scholarly journals Portuguese Pronouns and Other Forms of Address, from the Past into the Future— Structural, Semantic and Pragmatic Reflections

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Cook
Keyword(s):  
Current Situation ◽  
First Century ◽  
Second Person ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century

 This paper examines the Portuguese second-person system and forms of address as they stand today, at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It considers both their roots and significant stages of evolution and how both are shaping the current situation. It also cogitates about possible further changes. These reflections will use the N-V-T framework of analysis (Cook, “Uma Teoria”), deemed to be better suited than the V/T duality (Brown and Gilman). 

The promotion of peace and humanity in the twenty-first century — What role for the Red Cross and the Red Crescent?

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (303) ◽  
pp. 595-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Moreillon
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Impossible Task ◽  
Twenty First Century

Dealing with a question of this breadth may seem an impossible task. Furthermore, it would certainly not be intelligent to claim to have found the solution to the problem of peace and humanity. The first mark of intelligence is precisely knowing one's limits, and it is clear that we can only try to guess at potential answers to such a vast question; to do this we would need to look at the past so as better to understand the future.

scholarly journals Leading Beautifully: The Creative Economy and Beyond

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-39
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Adler
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Passionate Commitment ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Traditional Structures ◽  
First Time

<p align="right">Only by investing in the artistry of our humanity <br/>will we create a peaceful, prosperous planet</p> “These times are riven with anxiety and uncertainty” asserts John O’Donohue.<sup>1</sup> “In the hearts of people some natural ease has been broken. … Our trust in the future has lost its innocence. We know now that anything can happen. … The traditional structures of shelter are shaking, their foundations revealed to be no longer stone but sand. We are suddenly thrown back on ourselves. At first, it sounds completely naïve to suggest that now might be the time to invoke beauty. Yet this is exactly what … [we claim]. Why? Because there is nowhere else to turn and we are desperate; furthermore, it is because we have so disastrously neglected the Beautiful that we now find ourselves in such a terrible crisis.”<sup>2</sup> Twenty‑first century society yearns for a leadership of possibility, a leadership based more on hope, aspiration, innovation, and beauty than on the replication of historical patterns of constrained pragmatism. Luckily, such a leadership is possible today. For the first time in history, leaders can work backward from their aspirations and imagination rather than forward from the past.<sup>3</sup> “The gap between what people can imagine and what they can accomplish has never been smaller.”<sup>4</sup> Responding to the challenges and yearnings of the twenty‑first century demands anticipatory creativity. Designing options worthy of implementation calls for levels of inspiration, creativity, and a passionate commitment to beauty that, until recently, have been more the province of artists and artistic processes than the domain of most managers. The time is right for the artistic imagination of each of us to co‑create the leadership that the world most needs and deserves.

Looking after Scotland's Children in the Twenty-First Century

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Kathleen Marshall
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Parent Child

On 12 May Kathleen Marshall presented a commemorative lecture in memory of Alison Newman at the BAAF Scottish Legal Group Seminar entitled, ‘Shaping the future law of the parent, child and family’. She was asked to look at the features of a Children Act which would encompass lessons from the past to enhance the future of Scottish Children. We reprint below the text of her lecture.

scholarly journals Law and the Law School in the Twenty-First Century

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
I L M Richardson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Law School ◽  
First Century ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
General Theme ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
School Day ◽  
The Law ◽  
Twenty First Century

This article was presented as a lecture on "Capital Law School Day" organised by the New Zealand Institute of Advanced Legal Studies to mark the occasion of the centenary of the Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington in 1999. The general theme of the Day's seminar was how the law and the Victoria University of Wellington's Law School should develop into the millennium. The author considers the future of Victoria Law School by referring to its unique strengths and attributes, and how these have led to successes in the past. The author then looks at the changes that have taken place and are taking place in our legal world. 

Fate, Choice and the Birth of Risk

Futureproof ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 19-41
Author(s):  
Jon Coaffee
Keyword(s):  
Early Years ◽  
First Century ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Scientific Explanations ◽  
The Past ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
The Future ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Way

This chapter tells the story of how ideas of resilience emerged as the go-to futureproofing idea in the early years of the twenty-first century. It has a long history dating back to pre-modern times and extends through the advancement of associated ideas of ‘risk’. Tracing the deeper development of changes in the way hazards and disasters have been historically viewed, and vulnerability felt, by human civilisations of the past, is vital to understanding the roots of contemporary dilemmas and the growing influence of ideas of resilience in the twenty-first century. There are long-term historical processes that have defined the contours of society and the slowly evolving structures that collectively symbolise how the need to be able to account for hazards and disasters has reshaped our world. As such, this is a story of religious versus scientific explanations, and of enhancing the ability to control the future through better knowledge about what is in store and the likelihood of certain events occurring.

New Understanding of Capital in the Twenty-First Century

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vantage Point ◽  
First Century ◽  
Global Society ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Available Information

The international thematic collection of papers New Understanding of Capital in the Twenty-First Century responds to the need to understand the huge changes in global society beyond currently available information. The papers collected in New Understanding of Capital in the Twenty-First Century are by scientists and researchers from different countries, who attempt to, metaphorically speaking, reshape history, portray the past, and inform about the future, with the aim of exchanging knowledge, experience, and information through the medium of written words. Approaching capital from a philosophical vantage point, the contributors of this edited volume expose the challenges and opportunities resulting from a more humanistic perspective.

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