scholarly journals TULKU INSTITUTE: TRADITIONS AND MODERNITY

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Dulma V. Ayusheyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Buddhism ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
The West ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Near Future

At the present stage of development of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, the tulku institution, which presence in this tradition is its main characteristic, began to take roots. In the past twenty years, Tibetan monks have begun to recognize the reincarnation of representatives of the lineage of succession, not only among Tibetans, but also Westerners. Analyzing this process, the author comes to the conclusion that the difficulty of introducing this model into the practice of Buddhism in the West is that Western adepts should agree that his teacher, the authoritative Tibetan lama, in his next birth can be identified in the person of a Western man and in this regard, there will be problems of relationship of students with the reincarnation of their spiritual teacher. The building of such relations is an increasingly important element in creating and maintaining the integrity required for the survival and further successful development of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. The author claims that, as a rule, children-reincarnates do not visit Western countries for various reasons. Many of them live in Tibetan monasteries in India and Nepal, where they are subject to strict regime and instructions. However, in the near future these children will grow into leaders of their societies located in Western countries.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN ARCHITECTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE LATE TWENTIETH-EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Articult ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Evgenia I. Vinogradova ◽  
◽  
Evgeny V. Kilimnik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
First Century ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article analyzes the work of Western and Russian scientists, conducted in the past three decades, on the relationship of psychology and architecture. It is shown that in the West, the neuropsychological aspects of the relationship of psychology and architecture are studied thanks to modern neurobiological equipment, while in Russia there is a clear gap between the representatives of neuroscience, their technical support, and the architectural scientific community. As a result of the analysis conducted in the article, it is concluded that two research blocks can be distinguished. The first of them highlights the relationship between the psyche of the viewer and architecture. This may include research, both revealing the features of the perception of objects, and the influence of an architectural object on the viewer. Another block of research is connected with the psyche of the architect: and here the features of the design process itself are examined, as well as the influence of the personality of the architect on the features of the architectural object. It is concluded that the topic of reflecting the individual or individually-typological psychological characteristics of the personality of an architect in a specific architectural work remains undeveloped both in the West and in Russia, although it is extremely relevant today.

scholarly journals ON THE QUESTION OF THE FORMS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE MODERN STATE

2020 ◽  
pp. 166-171
Author(s):  
Andrey A. Grin’ko
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Russian Science ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Full Implementation ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
State Functions

The article deals with the most important features of the forms of implementation of the functions of the state at the present stage of development. Attention is drawn to the debatable nature of the issue due to the presence of different points of view on the list of forms and their content. Topicality of this issue as the appropriate set of functions and forms determines the degree of effectiveness of the entire state. The author analyses the main approaches to the problem of allocation of forms that have developed in Russian science. It is noted that interdependence of various forms of state functions and conditionality of their differentiation into legal and non-legal (or organisational). Attention is drawn to the fact that forms are closely connected not only with the essence, but also with the activities of the modern state. They are dynamic and transform with changes in the spheres of life of society and the state. It is concluded that only through a combination of forms that contribute to the full implementation of functions, the most stable and successful development is possible.

scholarly journals Rhizomatic Religion and Material Destruction in Kham Tibet: The Case of Yachen Gar

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 533
Author(s):  
Daan F. Oostveen
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Tibetan Buddhism ◽  
Field Trip ◽  
Interstitial Space ◽  
Tibetan Buddhist ◽  
World Religion ◽  
The West ◽  
The Past ◽  
Chinese State

This article looks at the Tibetan Buddhism revitalization in China in particular, in Kham Tibet, and the way how it was both made possible and obstructed by the Chinese state. As a case, we look at the Yachen Gar monastery in the West of Sichuan. The Yachen Gar monastery became the largest Buddhist university in China in the past decades, but recently, reports of the destruction of large parts of the Buddhist encampment have emerged. This article is based on my observations during my field trip in late 2018, just before this destruction took place. I will use my conceptual framework of rhizomatic religion, which I developed in an earlier article, to show how Yachen Gar, rather than the locus of a “world religion”, is rather an expression of rhizomatic religion, which is native to the Tibetan highlands in Kham Tibet. This rhizomatic religion could emerge because Yachen is situated both on the edges of Tibet proper, and on the edges of Han Chinese culture, therefore occupying an interstitial space. As has been observed before, Yachen emerges as a process which is the result of the revival of Nyingmapa Tibetan Buddhist culture, as a negotiation between the Tibetan communities and the Chinese state.

scholarly journals НЕОКОНФУЦИАНСТВО В ПЕРИОД «ДВИЖЕНИЯ ЗА НОВУЮ КУЛЬТУРУ»

2019 ◽  
pp. 112-120
Author(s):  
А. Г. Безродный ◽  
Хо Янь
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
The West ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
The Third ◽  
Stage Of Development

The civilizational core of China is the legacy of the great Teacher - Confucius, with its subsequent modernization in the form of neo-Confucianism. The purpose of the article is to analyze the influence of the “movement for a new culture” on the process of the formation of modern neo-Confucianism, which is an ideological “prolongation” of the “movement of May 4, 1919” significant for Chinese history. Influenced by the ideological ideas of the “movement for a new culture”, Confucianism lost its social and political influence in China at the dawn of the 20th century for many decades. He had to endure an even more devastating blow and persecution during the "cultural" revolution. The foci of development of neo-Confucianism survived only in the academic circles of the West. On the territory of non-continental China (Taiwan), as well as in countries partially affected by Confucianism (Korea, Japan and a number of others). Amazingly, but true. Liberal ideas and Marxism - the main "enemies" of Confucianism, were later successfully "embedded" in the third wave of modern neo-Confucianism. At the present stage of development of Chinese society, Confucianism regards it as an equal ideological system to the dominant Marxism. Thus, it should be noted that neo-Confucianism turned out to be a rather stable and “plastic” social-philosophical system, able to take an “ideological blow” from the outside. Neo-Confucianism offered China a new doctrine of understanding "Man." A person open to the challenges of "postmodern time" with its technological and industrial growth. However, this man is firmly rooted in his historical roots (Confucianism).

Use of Calculated Alpha-Coefficients in Quantitative X-Ray Spectrometry

1974 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 372-381
Author(s):  
R. Jenkins ◽  
J.F. Croke ◽  
R.L. Niemann ◽  
R. G. Westberg
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Constants ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Large Computer ◽  
Calibration Standards ◽  
X Ray ◽  
The Past ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Large Numbers

At the present stage of development of mathematical correction procedures, the so-called empirical methods are well established and reasonably reliable, require relatively small computers for their application, but require large numbers of calibration standards for the determination of the (alpha) correction constants. On the other hand, the so-called fundamental methods are less well proven and require more sophisticated computing facilities. One possible means of achieving the advantages of both techniques is to use a large computer to calculate the alpha coefficients from fundamental constants, then to use a small online computer for their application in an "empirical type" algorithm. de Jongh has proposed such a program called "ALPHAS" for the calculation of interelement correction constants and the present paper elaborates on this approach using as examples data collected in our own laboratory during the past year or so.

Constructing an Axis of Evil

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-47
Author(s):  
Seyed Mohammad Marandi ◽  
Hossein Pirnajmuddin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Malcolm X ◽  
The West ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Iranian Diaspora

A major phenomenon in recent decades within Orientalist discourse is the indigenous Orientalism that can be seen in the works of some scholars, writers, and thinkers. These writers are sometimes referred to as “captive minds,” “brown sahibs,” or what Malcolm X would call the “houseNegro.”1 Defined by their intellectual bondage and dependence on the West and, at times, likened to pop psychologists in their writings about the “natives,” their western counterparts believe them because, as native informants, they are seen to be in a position to produce authentic representations of the Oriental psyche. This paper offers a brief study of memoirs written by members of the Iranian diaspora in western countries over the past decade, particularly in the United States. Among these writers are Azar Nafisi, Marjane Satrapi, Roya Hakakian, Afshin Molavi, and Azadeh Moaveni, and others. A few books with thriller-like titles, such as Prisoner of Tehran (Marina Nemat: 2008) or Living in Hell (Ghazal Omid: 2005), will not be studied. In the eyes of many Iranian intellectuals, such writers are often viewed as examples of the Iranian intellectual comprador class or members of the gharbzadeh (a term made current by JalalAle-Ahmad, the Iranian critic and intellectual, that can be rendered in English as westernized, west-struck, or westomaniac), rather than as intellectuals.

scholarly journals MODERN PROBLEMS OF RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL LANDS’ ASSESSMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-234
Author(s):  
Dmitry A. Shapovalov ◽  
Stanislav I. Komarov ◽  
Ruslana V. Zhdanova
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
The State ◽  
Agricultural Sustainability ◽  
Agricultural Lands ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Assessment Data ◽  
The Past ◽  
Near Future

In the article, the authors give a brief excursion into the stages of cadastral valuation of agricultural land in Russia. Starting in 2017, a fundamentally new organization of the State Cadastral Assessment has been taking shape in the country, and the results obtained over the past 3 years make it possible to draw conclusions about the main problems of cadastral assessment at the present stage. The authors classify them into three groups and give a generalized description of each of them. In the conclusion, possible ways for the development of cadastral valuation in the near future are described, such as digitalization and automation of the process, taking into account the factors of agricultural sustainability, using assessment data when unused agricultural lands are involved in the economic turnover.

Constructing an Axis of Evil

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Mohammad Marandi ◽  
Hossein Pirnajmuddin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Malcolm X ◽  
The West ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Iranian Diaspora

A major phenomenon in recent decades within Orientalist discourse is the indigenous Orientalism that can be seen in the works of some scholars, writers, and thinkers. These writers are sometimes referred to as “captive minds,” “brown sahibs,” or what Malcolm X would call the “houseNegro.”1 Defined by their intellectual bondage and dependence on the West and, at times, likened to pop psychologists in their writings about the “natives,” their western counterparts believe them because, as native informants, they are seen to be in a position to produce authentic representations of the Oriental psyche. This paper offers a brief study of memoirs written by members of the Iranian diaspora in western countries over the past decade, particularly in the United States. Among these writers are Azar Nafisi, Marjane Satrapi, Roya Hakakian, Afshin Molavi, and Azadeh Moaveni, and others. A few books with thriller-like titles, such as Prisoner of Tehran (Marina Nemat: 2008) or Living in Hell (Ghazal Omid: 2005), will not be studied. In the eyes of many Iranian intellectuals, such writers are often viewed as examples of the Iranian intellectual comprador class or members of the gharbzadeh (a term made current by JalalAle-Ahmad, the Iranian critic and intellectual, that can be rendered in English as westernized, west-struck, or westomaniac), rather than as intellectuals.

scholarly journals International Law is Western Made Global Law: The Perception of Third-World Category

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 337-356
Author(s):  
Brian-Vincent Ikejiaku
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Third World ◽  
The West ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Global North ◽  
Global Peace ◽  
Multinational Businesses ◽  
Global Law

Abstract The way in which international law has been constructed and reconstructed over the ages in favour of the Western countries has driven some Third-World scholars to perceive international law as ‘a global law made by the West’ for the purpose of controlling global undertakings. In the past, international law was used by the Westerners to legitimise colonialism and all their acts of exploitation in the developing countries. In the modern period, international law is predominantly used to protect, project and promote (3Ps) the interest of the Westerners. This includes their multinational businesses scattered globally, and protectionist bid against terrorist attacks. This paper uses theoretical, critical and multidisciplinary approaches to examine this perception of international law. It concludes that construction and reconstruction of international law in favour of Western countries has been one key instrument that perpetuate severe inequality between the Global North and Global South, which in turn hampers efforts toward global-peace and security.

Ecological aspects of modernization of alcohol industry enterprises at the present stage of development

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
Marianna Havryshko ◽  
◽  
Olena Popovych ◽  
Halyna Yaremko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Alcohol Industry ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
World Industry

At the present stage of development, the entire world industry has faced the problem of rational use of renewable natural resources, in particular the most efficient ways of wastewater treatment and the use of accumulated waste in the production process as a secondary raw material. In particular, the alcohol industry, as one of the components of food, medical, chemical and various industries,leads to the formation of huge amounts of waste, including wastewater. The food industry, like any other industry, has a negative impact on the environment. Water bodies are the most affected by the food industry. Almost the first place in terms of water consumption per unit of production is the production of alcohol. Consumption of large amounts of water leads to the formation of wastewater, which is highly polluted and adversely affects the environment. Due to the high chemical and biological consumption of oxygen, specific color and odor, suspended solids, low pH value, the purification of such waste in the filtration fields and discharge into water bodies is not possible. The purpose of our work is: 1) conducting the analysis of the alcohol industry potential in Ukraine in recent years, and methods of waste disposal as a potential source for the development of bioenergy. 2) environmental aspects of the alcohol industry modernization at present stage of development and implementation of modern wastewater treatment technologies.

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