Traditional Polity and the Dynamics of Change in India

1963 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Bondurant
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
The One

The title of this essay begins with the word traditional and it moves towards the idea of change. As is well known, these terms—tradition and change—are not opposites, nor are they to be understood in contradistinction to one another. It is important in this context to avoid the temptation to treat them as contradictory or to draw contrasts between what one considers on the one hand traditional, and on the other, changing. One cannot accurately speak of what was as over against what will be, or what is becoming. Nor can one view the ancient as opposed to that which is modern. Clearly, the opposite of change is permanence and persistence, and is not—at least not necessarily—to be couched in terms of the traditional. One need only to remind oneself that among the most compelling elements in the West's intellectual history is the idea of progress, to understand that there are indeed traditions in which the notion of change itself has played a significant role. And so it does not follow that "traditional Indian polity" is a set of concepts to be placed over against the "dynamics of change"—quite the contrary, as I shall try to show in what follows.

The Relation of the Slave and the Client to the Master or Patron in Medieval Islam

1971 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G. Forand
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Near East ◽  
The Other ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
The One ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Middle Ages

In antiquity and in the Middle Ages slavery played a significant role in the military, economic, political and social life of the Near East. Many studies have been made of these aspects of life, but little has been said in the context of Islam about the psychological bonds which, at least to some extent, characterize the relationship between slave or freedman and master. The institution of ‘mutual alliance’ also played an important part in Islamic history, and there were certain similarities between the relation of the ‘ally’ to the patron on the one hand, and of the freedman to the former master on the other. But it is the purpose of this discussion, in part, to point out some basic differences between the two relationships.

The emancipation of economics from morality: Mandeville's Fable of the Bees

1975 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Dumont
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual History ◽  
The Other ◽  
Karl Polanyi ◽  
The One

The following essay is part of a study in intellectual history bearing on one aspect of the configuration of ideas and values characteristic of modern civilisation or, as the author calls it, "modern ideology" *. This system of ideas and values has the category of "the economic" as one of its major categories, one of its basic dimensions or reference coordinates. Yet the economic category has not always been there, and it is possible to isolate some of the stages or changes by which it became what it is. A new category, if it is to attain a separate existence, must in particular be emancipated from the old categories which had hitherto dominated the ideological field and prevented its independent assertion. It must get disentangled or, as Karl Polanyi would have said, dis-embedded from the configuration that still ignored it. In this case, emancipation was necessary in two directions, in relation to politics on the one hand, to morality on the other. Locke's Two Treatises of Govemment contains a choice expression of the first aspect, while the second can be documented from Mandeville's Fable.

scholarly journals The big unknown: The asymptomatic spread of COVID-19

BIOMATH ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2005103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roumen Anguelov ◽  
Jacek Banasiak ◽  
Chelsea Bright ◽  
Jean Lubuma ◽  
Rachid Ouifki
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

The paper draws attention to the asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic cases of COVID-19, which, according to some reports, may constitute a large fraction of the infected individuals. These cases are often unreported and are not captured in the total number of confirmed cases communicated daily. On the one hand, this group may play a significant role in the spread of the infection, as asymptomatic cases are seldom detected  and quarantined. On the other hand, it may play a significant role in disease extinction by contributing to the development of sufficient herd immunity.

scholarly journals The Role of Legal Culture in Corruption Eradication Effort (A Comparative Study of Indonesian and Japanese Corruption Crime Handling)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Laely Wulandari ◽  
Lalu Parman
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Legal Culture ◽  
The Other ◽  
The One ◽  
Strong Culture ◽  
Eradication Effort

In a comparative study of Eradicating Corruption in Indonesia and Japan appears that law culture plays a significant role. Indonesia has special institution that deals with corruption while Japan does not have it. Nevertheless, cases of corruption in Indonesia are higher than in Japan. This is due to the Indonesian culture of ewuh pakewuh, reluctant, and has two different views in dealing with corruption. On the one hand, Indonesia rejects corruption, but on the other hand, it commits actions that support corruption. Meanwhile, Japan has a strong culture of shame for committing law violations both at the community level and law enforcement officers.  

Generał brygady Kazimierz Rumsza – z armii carskiej do polskiej

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-121
Author(s):  
Dariusz Radziwiłłowicz
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The Other ◽  
World War ◽  
The One

Since its inception, the 5th Siberian Rifle Division was led by Colonel [płk.] Rumsza who operated under the orders of Colonel [płk.] Czuma, the commander of Polish forces in Siberia. In the light of the examined documents, Colonel Kazimierz Rumsza appears to be a man with two faces. On the one hand, he was an excellent commander, proving his worth in the extreme war conditions. On the other, a violent officer who humiliated his personnel and got involved in shady financial ventures. He was never proven guilty of embezzlement. However, his very presence in the group of suspects stigmatised him among the officers. He won back some favour after the lost September Campaign. During World War II, Rumsza did not play any significant role in the Polish Armed Forces. After demobilisation, he settled down in London. On 1 January 1964, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general [gen. brygady]. Kazimierz Rumsza died on 28 January 1970.

Zwischen Recht und Ethik

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idris Nassery
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The One

This study focuses on addressing the question of how a form of business ethics which not only stems from the internal structure of Islamic intellectual history but which also relates to today’s globalised societies be conceived. Using the approaches of Karl Homann and Peter Ulrich as a starting point on the one hand and in line with several prominent voices from Islamic economics on the other, the author develops such a form of ethics, which sees itself as a catalyst to current discourse, in the context of the reflections of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ġazzālī. As there are still no in-depth concepts of business ethics in contemporary Muslim theology, it makes sense to relate the quintessential ideas of al-Ġazzālī to contemporary theories on business ethics in order to demonstrate how Islamic law and Islamic ethics can act as partners in dialogue in secular processes of understanding.

Cohen’s community

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-50
Author(s):  
Louis-Philippe Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Level ◽  
Liberal State ◽  
Full Strength ◽  
Principles Of Justice ◽  
The One ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Domestic Level

Does the kind of socialist ideal articulated by G. A. Cohen in Why Not Socialism? add anything substantial to the Rawlsian conception of justice? Is it an ideal that Rawlsians should want to take on board, or is it ultimately foreign to their outlook? I defend a mixed answer to these questions. On the one hand, we shouldn’t underestimate the extent to which Rawls's theory already addresses the concerns that motivate Cohen’s appeal to the socialist ideal. Within the bounds of a society living up to Rawls’s two principles of justice, I maintain, there would be little room left for an ideal of social relations to do any independent work. On the other hand, Cohen’s ideal may still have an important role to play within Rawlsian theory – not within the confines of a given society but on the international stage, beyond the liberal state as we know it. This asymmetry between the domestic and the international case stems from the fact that Rawls's principles of justice apply in full strength only at the domestic level. Because the principles of justice that hold at the international level are less demanding, I contend, they leave space for the socialist ideal to play a significant role.

scholarly journals The secrecy−transparency dynamic: A sociological reframing of secrecy and transparency for public relations research

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-236
Author(s):  
Anne M. Cronin
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Oriented Research

This article offers a sociological account of how we might analyse the relationship between contemporary practices and discourses of secrecy on the one hand, and those of transparency on the other hand. While secrecy is often framed in popular and political discourses as the antithesis of transparency, in reality, their relationship is more complex and co-constitutive than may initially appear. The article argues that understanding the interface between secrecy and transparency as a socially embedded dynamic can offer public relations scholarship productive avenues for both theoretically oriented research and empirical studies. In its role in the management of the secrecy−transparency dynamic, PR plays a significant role in actively creating social relations. This article aims to provide resources for assessing the strength of this dynamic in acting to structure social, political and economic relations, and offers new perspectives on how techniques employed to manage the secrecy–transparency dynamic – including public relations – are both embedded in such relations and act to shape them.

scholarly journals Überlegungen zur Aussprachebewusstheit im Kontext der Fremdsprachenvermittlung

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 31-39
Author(s):  
Beata Grzeszczakowska-Pawlikowska
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
The Other ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
The One ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

Multilingualism at the European or worldwide level is related to the need for changing the perception of foreign language teaching and learning. As a result, the concept of language awareness has been given a high priority. It implies the reflection on the language elements and their functions – language comparisons on the one hand, and the interdisciplinary sensitivisation for languages with the inclusion of language curiosity, etc. on the other. At the same time, the concept of language awareness plays a significant role in the field of tertiary language didactics, such as teaching German after English. With that in mind, this article presents in-depth reflections about the consciousness of pronunciation aspects and their multidimensional character.

Conspiracy and foreign policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Aistrope ◽  
Roland Bleiker
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
World Politics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
The One

Conspiracies play a significant role in world politics. States often engage in covert operations. They plot in secret, with and against each other. At the same time, conspiracies are often associated with irrational thinking and delusion. We address this puzzle and highlight the need to see conspiracies as more than just empirical phenomena. We argue that claims about conspiracies should be seen as narratives that are intrinsically linked to power relations and the production of foreign policy knowledge. We illustrate the links between conspiracies, legitimacy and power by examining multiple conspiracies associated with 9/11 and the War on Terror. Two trends are visible. On the one hand, US officials identified a range of conspiracies and presented them as legitimate and rational, even though some, such as the alleged covert development of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, are now widely considered false. On the other hand, conspiracies circulating in the Arab-Muslim world were dismissed as irrational and pathological, even though some, like those concerned with the covert operation of US power in the Middle East, were based on credible concerns.

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