A Comparative Study between Nazrul’s ‘The Rebel’ (Bidrohi) and Shelley’s ‘Ode to the West Wind’: Voice against Corruption

The paper intends to explore a parallel between Shelley and Farrukh Ahmad through a minute analysis of some of their celebrated poems pregnant with romantic passion. Ode to the West Wind, which has been considered as one of the most significant poems of Shelley, conceives his utmost romantic idea that corresponds to the romantic spirit of Farrukh Ahmad expressed in Jhod and Boishakh, two of his famous poems. In Ode to the West Wind Shelley urges the west wind to destroy the aged old society full of corruption and injustice and at the same time pleads it to preserve the society by spreading the seeds of new hope and regeneration. So does Farrukh Ahmad in his Jhod and Boishakh. Though their beliefs and ideologies are not alike, they have taken the west wind as an emblem of destroyer and preserver.IIUC Studies Vol.12 December 2015: 63-70

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THE IDEA OF THE GOOD LIFE IN ARISTOTLE AND CONFUCIUS

Jurnal Sosialisasi: Jurnal Hasil Pemikiran, Penelitian dan Pengembangan Keilmuan Sosiologi Pendidikan ◽

10.26858/sosialisasi.v0i1.14529 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 61

Author(s):

John Gabriel Mendie ◽

Stephen Nwanaokuo Udofia

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Good Life ◽

The Good Life ◽

The West ◽

Happy Life ◽

Material Things

Man, by nature, desires to live a good and happy life. But often times, the enduring quest for the blissful and delightful, eludes man. This constant questing and concurrent yearning make man restless, until his hopes and aspirations of the good or happy life, are crowned with an éclat. But, can man ever attain or realize this feat in the society? Is the idea of the good life, a mirage, a myth or reality? Even more seriously, what does the good life really entail? Is it predicated on material things, that is, on the mundane? Or is the good life, a kind of utopia, an ideal that seeks to bring to the glare of publicity, the “oughts” of life as the case may be? Since the idea of the good life is something well-defined, does it also imply that there is such a thing as the bad life? If, such exist, what would it consist of? Armed with these cogitations, this paper, attempts an expository-comparative study of the good life, its constitutive elements and its attainability in the thoughts of two distinguished philosophers: Confucius (in the East) and Aristotle (in the West).

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A Comparative Study of Japan and the West on Favored Aspect Ratios of Rectangles

Journal of Graphic Science of Japan ◽

10.5989/jsgs.52.1_9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Atsushi MUTA

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

The West ◽

Aspect Ratios

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Comparative Study on Anumana and Inference of Hindu and Western Philosophy

Kathmandu School of Law Review ◽

10.46985/jms.v6i1.954 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 187-191

Author(s):

Nikhil Dongol

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Western Philosophy ◽

The West ◽

The World

Philosophy is called darsanas in Sanskrit language. Hindu Philosophy is the group of darsanas that emerged in ancient Indian sub-continent which also includes present Nepal. It dates back as much earlier than the western philosophy. It includes two philosophies: Astika and Nastika. Astika includes 6 systems: Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. Among them, Nyaya deals with logic and reasoning. According to Nyaya Philosophy, there are four means of valid reasoning (pramana) that, according to it, help one to release from suffering. They are: Perception, Inference (Anumana), Comparison and Testimony. Among them, this paper is going to illustrate on Anumana and Inference of two Philosophies and its types and kinds. It denotes the early civilizations and helps to identify how logic was developed in East as well as in the West. And it helps to distinguish how the conclusion was made on these two parts of the world. However, this article is limited to anumana of Nyaya philosophy while other 5 systems of Astika also contain anumana.

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The west wind vs the east wind: instructional leadership model in China

Journal of Educational Administration ◽

10.1108/jea-08-2016-0083 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 55 (2) ◽

pp. 186-206 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Haiyan Qian ◽

Allan Walker ◽

Xiaojun Li

Keyword(s):

Instructional Leadership ◽

Leadership Practices ◽

School Principals ◽

Social Contexts ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

The West ◽

Content Type ◽

West Wind ◽

East Wind ◽

Context Specific

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a preliminary model of instructional leadership in the Chinese educational context and explore the ways in which Chinese school principals locate their instructional-leadership practices in response to traditional expectations and the requirements of recent reforms. Design/methodology/approach In-depth interviews were conducted with 22 selected primary school principals in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. A qualitative analysis was conducted to categorize the major leadership practices enacted by these principals. Findings An initial model of instructional leadership in China with six major dimensions is constructed. The paper also illustrates and elaborates on three dimensions with the greatest context-specific meanings for Chinese principals. Originality/value The paper explores the ways in which Chinese principals enact their instructional leadership in a context in which “the west wind meets the east wind”; that is, when they are required to accommodate both imported reform initiatives and traditional expectations. The paper contributes to the sparse existing research on principals’ instructional leadership in non-western cultural and social contexts.

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