholarly journals Setting Boundaries to Solidarity: Explaining Danish and Swedish asylum policy divergences, 1989-2001

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjell Winkens
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Asylum Policy ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Political Perceptions ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Welfare State

This thesis seeks to answer the question 'when, how, and why the Danish asylum system become more restrictive than the Swedish one between 1989 and 2001'. In the analysis of these reasons, a particular emphasis is placed on the different political perceptions of both countries’ welfare philosophies on the one hand, and their political culture on the other. The influence of anti-immigration parties on mainstream political culture is an important part of this analysis. Through a distinction between border and integration policy, it becomes clear that the Danish asylum policy becomes more restrictive in the second half of the 1990s, because of its focus on cultural integration as a duty to the welfare state. The thesis concludes with a discussion regarding the impact of (neoliberal) economic changes on solidarity within political culture.

scholarly journals Effects of Turkish Dramas on the Youth of South Punjab

2020 ◽  
Vol V (III) ◽  
pp. 136-142
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rehan ◽  
Zubair Shafiq
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
The Impact

Dramas have played a vital role in terms of building stereotypical images of the roles different individuals have in society. These stereotypes often have a direct impact on society as individuals see through these images while deciding the good and bad of the society. In a recent development, Turkish dramas have gained huge popularity as an alternative medium of entrainment in Pakistan. However, very few studies have focused on the impact of Turkish dramas on Pakistani youth. The current study aims to bridge that gap. The study is quantitative in nature. The results reveal that the contents in those dramas are not Islamic; instead, they are based on Western culture. Moreover, these western cultural values are creating a negative impact on the youth of Punjab. Considering the imagery shown in Turkish Dramas as 'Islamic', the youth seem to be more influenced by these contents compared to other drama industries.

Muscovite Political Culture

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Kollmann
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
Symbolic Representations ◽  
Elite Culture ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

This chapter reveals the deep structures of Muscovite politics by explaining first its theoretical foundations (in which written texts and symbolic representations combined to present a consistent worldview) and then its practical operations (heavily dependent on kinship, marriage and patronage networks). Though it focuses on the period from Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) to the end of the seventeenth century, the chapter ends by considering the impact of Peter I (r. 1682–1725). Change trumped continuity with regard to political culture. Yet, even as they constructed a political rhetoric and elite culture on Western models, Peter and his successors echoed traditional Muscovy in their evocations of Orthodoxy, their patronage and largesse, and their patrimonial claims to power. And they achieved time-honoured Muscovite goals by maintaining stability among factional groups, enriching their elites, expanding the Empire and presiding over dynamic economic growth.

Montaigne and the rise of modern cultural diplomacy

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Gabriel Gherasim
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Cultural Pluralism ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Michel De Montaigne ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Early Modernity ◽  
Cultural Pedagogy ◽  
The Impact

In the troubling sixteenth century political and religious turmoil in Europe - and particularly in France - the cosmopolitan personality of Michel de Montaigne is not only indicative for acknowledging the more and more meddling resources of culture within the realm of politics, but is also explanatory for reforming and expanding the instruments of traditional diplomacy. Specifically, the consequential insights of Montaigne's post-Renaissance humanist stance highly impacted upon certain salient developments in the field of cultural diplomacy that could be analytically framed as i) a personal imprint on reforming political culture(s) tantamount to a conspicuous signature in the field of cultural pedagogy, and ii) a commendable approach to cultural pluralism, and an influential modus operandi in the practice of cultural relations. The present study purports to reflect upon the rise of modern cultural diplomacy through highlighting the impact of the above-mentioned traits on further developments of the field in one of the most characteristic figures of early modernity, Michel de Montaigne.

Huju and The Politics of Revolution, POST-1949

Huju ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. J. Stock
Keyword(s):  
Social Power ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Special Contribution ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Ordinary Folk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
China Post

This chapter examines how music becomes inscribed with social power. Topics considered include the reorganization of huju troupes in the new People's Republic of China, post-1949; the impact of the specialist composer since the 1950s; the changing role of the performer; and the expression of political content in dramatic situations, words, actions, and music. Regional opera styles, such as Shanghai opera, it turns out, led the way in the reform of traditional opera in mainland China, with adaptations applied in these styles later transplanted to more established historical forms such as Beijing opera. It is argued that music in huju makes a special contribution to the ‘envoicing’ of the weak, a tendency that becomes problematic at times when the ordinary folk who people these operas must be portrayed as dauntless revolutionaries. Ironically, perhaps, the operas produced at the most publicly politicized periods of China's recent history are those that now appear the least eloquent in terms of their political argument.

The Impact of Personal Values on Innovativeness of Management

2018 ◽  
pp. 130-164
Keyword(s):  
Free Market ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Transitional Economy ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Free Market Economy ◽  
Central European ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
The Impact

The main purpose of this chapter is to outline methodological and contextual issues in empirical researching of personal values. This chapter addresses methodological and contextual issues, most relevant for researching the association between personal values and innovativeness. In the framework of methodological issues, those related to the utilization of different available theories and corresponding typologies of personal values to examine personal values and issues related with field research of individual's values are at the forefront. In the framework of contextual issues, the interpretation and comparison of results from different value studies, changing relative importance of personal values, and examination of personal values in various cultural contexts and specific circumstances, which may have implications on the results are outlined. The central focus of the chapter is on Slovenia as a representative of Central European Economy, having historically been a transitional economy, which moved from a specific centrally planned system to a free market economy.

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