scholarly journals Suggestion as a Method of Linguistic Manipulation in Religious Discourse

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1086-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. F. Grishenkova ◽  
E. V. Variyasova
Keyword(s):  
Emotional State ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Legal Punishment ◽  
New Information ◽  
Personal Attitudes ◽  
The Mind

The research featured suggestive potential of religious discourse. The authors interpret suggestion as an effective tool that allows its users to plant an idea or attitude into the mind of the recipient, the latter being unaware of the object of suggestion. The paper focuses on the problem of interaction between rational and emotional-subjective sides of communication. Suggestion is defined as a way of linguistic manipulation based on the sensory-associative sides of consciousness. The authors study the means and methods of linguistic manipulation of personal attitudes using religious texts as specific examples. The suggestion makes the recipient adopt and include new information in the existing system of views, thus leading to a certain transformation of the worldview, which changes the motivational basis of behavior and may trigger hostile intentions and extremist actions. Suggestive techniques make it possible to avoid legal punishment by disguising facts that can be used to prove the presence of conflict-generating elements in the discourse. Such texts are used to create a certain emotional state, thus facilitating motivation, further contacts, and formation of opinion.

Approaches to reforming contemporary religious discourse†

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-188
Author(s):  
Ahmad Kamal Abou Al-Majd
Keyword(s):  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Main Subject ◽  
The Past ◽  
Original Frame ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Working Out

This article attempts to attenuate the exaggerated polarization in contemporary religious discourse in Egyptian society emanating from two flawed positions: a wrong conception of ‘applying Shari'a‘; and a wrong intention whereby deliberate cultural exclusion is practised to eradicate any religious orientation. The main subject of this article are manifestations of deviation of this discourse from the orientation of the original frame of reference of religion: (1) The call for Islam through scaring and intimidation; (2) the tendency to be tough on people, thus increasing obligatory duties and decreasing what is permissible; (3) inattention to the objectives of Shari'a and focusing on its literal aspect; (4) inattention to priorities; (5) belittling the role of the mind in Islamic conceptualization; (6) immersion in the past; and (7) Muslims' relationship with others. Nevertheless, rationalizing ‘religious discourse’ and working out a kind of consensus seems to be of utmost importance.

Two Factors That Fuel Compassion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarina Rodrigues Saturn
Keyword(s):  
Emotional State ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Social Behaviors ◽  
Oxytocin Receptor ◽  
Genetic Differences ◽  
Neuroendocrine System ◽  
Unique Pattern ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Moral Elevation ◽  
The Mind

This chapter explores how inborn biology and life experiences both play a role in profiles of compassion. The first portion focuses on oxytocin, a neuroendocrine system that is an essential part of the biological drive to feel and express compassion for others. Both innate genetic differences and environmentally-caused epigenetic variations of the oxytocin receptor influence how brains, bodies, and social behaviors are driven by this hormone that facilitates caretaking. The second portion concentrates on moral elevation, a distinct emotional state triggered by witnessing compassion. The experience of moral elevation involves a unique pattern of neurophysiological events in the central and peripheral nervous systems. Together, this section provides illustrations of the mind-body connections underlying of the observations, sensations, and behaviors of compassion.

THE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL STATE ON WAITING IN DECISION MAKING

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 591-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Chung Sun ◽  
Shih-Chia Wu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Extra Time ◽  
New Information ◽  
Negative Emotional State ◽  
Current Mood ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

Previous research has indicated that many people often take extra time to consider existing information. They do so possibly in order to acquire more information, or even to “wait” in the hope that new information may be forthcoming before they make a decision. However, recent studies have provided scant information about how waiting affects a person's choice given different emotional states. In this paper, an experimental study was carried out to demonstrate and explain the relationship between waiting and a person's choice. Results show that when conditions are certain, more people choose to wait – when they are in a positive emotional state – in order to maintain their current mood. However, under either certain or uncertain conditions, when people are in a negative emotional state they prefer to take immediate action rather than wait. The causes and implications of this phenomenon are discussed in relation to the existing literature on emotions and choice.

scholarly journals Taxonomy of imperative in religious discourse

2018 ◽  
pp. 170-187
Author(s):  
Maryna Malysheva
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Grammatical Category ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Modal Values ◽  
Plot Structure ◽  
Semantic Significance

The article is devoted to religious discourse, which is the most specific and complex manifestation of communication units, in which linguistic laws operate according to semantic significance and pragmatically reflect unconventional correlations between morphological and syntactic grammatical categories; critical evaluation of linguopragmatic discursive theoretical studies was carried out; the questions of the modal correlation of reality and assertion in linguistics are covered; imperative as a grammatical category of the verb hasn’t only a predicative character, but also a modal which in religious discourse is represented by an opposite vector of functioning, in comparison with the classical modal split according to the types of relation to reality and modal values ​​through the prism of the category of “speaker's sight”; it is emphasized that the pragmatism of the referencing mechanism in combination with the logical-philosophical approach to understanding the imperative shades of modality are the main means of their functional-semantic analysis and definition in religious discourse; it’s noted that in religious discourse modality is based on the own plot structure of the institution, which is expressed through the pragmatic goal and it’s imperative realization, which ideally creates God and passes through the preacher to the addressee; modal shades of the ordering method in the religious environment are defined; imperative modal shades are differentiated according to the logical and intuitive perception of the religious texts of the researcher due to the force of evading the desired action by the addressee; the religious taxonomy of the imperative based on the principle of physical dispersion of light on the 7 basic spectra is created (order, prohibition, prompt, request, exhort, caveat, prevent, advice, wishes), the combination of which is formed by the strongest core imperative – an order (the least desirable for the fulfillment of the imperative action in greetings , and the biggest one - in prohibition); the absence of the notion of “order” in religious discourse is substantiated; peripheral imperative spectra provided a conceptual essence.

scholarly journals SENTIMENT(ALITY) AS A MEANS OF PERSUASION: ON THE THIN ICE OF MANIPULATION IN PROTESTANT SERMONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-23
Author(s):  
Martin Adam
Keyword(s):  
Vital Role ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Religious Doctrine ◽  
Ultimate Objective ◽  
Linguistic Means

Religious discourse represents an area of human communication in which persuasion plays a vital role; religious texts seem to be essentially related to the ultimate objective of religion: to create, mediate and legitimise ideology in order to persuade the reader of the veracity of the religious doctrine (Fairclough 1989, Cotterell & Turner 1989: 26-33, van Dijk 1998: 317). The paper seeks to investigate the persuasive strategies and linguistic means employed to convey persuasion in English Protestant sermons. The analysis focuses on the rhetorical role of pathos, which is purposefully evoked by the preacher via wilful employment of aff ect and emotions. Attention will also be paid to the blurred borderline between the intentional use of sentiment and sentimentality, and manipulation.

scholarly journals Semantic volume of the word Conviction in the Words and Homilies of the Russian saints of the 20th century

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-672
Author(s):  
Yulia V Koreneva
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Court Judge ◽  
Negative Appraisal ◽  
Semantic Difference

For the first time the article analyzes the semantics of the word conviction in the words and teachings of Russian saints of the twentieth century. The material is extracted from symphonies in the works of saints and from collections of sayings of Russian elders of the twentieth century. The article analyzes the semantics of the use of this word in religious texts as the implementation of religious discourse in comparison with the codified meaning of modern dictionaries. It is shown that the lexeme conviction is included in the etymological-word formative nest of semantics of different words in the modern Russian language ( court, judge, condemn, reason, judgment, fate, judicial , etc.) of the Indo-European root *dhe- (: *-dh-o: *dh-i-) with the semantics of establishment, action, and in addition with the prefix su- , which means combining or mixing, has negative appraisal and is Church Slavism in the Russian language not only by phonetic and orthographic signs, but primarily by semantic signs. The semantic difference in the religious and non-religious use of this word in the Russian and Church Slavonic language element is in the significative side, since in the Orthodox concept-sphere and the Russian religious discourse, conviction is associated with a number of conceptual ideas about the inner life of a person. Conviction is semantized as a destructive state of a person, violating the integrity of his personality and alienating him from God (the article identifies at least three semantic-cognitive features). Such semantic content clearly differs from lexicographical data in modern language, therefore the meaning of a word in Church Slavonic text space is understood as basic, and modern usage is understood as a narrowing of the original semantics.

Language and Literacy: what writing does to Language and Mind

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Olson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cognitive Effects ◽  
Language And Literacy ◽  
The West ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Different Cultures

With the ascendance of new information technologies, the significance of writing has, it seems, slipped from view, in spite of the fact that the conceptual and cognitive implications of the newer technologies is a matter of enthusiastic speculation rather that serious research. On the other hand, it is now reasonably well established that the invention of the first “information” technology, namely writing, has had a profound effect on the ways in which we think about language, the mind, and the world, effects which have taken millenia to unfold. “Effects” is perhaps too strong a term as it is less a matter of how technology affects people than a matter of the ways in which people in different cultures have used and applied the technology and the ways they have altered the technology to suit their purposes. In the West, some of these uses have involved institutional change; thus, to make use of a technology such as writing requires the development of monasteries, schools, and other institutions. Indeed, some of the cognitive effects we usually attribute to schooling are better thought of as consequences or implications of literacy.

scholarly journals Bella Figura: Understanding Italian Communication in Local and Transatlantic Contexts

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Scannell Guida
Keyword(s):  
Sense Making ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Know How ◽  
New Information ◽  
National Characteristics ◽  
Idiomatic Expression ◽  
Travel Books ◽  
Symbolic Interactions ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Dynamic Interplay

Bella figura—beautiful figure—is an idiomatic expression used to reflect every part of Italian life. The phrase appears in travel books and in transnational business guides to describe Italian customs, in sociological research to describe the national characteristics of Italians, and in popular culture to depict thematic constructs and stereotypes, such as the Mafia, romance, and la dolce vita. Scholarly research on bella figura indicates its significance in Italian civilization, yet it remains one of the most elusive concepts to translate. Among the various interpretations and references from foreigners and Italians there is not a single definition that captures the complexity of bella figura as a cultural phenomenon. There is also little explanation of the term, its usage, or its effects on Italians who have migrated to other countries. Gadamerian hermeneutics offers an explanation for how bella figura functions as a frame of reference for understanding Italian culture and identity, which does not disappear or fuse when Italians interact with people from different countries but instead takes on an interpretive dimension that is continually integrating new information into the subconscious structures of the mind. In sum, bella figura is a sense-making process, and requires a pragmatic know-how of Italian communication (verbal and nonverbal). From this perspective, bella figura is prestructure by which Italians and some Italian migrants understand and interpret their linguistically mediated and historical world. This distinction changes the concept bella figura from a simple facade to a dynamic interplay among ever-changing interpretations and symbolic interactions. The exploration of bella figura is relevant to understanding Italian communication on both local and transnational levels.

scholarly journals 林譯《巴黎茶花女遺事》筆下的基督宗教：兼論林紓的畏天與鬼神論

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (35) ◽  
pp. 165-188
Author(s):  
馮志弘 馮志弘
Keyword(s):  
Filial Piety ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Western Religion ◽  
Good Nature ◽  
The Mind

<p>本文析論林紓譯《巴黎茶花女遺事》筆下的信仰與宗教話語，以之比對《茶花女》原文宗教意涵，再聯繫林紓畏天與鬼神論，說明林紓《遺事》對基督宗教的詮釋和重塑，主要指出：《茶花女》原作與林譯均述及「天」與「上帝」，二者皆言「天意」與「天佑」，但林譯中的「天命」為原文所無，其「天從人願」渴求也與原作「爾旨得成」觀念相悖。《遺事》的「天」賞善罰惡，鑒察人心，但林譯卻刪去了許多原作的基督宗教隱喻，其贖罪思想與原作救贖觀並不相同。另一方面，也正由於林譯的重塑，《遺事》筆下基督宗教上帝（天）的形象和道德觀，與林紓本人「畏天循分」、天佑忠孝的觀念，因而變得相當貼近。林紓認為基督宗教的上帝為「善」，這一認識，是他即使視耶穌教為「迷信」，但在譯作中仍屢作介紹，並始終未曾敵視基督宗教的重要原因。</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>The religious discourse in Lin Shu’s Chinese translation of La Dame aux cam&eacute;lias is analysed and compared to the religious meanings conveyed in the original. The results are then connected to Lin’s theory on Heaven veneration and his reflection on ghosts and spirits, in order to explain how he interpreted and recreated Christianity. The major findings are that: Lin’s translation retains two terms from the source text, Heaven (tian) and God (Shangdi), both bearing the meanings of &quot;providence&quot; (tianyi) and &quot;Heaven’s blessings&quot; (tianyou). However, &quot;fate&quot; (tianming) is found to be the translator’s own additions. His translation also projects a wish for &quot;Heaven to have any Earthly wish fulfilled&quot; (tiancongrenyuan), which differs from the concept of &quot;let Thy will be done&quot; expressed in the original French work. The Heaven as depicted in the original and Lin’s translation also rewards the righteous, punishes the evil, searches the heart and examines the mind, but Lin’s translation does not preserve most of the religious metaphors, and presents an idea of redemption which is different from the concept of salvation in the original. Because of Lin’s rewriting, the Christian image of God and moral values reflected in his translation are close to his understanding of Heaven veneration (weitian) and belief that &quot;people embodying loyalty and filial piety will have divine blessings&quot; (tianyouzhongxiao). Even though Lin equates Christian faith with superstition, the Western religion is frequently introduced in his translations as he considered the Christian God to be of good nature. This is why he was never hostile to Christianity.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

scholarly journals Poligami di Indonesia dalam perspektif CEDAW dan mazhab Shafi’i

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Qurrotul Ainiyah
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Single Person ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Mind

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women or CEDAW’s paradigm ofthought is gender equality, women should be given rights as men in principles and rights in marriageincluding marriage approval, marriage dismissal, marriage guardian, and so on. Discrimination is anattitude that opposite of justice and must be eliminated. The source of the CEDAW’s concept paradigmof thought is mind, lustand feeling, and then the concept of CEDAW considered rational andMaslahah (good) enough. The Shafi’i paradigm is guiding the mind and heart based on religious texts.The religious prohibition have Madharat in the world and in the after life. If the world have not seen theMadharat, it will be feltin the after life. The Maslahah principle in CEDAW included al-Maslahah al-Mulghah, as it is contrary enough to the teachings of Islamic law contained in religious texts. In fact, anylaw that is contrary to Islamic law governed by religious texts is not Maslahah but Madharat and shouldbe abandoned even it is logical and good enough by the reason of thought. CEDAW uses Nash’sGuidelines that understand the Qur’an verse by considering Siyaq al-Kalam, so it interprets ‘fair’bythough of mindor in love and affection. Polygamy will no longer mu’asharah bi al-ma’ruf by causing thesuffering of wives. With the Sad al-Dhari’ah consideration, it will change the polygamy law from allowedor mubah to haram lighoirihi. Shafi’i madhhab uses the dalalah ‘ibarah’ which understands the Qur’anverse without considering siyaq al-kalam. The law of Haram li ghairihi on the permissibility of Polygamybased on Sad al-Dhari’ah is not applicable generally, and means that polygamy can not be judged as haramli ghairihi but keep see the conditions with the consideration of the single person condition.

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