scholarly journals From Extinction to the Recreation of the Living World: the Creative Dimension of Fatigue in the Posthuman Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-77
Author(s):  
Cosmin-Florentin Spaschi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Living World ◽  
The World

In this article, I will follow the posthuman vision to describe the contemporary era. As Rosi Braidotti illustrates, this moment is defined by a continuous balance between optimism and anxiety. Therefore, we are talking about a culture of fatigue that is more and more present today. On this subject, we find three fundamental forms: theory fatigue, post-work fatigue, and democracy fatigue. I will make a presentation of all these forms, proving that the current capitalist paradigm leads us to a series of crises. Whether we are talking about the health crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an economic crisis, or an ecological crisis, the current situation is problematic. However, the position promoted by the posthuman project starts from these appearances and tries to develop an affirmative conception. As Braidotti illustrates, this aspect does not mean dismissing the crises in the world. On the contrary, we are talking about understanding the problematic aspects as an appeal for change. Therefore, in the model developed by Braidotti, we encounter a posthuman and post-anthropocentric turn that defines this model of thinking. Then, we observe an extension of the dimension of "us", which eliminates any forms of discrimination. Based on such premises, new disciplines are developed, illustrating the posthuman vision. Consequently, in the last part of the article, I will describe the posthuman project, to illustrate how these crises could be eliminated.

Information and Communication Technology in Logistics as a Comparative Advantage

2010 ◽  
pp. 144-156
Author(s):  
Roman Gumzej ◽  
Martin Lipicnik
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Technological Platform

In a time, when the economic crisis is filling the news, it may seem hard to even think about improvements in terms of research and development, since there are lacking funds even for the reproduction. However, the last economic revolution was born in a crisis. Therefore it is sensible to look at the current situation as an opportunity for the next economic revolution,. bringing the economy a new cycle of development. The potentials for growth with the globalization have been mainly exploited so far, bringing considerable negative consequences into our lives and our environment that have triggered anti-globalist and ecological movements around the world. Now it’s time to think how to make things better and more humane. The main goal of this chapter is to lay the foundation for an advanced-research technological platform for logistics applications networks.

The Renewal of the Socialist Ideal

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
John Bellamy Foster
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Commodity Chains ◽  
Social Existence ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Global Commodity Chains ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
World Economic Crisis

Any serious treatment of the renewal of socialism today must begin with capitalism's creative destruction of the bases of all social existence. Since the late 1980s, the world has been engulfed in an epoch of catastrophe capitalism, manifested today in the convergence of (1) the planetary ecological crisis, (2) the global epidemiological crisis, and (3) the unending world economic crisis. Added to this are the main features of today's "empire of chaos," including the extreme system of imperialist exploitation unleashed by global commodity chains; the demise of the relatively stable liberal-democratic state with the rise of neoliberalism and neofascism; and the emergence of a new age of global hegemonic instability accompanied by increased dangers of unlimited war.

scholarly journals COVID-19 E OS IMPACTOS NA INDÚSTRIA PETROLÍFERA: CONSIDERAÇÕES INICIAIS

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Global Health ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Oil Markets ◽  
The World ◽  
Oil Sector ◽  
Market Changes

SINOPSE Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar os impactos iniciais da Covid-19 nos mercados globais de petróleo. A atual conjuntura possui a particularidade de apresentar alterações de mercado tanto na demanda, por efeitos das medidas de contenção da crise sanitária global, quanto na oferta, como resultado das disputas entre grandes produtores de petróleo, em particular Arábia Saudita e Rússia. Considera-se que os efeitos da pandemia podem resultar em profundas transformações para o setor petrolífero e a economia mundial, a depender da duração e dos desdobramentos da crise. ABSTRACT This article analyzes the initial impacts of Covid-19 on global oil markets. The current situation has the particularity of presenting market changes both in demand, due to the measures to contain the global health crisis, and in supply, as a result of the disputes between large oil producers, in particular Saudi Arabia and Russia. It is considered that the effects of the pandemic may result in profound changes for the oil sector and the world economy, depending on the duration and developments of the crisis.

scholarly journals Konzervipar és vidékfejlesztés

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
Mária Kis
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Canning Industry ◽  
World Economic Crisis ◽  
Made In

According to the opinion of certain specialists - who would consider themselves outstanding experts the canning industry has passed the stage of maturity and entered a declining phase of lifecycle within the industry. We, on the contrary, maintain the view, as supported by evidence in the present study, that the above position in not suitably grounded. This viewpoint may be further confirmed by considering the issue at hand through the angle of regional development and the current situation of Hungarian national economy.While refraining from giving a detailed account of the reasons underlying the world economic crisis, we would like to point out that the crisis is likely to affect economies with a well-established agriculture and, on that basis, a highly developed food industry, to a lesser degree. The situation in Hungary would have developed in a different way if we had treated the Hungarian agricultural line of business and, in particular, canning industry, as an industry of strategic importance. An attempt is made in this study to support the above view.

scholarly journals The BRICS response to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
Pedro Fonseca ◽  
Samuel Spellmann ◽  
Lucas Gualberto Do Nascimento ◽  
Elena Bastrykina ◽  
Arindam Das
Keyword(s):  
Early Detection ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
International Health ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
High Degree

Since late 2019, SARS-CoV2 pandemic has spread worldwide. After several generations without a severe pandemic, the mixture of health and economic crisis has hit populations in all continents. The high degree of connectivity that States share, enabled by the current transportation and communication technologies, caused different regions of the world to be affected by coronavirus disease at almost the same time. Yet States responses to the SARS-CoV2 pandemic were not the same. This brief focuses on the BRICS countries individual, bilateral and collective responses to the international health crisis caused by coronavirus disease, from the early detection of COVID-19 cases in China in late December 2019 to the current surge of cases in Brazil.

scholarly journals Bolshevik Russia as a “World of Death” (Based on the Book by I. A. Bunin “Damned Days”)

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-238
Author(s):  
T. G. Putilina
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Living World ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Negative Connotation

Life / death contrasting is fundamental to the reconstruction of national paintings of the world. In each culture, the experiences associated with opposition life / death are expressed in specific traditions and rites and, accordingly, are enshrined in the language in a certain way. The author’s language picture of the world is based on the common language picture of the world, which is formed as a result of the generalization of knowledge received by native speakers. In literary works, it is often the opposition to life / death that contains semantic features that reflect the author’s linguistic picture of the world. Of particular interest to the study are the memories of famous writers, in which they presenttheir impressions of iconic historical events and creative personalities. It is in such texts that the author’s features of the language are clearly manifested, characteristic language means for expressing a certain attitude towards people and their position in the current situation. The material of our study is the collection “Damned Days” by writer Ivan Bunin. The scientific novelty of the work is that the work of I. Bunin is considered in a new aspect, from the point of view of analyzing the meanings of words and expressions used in the text to contrast two worlds, the world of old Russia and the world of Bolshevik Russia, and the language means used by the writer. The work concludes that I. Bunin uses techniques to negatively characterize people, with the help of which the semantics of characters from the “world of death” are actualized. By using zoomorphisms, describing a person with the inclusion of inanimate objects, listing diseases, comparing with the corpse and words with a negative connotative color, the author shows that the described characters do not belong to real living people. Thus, the author verbally “displaces” people hated by him from the world of the living and paints a special, inverted “antiworld” – “world of the dead.” This world is also defined by the author of the work as “horror,” “terrible” with the use of corresponding lexes. In the author’s picture of the world, Bolshevik Russia is a “dead” world, opposed to the “living” world of old Russia. The author uses language tools such as metaphors, comparisons, occasionalisms. Vocabulary has a negative connotation, sometimes bright to such an extent that it is invective. The world of old Russia is opposed to this world. Its representatives are called the opposite in meaning: these are beautiful, healthy, believing people.

Analysis on the European Union and the Concept of Welfare in the Context of the Economic Crisis the Cases of Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Italy

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Luis Rodrigo Rodrigo Asturias Schaub
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Graphical Analysis ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The World ◽  
The Empirical Analysis ◽  
Of Greece

The economic crisis of 2007 is still a matter of preoccupation for the countries around the World. The effect of the economic crisis is still in the agendas of many regions, including Europe. The present paper analyzes the effect of the economic crisis on one of the most important values of the European Union: wellbeing. The analysis leads us to the response of two main questions that elaborated the document: What is the current situation in Europe? What is the effect of the current situation in the wellbeing of Greece, Portugal, Spain, and Italy? The countries were chosen because of the similar situation they have concerning debt, inflation, unemployment and the search for immediate solutions. The empirical analysis based an inductive process and correlation and graphical analysis exemplify the situation of wellbeing in Europe.

scholarly journals State Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Vinsensio Dugis (Scopus ID: 57201258125)
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Initial Information ◽  
Critical Moment ◽  
State Response ◽  
Fast Learning ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World ◽  
Initial Attitude

In this edition, Global Strategis specifically presents articles about the experiences of seventeen different countries from various regions in the world, on how their respective governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus was on the first six months of 2020 as this period (January to June 2020) is considered a critical moment. It was during this period the world realizes that it is faced with a global health crisis, enforcing every  country to 'fast learning' confronting this completely new pandemic, and hence to determine the most appropriate response in confronting the difficult choice between saving people's lives or preventing the country's economic crisis. Different experiences of each country seem to suggest that above various variables affecting each of them, the initial attitude of their respective governments in assessing the deadly level of COVID-19 pandemic and the speed to act according to what is most needed are crucial factors influencing the relative success or not of the response of their respective governments. When knowing the initial information about the transmission of the virus that originated in Wuhan, China, to what extent the governments of each country see this as a force that potentially deadly outbreak? Keywords: Global Health Crisis, Pandemic Covid-19, State Response.Pada edisi ini, Global Strategis secara khusus menghadirkan tulisan tentang pengalaman tujuh belas negara dari kawasan dunia yang berbeda, bagaimana pemerintah mereka merespons pandemi COVID-19. Fokus kajian pada periode enam bulan pertama tahun 2020 karena periode ini (Januari sampai dengan Juni 2020) dianggap momen kritis. Pada periode inilah dunia mengakui mulai sedang dihadapkan pada situasi krisis kesehatan global, memaksa setiap negara ‘belajar cepat’ menghadapi pandemi yang sama sekali baru ini, untuk selanjutnya secara tepat pula menentukan respons yang paling sesuai menghadapi pilihan sulit antara menyelamatkan nyawa penduduk atau mencegah krisis ekonomi negara. Pengalaman berbeda dari berbagai negara nampaknya membawa ke suatu kesimpulan bahwa di atas kompleksitas variabel yang masing-masing memengaruhi pilihan kebijakan, nampaknya sikap awal pemerintah di dalam menilai tingkat ‘mematikan’ wabah COVID-19 serta kecepatan bertindak atas dasar kebutuhan masing-masing menjadi faktor krusial menentukan keberhasilan masing-masing negara. Ketika mengetahui informasi awal tentang adanya penularan virus yang bermula dari Wuhan, China ini, sejauh mana pemerintah masing-masing negara melihat ini sebagai kekuatan yang berpotensi sebagai wabah mematikan? Kata-kata Kunci: Krisis Kesehatan Global, Pandemi COVID-19, Respon Negara.    

scholarly journals Global economic crisis of 2020 and a new paradigm of countercyclical management

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 397-415
Author(s):  
Anatolii Poruchnyk ◽  
Anatoliy Kolot ◽  
Pawel Mielcarek ◽  
Yaroslava Stoliarchuk ◽  
Denys Ilnytskyy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Historical Progress ◽  
The World ◽  
Management Institutions

The new quality of globalization, which has emerged in the last decade and encompasses drastic changes in the economic, political and technological spheres, gives rise to a number of phenomena that violate the traditional logic of historical progress. One of them is the metamorphosis of the world economic cyclicity that emerged during the global 2020 economic crisis and led to a radical change in its nature, driving forces and regulatory mechanisms. The paper reveals the prerequisites for the crisis caused by traditional and emerging factors and proves its pandemic nature, which manifests itself, on one hand, in the synchronization of national business cycles, and on the other – in the integrative mutual influence of its political, institutional and environmental components. It has been proven that a particularly destructive role in the global regulatory mechanism was played by the “overlap” in space and time of the economic crisis and the health crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic. This requires an urgent systematic reform of global countercyclical management institutions based on a gestalt paradigm, which is qualitatively different in principles, goals and tools from the existing mechanisms for managing national economies and multinational enterprises. Scenario forecasts of the post-pandemic future of the world economy through overcoming the growing disintegration and deglobalization trends are outlined.

Strategy and Tactics of Monetary Policy during the World Economic Crisis

2010 ◽  
pp. 4-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nekipelov ◽  
M. Golovnin
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Exchange Rate Policy ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
The World ◽  
Rate Policy ◽  
World Economic ◽  
World Economic Crisis ◽  
Qualitative Changes

The paper analyzes the qualitative changes in monetary policy goals and instruments during the world economic crisis of 2007-2009 in industrial countries and Russia; it represents the authors view on Russian monetary policy goals and results on different stages of crisis development. On the basis of the analysis the authors conclude on the necessity of active exchange rate policy in Russia, while developing interest rate instruments, and implementation of some exchange restrictions to prevent crisis contagion in the future.

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