scholarly journals The Return of Napoleon Chagnon: On American “Cowboys” and Amazonian Indians, again

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 539
Author(s):  
Gordana Gorunović
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
American Anthropologist ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The World ◽  
Amazonian Indians ◽  
Warrior Culture ◽  
Ethnographic Films

The immediate motive for the writing of this paper is the renewed interest in the controversial anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon, whose name, scientific work and authority (or the dubious value thereof) is firmly linked to the Yanomami people of South America. The image of the “paleolithic -neolithic” warrior culture of the Yanomami in the contemporary world, which was construed by the American anthropologist through his books and ethnographic films, was received by millions of people all over the world, including members of the Yanomami community. At the turn of the 21st century, this image backfired at its author, his ethnographic subjects and the discipline itself, and began to disintegrate. The ensuing controversies are the topic of this paper.

Is Guyana a new oil El Dorado?

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 365-368
Author(s):  
Luis Fernando Panelli
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
The Political ◽  
Oil Exploitation ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Per Capita

Abstract The Co-operative Republic of Guyana has become one of the most interesting and dynamic oil producing countries in the world at the start of the 21st century. The country already holds 5 billion barrels of proved reserves, which will certainly grow with new discoveries. Exxon leads a consortium of four companies that have the concession of the Stabroek Block (Liza Field), where nine discoveries have been made so far. Five FPSOs will be operating in the future, one of which is due to arrive in Guyana before the end of 2019 and another is due for 2020. By then, the country will be producing 340,000 barrels a day. This production will double and then reach 1 million barrels a day before the end of the next decade. The challenges and opportunities regarding the Guyanese people are dire. The lack of proper infrastructure is certainly one of the biggest challenges. But it is important to stress that the oil proceeds will transform Guyana into the highest GDP per capita of South America. The political stage is also analysed, since political instability might raise concerns for long-term investors. The Venezuela–Guyana differences regarding the sovereignty of the Essequibo Region are again a cause for concern. Brazil is a key player in supporting the geopolitical stability of South America. Presidential elections will be held in 2019/2020: the dispute will probably be between the current President Granger and the Opposition candidate Irfaan Ali. Guyana has a lot to profit from the wealth brought by oil exploitation, but its people fear the risk of growing corruption.

scholarly journals Sobre a intolerância e as formas de pensar: uma reflexão a partir de Paul Ricoeur (On intolerance and ways of thinking: a reflection from Paul Ricoeur)

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 3696099
Author(s):  
Clóvis Trezzi
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The World ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Santa Maria

This article discusses the issue of intolerance and its consequences in the world. It starts from the idea that intolerance is a problem that coexists with humanity and is part of its history, and analyzes it from the point of view of human options, seeking reflexes in education. It aims to hold a discussion on intolerance in 21st century society that, with the strengthening of authoritarian governments, has been gaining strength, and seeking ways to overcome the problem. The bibliographic character of the article allows a greater hermeneutic analysis of intolerance as an ideological trait. We work here from authors, especially Ricoeur (1990) and Adorno (1995) who analyze the elements that lead from ideology to the polarization of opinion, which is an engine of intolerance. If the contemporary world is so polarized and depoliticized, politics and critical thinking seem to be the way. It is concluded that, beyond the acquisition of the critical spirit, the possibility of overcoming lies in the human capacity for discernment, since the critical spirit itself, when not well understood, can be at the service of an ideology and serve to reinforce intolerance. The school is largely responsible for developing the criticality needed to overcome intolerance. ResumoEste artigo debate a questão da intolerância e suas consequências no mundo. Parte da ideia de que a intolerância é um problema que coexiste com a humanidade e faz parte da sua história, e analisa-a do ponto de vista das opções humanas, buscando reflexos na educação. Tem como objetivo realizar uma discussão sobre a intolerância na sociedade do século XXI que, com o fortalecimento de governos autoritários, vem ganhando força, e buscar caminhos de superação do problema. O caráter bibliográfico do artigo permite uma análise hermenêutica maior da intolerância como traço ideológico. Trabalha-se aqui a partir de autores, especialmente Ricoeur (1990) e Adorno (1995) que analisam os elementos que conduzem da ideologia para a polarização de opinião, sendo esta um motor da intolerância. Se o mundo contemporâneo está tão polarizado e despolitizado, a política e o espírito crítico parecem ser o caminho. Conclui-se que, para além da aquisição do espírito crítico, a possibilidade de superação está na capacidade humana de discernimento, uma vez que o próprio espírito crítico, quando não bem compreendido, pode estar a serviço de uma ideologia e servir para reforçar a intolerância. Cabe à escola, em grande parte, a responsabilidade pelo desenvolvimento da criticidade necessária à superação da intolerância.ResumenEste artículo analiza el tema de la intolerancia y sus consecuencias en el mundo. Parte de la idea de que la intolerancia es un problema que coexiste con la humanidad y es parte de su historia, y lo analiza desde el punto de vista de las opciones humanas, buscando reflexiones sobre la educación. Su objetivo es mantener una discusión sobre la intolerancia en la sociedad del siglo XXI que, con el fortalecimiento de los gobiernos autoritarios, ha ido ganando fuerza y buscando formas de superar el problema. El carácter bibliográfico del artículo permite un mejor análisis hermenéutico de la intolerancia como rasgo ideológico. Trabajamos aquí de autores, especialmente Ricoeur (1990) y Adorno (1995) que analizan los elementos que conducen desde la ideología a la polarización de la opinión, que es un motor de intolerancia. Si el mundo contemporáneo está tan polarizado y despolitizado, la política y el pensamiento crítico parecen ser el camino. Se concluye que, más allá de la adquisición del espíritu crítico, la posibilidad de superación radica en la capacidad humana de discernimiento, ya que el espíritu crítico en sí mismo, cuando no se entiende bien, puede estar al servicio de una ideología y servir para reforzar la intolerancia. La escuela es en gran parte responsable de desarrollar la criticidad necesaria para superar la intolerancia.Palavras-chave: Intolerância, Política, Educação.Keywords: Intolerance, Policies, Education.Palabras claves: Intolerancia, Politica, Educación.ReferencesADORNO, Theodor. Educação e emancipação. São Paulo: Paz & Terra, 1995. BAUMAN, Zygmunt. Modernidade líquida. Rio de Janeiro: Jorge Zahar, 2001.COMTE-SPONVILLE, André. Pequeno tratado das grandes virtudes. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 1995.FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogia da indignação. Cartas pedagógicas e outros escritos. São Paulo: Unesp, 2000.FREIRE, Paulo. Pedagogia da tolerância. São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 2014.MARTINS, Carlos H. dos Santos; CARRANO, Paulo C. R. A escola diante das culturas juvenis: reconhecer para dialogar. Educação, Santa Maria, v. 36, n. 1, p. 43-56, jan./abr. 2011. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reveducacao/article/ download/2910/1664Acesso em 11 jul. 2019.RICOEUR, Paul. Amor e justiça. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2012.RICOEUR, Paul. Interpretação e ideologias. 4ª ed., Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Alves, 1990.ZIZEK, Slavoj. O absoluto frágil. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2015.ZUIN, Antonio A. S. A sociedade do espetáculo e a reconfiguração da autoridade pedagógica. Educar em Revista, Curitiba, Brasil, n. 50, p. 207-222, out./dez. 2013. Disponível em: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/er/ n50/n50a13.pdf. Acesso em 11 jul. 2019.e3696099

Psychology from Egyptian, Arab, and Islamic Perspectives

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fouad A-L.H. Abou-Hatab
Keyword(s):  
Professional Identity ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
National Heritage ◽  
Western Psychology ◽  
The World ◽  
The One

This paper presents the case of psychology from a perspective not widely recognized by the West, namely, the Egyptian, Arab, and Islamic perspective. It discusses the introduction and development of psychology in this part of the world. Whenever such efforts are evaluated, six problems become apparent: (1) the one-way interaction with Western psychology; (2) the intellectual dependency; (3) the remote relationship with national heritage; (4) its irrelevance to cultural and social realities; (5) the inhibition of creativity; and (6) the loss of professional identity. Nevertheless, some major achievements are emphasized, and a four-facet look into the 21st century is proposed.

Dancing Across the World Wide Web: Advocacy in the 21st Century

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blair Williams Cronin ◽  
Ty Tedmon-Jones ◽  
Lora Wilson Mau
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The World

Globalization and interconfessional communications

2001 ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Serhii Viktorovych Svystunov
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The World ◽  
Target Set ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Rapid Appearance

In the 21st century, the world became a sign of globalization: global conflicts, global disasters, global economy, global Internet, etc. The Polish researcher Casimir Zhigulsky defines globalization as a kind of process, that is, the target set of characteristic changes that develop over time and occur in the modern world. These changes in general are reduced to mutual rapprochement, reduction of distances, the rapid appearance of a large number of different connections, contacts, exchanges, and to increase the dependence of society in almost all spheres of his life from what is happening in other, often very remote regions of the world.

Desecularization as Phenomenon at the Turn of 21st Century

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
Sergey V.  Lebedev ◽  
Galina N.  Lebedeva
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Islamic Revolution ◽  
Islamic Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
Rational Alternative ◽  
Role Of Religion

In the article the authors note that since the 1970s, with the rise of the Islamic movement and the Islamic revolution in Iran, philosophers and political scientists started to talk about religious renaissance in many regions of the world. In addition, the point at issue is the growing role of religion in society, including European countries that have long ago gone through the process of secularization. The reasons for this phenomenon, regardless of its name, are diverse, but understandable: secular ideologies of the last century failed to explain the existing social problems and give them a rational alternative.

A Compact Embodiment of Pluralities and Denial of Origins: Atwood’s The Year of The Flood

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 141
Author(s):  
Rana Sağıroğlu
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Margaret Atwood ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
Narrative Techniques ◽  
Why Questions ◽  
Near Future

Margaret Atwood, one of the most spectacular authors of postmodern movement, achieved to unite debatable and in demand critical points of 21st century such as science fiction, postmodernism and ecocriticism in the novel The Year of The Flood written in 2009. The novel could be regarded as an ecocritical manifesto and a dystopic mirror against today’s degenerated world, tending to a superficial base to keep the already order in use, by moving away from the fundamental solution of all humanity: nature. Although Atwood does not want her works to be called science fiction, it is obvious that science fiction plays an introductory role and gives the novel a ground explaining all ‘why’ questions of the novel. However, Atwood is not unjust while claiming that her works are not science fiction because of the inevitable rapid change of 21st century world becoming addicted to technology, especially Internet. It is easily observed by the reader that what she fictionalises throughout the novel is quite close to possibility, and the world may witness in the near future what she creates in the novel as science fiction. Additionally, postmodernism serves to the novel as the answerer of ‘how’ questions: How the world embraces pluralities, how heterogeneous social order is needed, and how impossible to run the world by dichotomies of patriarchal social order anymore. And lastly, ecocriticism gives the answers of ‘why’ questions of the novel: Why humanity is in chaos, why humanity has organized the world according to its own needs as if there were no living creatures apart from humanity. Therefore, The Year of The Flood meets the reader as a compact embodiment of science fiction, postmodernism and ecocriticism not only with its theme, but also with its narrative techniques.

The beginning of phygital world

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Evgeny Soloviov ◽  
Alexander Danilov
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Aviation Education ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The World ◽  
Unique Experience ◽  
Smart Data

The Phygital word itself is the combination pf physical and digital technology application.This paper will highlight the detail of phygital world and its importance, also we will discuss why its matter in the world of technology along with advantages and disadvantages.It is the concept and technology is the bridge between physical and digital world which bring unique experience to the users by providing purpose of phygital world. It is the technology used in 21st century to bring smart data as opposed to big data and mix into the broader address of array of learning styles. It can bring new experience to every sector almost like, retail, medical, aviation, education etc. to maintain some reality in today’s world which is developing technology day to day. It is a general reboot which can keep economy moving and guarantee the wellbeing of future in terms of both online and offline.

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