scholarly journals Empowerment of Women: A Conceptual Framework

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Anu Dandona
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Broad Variety

The term empowerment has been widely used in the social sciences across a broad variety of disciplines. Empowerment in woman‘s development is a way of defining, challenging and overcoming barriers in her life through which she increases her ability to shape her life. The process of empowerment will not only be able to improve their skills and access to productive resources, but also succeed in enhancing quality, dignity and work in the society status. The effect of empowerment of women creates a powerful influence on the norms, values and finally the laws that govern these communities (Cheryl 1999; Czuba 1999; Nanette 1999; Page 1999). Empowerment includes cognitive and psychological elements, such as a women‘s understanding of her condition of subordination and the causes of such conditions. This requires an understanding the self and the cultural and social expectations, which may be activated by education.

Exploring the boundaries of rhetoric

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 793-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Bonet
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
The Self ◽  
History Of Rhetoric ◽  
Content Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Practical Development ◽  
The Subject

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the boundaries of rhetoric have excluded important theoretical and practical subjects and how these subjects are recuperated and extended since the twentieth century. Its purpose is to foster the awareness on emerging new trends of rhetoric. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is based on an interpretation of the history of rhetoric and on the construction of a conceptual framework of the rhetoric of judgment, which is introduced in this paper. Findings – On the subject of the extension of rhetoric from public speeches to any kinds of persuasive situations, the paper emphasizes some stimulating relationships between the theory of communication and rhetoric. On the exclusion and recuperation of the subject of rhetorical arguments, it presents the changing relationships between rhetoric and dialectics and emphasizes the role of rhetoric in scientific research. On the introduction of rhetoric of judgment and meanings it creates a conceptual framework based on a re-examination of the concept of judgment and the phenomenological foundations of the interpretative methods of social sciences by Alfred Schutz, relating them to symbolic interactionism and theories of the self. Originality/value – The study on the changing boundaries of rhetoric and the introduction of the rhetoric of judgment offers a new view on the present theoretical and practical development of rhetoric, which opens new subjects of research and new fields of applications.

Intellectual Schisms in Philippine Psychology are Schisms of the Self: Meditations from an East-West Comparative Standpoint

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-318
Author(s):  
Joseph Anthony Narciso Tiangco
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Zen Buddhism ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
The Self ◽  
Value System ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
East West

AbstractCritical reflection on the study of psychology situates both students and practitioners in a position to ponder upon not only the conceptual, methodological, and perhaps, theoretical advances within the discipline, but more so, in rediscovering what psychology is in the first place. The first part of this paper provides a discussion on how psychology can be remembered and studied within the backdrop of a condensed history of intellectual progression. Within this context, intellectual schisms can be understood as prompted by the value system held by members of a scientific community. Such a value system, therefore, is also attributable to the emergence of contending perspectives and systems that characterize psychology within a postmodern context. The second part of this paper argues that since psychology is the study of the self, then Eastern re flections have a place in situating Zen Buddhism as it correlates with Western postmodernism. The problem of the self in Eastern philosophy is a source of rich insight in arguing that the emptiness of the self is, in fact, due to its fluidity. Given this, I conclude in this paper that the fluidity of the self accounts for the fluidity of knowledge in psychology and the rest of the social sciences. I pose the challenge that the practice of psychology in the Philippines, as a science and profession, should take on a spiritual depth in consideration of the positive values espoused by postmodernism from an East-West comparative standpoint.

A conceptual framework of cool for social marketing

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khondker Galib B. Mohiuddin ◽  
Ross Gordon ◽  
Christopher Magee ◽  
Jeong Kyu Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Review ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comprehensive Search

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework of cool for social marketing through a comprehensive literature review and integrating extant literature on cool. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive search and review of extant literature across social marketing, business disciplines, arts, psychology, social sciences and humanities was undertaken to develop an understanding of cool and its relevance to social marketing. The review permitted developing a comprehensive set of characteristics that are associated with cool. Findings A conceptual framework of cool organised according to the following dimensions is presented and discussed: deviating from norm, self-expressive, indicative of maturity, subversive, pro-social, evasive, and attractive. Originality/value This paper advances theoretical knowledge in the social marketing domain by offering a conceptual framework of cool, and by suggesting a set of guidelines to develop cool social marketing programs.

The Self

Brain-Mind ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 252-276
Author(s):  
Paul Thagard
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Social Mechanisms ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multiple Levels

The self is a complex of mechanisms at multiple levels that include the molecular and the social. Semantic pointers are crucial to the self with respect to various phenomena, including how one represents oneself to oneself and to others, as well as in how one evaluates oneself. Also explained are operations that the self does to itself in efforts to achieve short-term goals such as self-control and long-term goals such as self-fulfillment. Semantic pointer explanations of images, concepts, and other mental representations are important for understanding how selves accomplish their goals. Representations of the self via semantic pointers can recursively be bound into semantic pointers for beliefs, desires, and intentions. Discussion of the social mechanisms relevant to the self begins to connect neural and mental mechanisms with discussions of social sciences and professions.

The Two Faces of Social Science

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-45
Author(s):  
Alan Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
The Self ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Real Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Late Nineteenth

From biology in the late nineteenth century to information theory in the late twentieth, the social sciences have turned to the natural sciences for inspiration. Yet the expectations have never fully been satisfied. After more than one hundred years of effort, the ability of social scientists to say anything with certainty about human behavior is not very impressive. We remain close to where we started, developing theories, trying to test them against data, arguing about methodology, and disputing conclusions. The social sciences have neither the public legitimacy nor the self-confidence that comes from the practice of "real" science.

scholarly journals ‘I like to go out to be energised by different people’: an exploratory analysis of mobility and wellbeing in later life

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 758-781 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRIEDERIKE ZIEGLER ◽  
TIM SCHWANEN
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

ABSTRACTThis paper adds to the growing number of studies about mobility and wellbeing in later life. It proposes a broader understanding of mobility than movement through physical space. Drawing on the ‘mobility turn’ in the social sciences, we conceptualise mobility as the overcoming of any type of distance between a here and a there, which can be situated in physical, electronic, social, psychological or other kinds of space. Using qualitative data from 128 older people in County Durham, England, we suggest that mobility and wellbeing influence each other in many different ways. Our analysis extends previous research in various ways. First, it shows that mobility of the self – a mental disposition of openness and willingness to connect with the world – is a crucial driver of the relation between mobility and wellbeing. Second, while loss of mobility as physical movement can and often does affect older people's sense of wellbeing adversely, this is not necessarily so; other mobilities can at least to some extent compensate for the loss of mobility in physical space. Finally, wellbeing is also enhanced through mobility as movement in physical space because the latter enables independence or subjectively experienced autonomy, as well as inter-dependence in the sense of relatively equal and reciprocal social relations with other people.

scholarly journals Autoestima em praticantes de esportes de aventura

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Rosane Camila De Godoi ◽  
Hélio Mamoru Yoshida ◽  
Paula Teixeira Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Inherent Risk ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adventure Sports ◽  
Psychological Parameters

INTRODUÇÃO: Tendo em vista a atual ascensão dos esportes de aventura e dos diversos parâmetros psicológicos relacionados à essas práticas, faz-se necessário estudar como esses esportes, e seu risco inerente, são capazes de despertar distintas sensações e de que maneira isso pode influenciar a autoestima de seus praticantes. OBJETIVO: Esse estudo teve o objetivo de avaliar os índices de autoestima em praticantes de rafting, kayak, montanhismo e paraquedismo, avaliando os índices e analisando as correlações entre os grupos. METODOS: Para isso, foram analisados os perfis de 73 praticantes de esportes de aventura (rafting, kayak, montanhismo e paraquedismo), utilizando-se como instrumento a Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg, na versão adaptada por Hutz. O teste estatístico adotado foi o Kruskal-Wallis, a normalidade dos dados foi testada através do teste de Shapiro Wilk e todas as análises foram realizadas no programa Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. RESULTADOS: Foi possível constatar elevados índices de autoestima em todos os participantes avaliados, em especial nos paraquedistas, sugerindo que os esportes de aventura são capazes de influenciar no bem-estar psicológico e a saúde mental de seus praticantes. CONCLUSÃO: Com os dados obtidos, concluímos que este estudo traz o fortalecimento do bem-estar psicológico por meio da prática dos esportes de aventura, contribuindo para melhor autoestima e maior entendimento dos aspectos relacionados aos praticantes destas modalidades, ainda pouco estudados cientificamente.ABSTRACT. Self-esteem in practitioners of adventure sports.BACKGROUND: In view of the current rise of adventure sports and the various psychological parameters related to these practices, it is necessary to study how these sports, and their inherent risk, are capable of awakening different sensations and how this could affect the self-esteem of its practitioners. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the self-esteem indices in rafting, kayak, mountaineering and skydiving practitioners, evaluating the indexes, and analysing the correlations between the groups. METHODS: For this, the profiles of 73 practitioners of adventure sports (rafting, kayak, mountaineering and skydiving) were analyzed using as an instrument the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, in the version adapted by Hutz. The statistical test adopted was the Kruskal-Wallis, the normality of the data was tested using the Shapiro Wilk test, and all analyzes were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program.RESULTS: It was possible to verify the high self-esteem indices in all evaluated groups, especially skydivers, suggesting that adventure sports are capable of influencing the psychological well-being and mental health of their practitioners. CONCLUSION: With these data, we can conclude that this study raises the question of psychological well-being through the practice of adventure sports, contributing to a better self-esteem and understanding of the aspects related to this portion of the population, which is still little studied.

Psychoanalysis and the Psyche

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omnia El Shakry
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
The Self ◽  
Analytic Structure ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Psychoanalytic Thought

This chapter considers Freudian itineraries in postwar Egypt through an exploration of the work of Yusuf Murad, the founder of a school of thought within the psychological sciences, and the journal he coedited from 1945 to 1953, Majallat ʿIlm al-Nafs. By training a generation of scholars, Murad left a wide-ranging legacy on psychology, philosophy, and the wider academic fields of the humanities and the social sciences. Melding key concepts from psychoanalysis with classical Islamic concepts, Murad elaborated a psychological theory of the subject as an integrative agent, embodying a complex synthesis of unity and multiplicity. Theorizing the temporality of the subject, the epistemology of psychoanalysis and the analytic structure, and the socius, Murad both drew upon and departed from European psychoanalytic thought, while often insisting on the epistemological and ethical heterogeneity of different theories of the self.

Constructing subjectivity through labour pain: A Beauvoirian analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Cohen Shabot
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Labour Pain ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Self ◽  
Philosophical Perspective ◽  
Crucial Element ◽  
The Social

Traditional western conceptions of pain have commonly associated pain with the inability to communicate and with the absence of the self. Thus pain, it seems, must be avoided, since it is to blame for alienating the body from subjectivity and the self from others. Recent work on pain, however, has began to challenge these assumptions, mainly by discerning between different kinds of pain and by pointing out how some forms of pain might even constitute a crucial element in the production of subjectivity. This article deals with the specific form of pain that is labour pain. Pain in labour has been investigated in medicine and lately, copiously, within the social sciences. Analyses from a more philosophical perspective are still very much missing, however, and in developing such analyses, de Beauvoir’s ideas on subjectivity as inherently embodied, as situated, and as profoundly ambiguous when authentically lived, appear to be of significant use.

Critical political economy and the critique of comparative capitalisms scholarship on capitalist diversity

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Bruff ◽  
Matthias Ebenau
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
The Self ◽  
German Language ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Significant Potential ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comparative Capitalisms

This introduction to the special issue focuses on the rise to dominance in debates on capitalist diversity of approaches which take institutions as their starting point, rather than the wider social relations in which institutions sit and are constituted by. However, although this is part of broader trends across the social sciences over the last three decades, the self-marginalisation of critical political economy perspectives from these debates was also a factor, as was the declining dialogue between critical political economy researchers rooted in different geographical and philosophical traditions. Echoing the influence on the emergent Conference of Socialist Economists of German-language debates on the state in the 1970s, we call for renewed dialogue between researchers from different linguistic and intellectual backgrounds in the name of a renewed critique of dominant comparative capitalisms (CC) approaches. In so doing, we emphasise the range of alternative perspectives that can be offered through such dialogues and critiques, and thus the significant potential for further collaboration and advances in our understanding of capitalist diversity.

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