scholarly journals Arbeit and Transformations in Workplace Structures: Three Post-Reunification German Novels

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 288
Author(s):  
Syamsu Rijal
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Material Object ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Sociology Of Literature ◽  
Workplace Relations ◽  
The Social

Arbeit, as one of the themes of culture is considered relevant and representative in the study of foreign literatures. Three german novels that were written in the second decade after reunification (2000–2010) and that have Arbeit as their main theme were selected as the material object of this research: Das Jahr der Wunder by Reiner Merkel (2001), Wir schlafen nicht by Kathrin Röggla (2004), and Mobbing by Annette Pehnt (2007). This research's main goal is to obtain a greater understanding of Arbeit as presented in these three novels, and to see how authors have responded to dynamic developments within the workplace in Germany, particularly since reunification. This study utilized a perspective of sociology of literature by summarizing various theories that mainly related to the conception Arbeit to become a major foothold in elucidating various aspects based on the objectives of this study.This research shows that, Normal workplace relations have slowly shifted to anomalous workplace relations, and as a result workers have lost an ever increasing number of rights. Workers have been consciously exploited within the workplace, and the social inequalities within the workforce have challenged not only workers' dignity, but also their very existence. As such, the three writers discussed here have promoted a more humanized Arbeit—one which recognizes human dignity as central to its conceptual framework—for modern society.

Designing for Participation: Dignity and Autonomy of Service (Part 2)

Design Issues ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Miso Kim
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Shared Goal

This paper explores a conceptual framework for deepening our understanding of the social and ethical aspects of service, such as human dignity. A philosophical survey of this topic reveals that the basis of dignity is autonomy; however, current frameworks of service, which are often based on the logics of mass production and information control, generally attempt to control people rather than supporting their autonomous actions. As an alternative, I propose a framework of service based on the concept of participation, defined as the collective action of parts related to the whole for the purpose of achieving a shared goal.

scholarly journals Dimitrie Cantemir—A Polymath and Outstanding Personality of Romanian People

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. p47
Author(s):  
Dumitru Caldare
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Educational Values ◽  
Physical Concept ◽  
Knowledge Of God ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Real Value ◽  
True Knowledge ◽  
Western Perspective

The present article concisely reveals the results of the thorough study of Christian concepts, reflections and educational values of Dimitrie Cantemir’s work, which are becoming currently central for modern society. The scholar demonstrated the real value of the universal national spirit, the Man-Universe correlation, and the essence of the theologico-physical concept. His philosophical system sets great store on the true knowledge of the world through the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of man as master of the world, as homo universalis. The article attaches great importance to the postulation, according to which, the philosophical consciousness in Romanian philosophy focuses on contemplation and eternity, and reason-faith correlation is a realistic foundation for the adequate elevation of human dignity. The article argues the idea that Dimitrie Cantemir’s humanism reflects the true wisdom and education of the Romanian people expressed both in the ontological-gnoseological context and in the social-political context, especially in terms of ancestry and the origin of the language. It is also conclusive that Dimitrie Cantemir’s works are oriented towards the Western system of values, towards a better, more enlightened world, and corresponding education. Therefore, western perspective is the guideline in the making of the Romanian people.

scholarly journals Social inequality and human development: Intertwined cycles of perversion in education in contemporary Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 84-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomar De Almeida Filho
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Apparent Contradiction ◽  
Educational Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
Contemporary Context

In this paper, a conceptual framework on the sources and origins of inequalities in education is presented, focusing the Brazilian contemporary context as a case-study of a paradox: reduced economic inequality in parallel to increasing inequities in education. To understand this apparent contradiction, first the Brazilian taxation structure is outlined as a intricate, regressive and unfair system organized for collecting economic revenues for funding the State. Secondly, the social and political inequities that affect and thus define the educational structure of Brazil is discussed to reveal the perverse effects that turn education into a major asset for the general reproduction of society. Finally, such paradoxes and contradictions in the field of education are analyzed as strategies for maintenance and reproduction of a social order based on social inequalities and inequities.http://dx.doi.org/10.15572/ENCO2015.06

scholarly journals Tricky Questions and Straight Answers About Ethics in Breaking Bad and The Wire

2018 ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Sanja Kovačević
Keyword(s):  
Social Systems ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Social Darwinism ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Television Series ◽  
Breaking Bad ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Question ◽  
The Wire

This paper explores how the television series Breaking Bad argues about the ethics of Social Darwinism as dominant to the interest of the community, and why this is not just philosophical or religious question. It also makes a brief comparison with the ethical situation as portrayed in another television series, The Wire, claiming that these substantially different series, (one approaching morality and ethics through sheer individualism and free will, another through social determinism) both teach similar lessons about ethics. Having its main theme centered around ethics, Breaking Bad sees causes of socio-economical crises primarily in the moral destruction of modern society that destroys its institutions, not the other way around. In contrast, The Wire finds human morality in a dichotomy of an idealist-pragmatist type of man trapped inside the social systems that brutally arrange human lives through ‘the Game’ – in essence the socio-economical rules of urban life. I argue that Breaking Bad offers more arguments for not engaging in ‘Darwinist’ ethics, showing us in both literal and metaphorical ways the entire process arising from totalitarianism as today’s most feared form of social system. Article received: May 10, 2018; Article accepted: May 14, 2018; Published online: October 1, 2018; Original scholarly paper How to cite this article: Kovačević, Sanja. "Tricky Questions and Straight Answers About Ethics in Breaking Bad and The Wire." AM Journal of Art and Media Studies 17 (2018): 59−69. doi: 10.25038/am.v0i17.270

scholarly journals The Sociology of Health and Illness at the Turn of the Century: Back to the Future?

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Williams ◽  
Ellen Annandale ◽  
Jonathan Tritter
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Current Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Sociology Of Health ◽  
Late Modern

A ‘think piece’ in both style and content, this article offers some thoughts and reflections on selected themes and issues which, we believe, provide some important indicators not simply of the sociology of health and illness’ current status, but also of its future prospects. Four key themes have been chosen: (i) social inequalities in health; (ii) emotions and embodiment; (iii) (bio)technology, and finally; (iv) the shifting configuration of health care in Britain. Underlying these four themes, and running through the discussion as a whole, are two further key issues, namely, the contested nature of health and medical knowledge, and debates concerning consumption and risk in late modern society. The article concludes by suggesting that, in the era of the new genetics and the resurgence of biological explanations in the social and natural sciences, the charge of sociological imperialism constitutes both a constraint and opportunity for practitioners working in health and related fields.

scholarly journals DEBATE SOBRE A CIDADANIA NA BUSCA PELA DEMOCRACIA DE MASSAS

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 540
Author(s):  
Michele Monfardini Negrini ◽  
Júlia Monfardini Menuci ◽  
Raquel Sawitzki Callegaro
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Body ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Mass Democracy ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right

O presente artigo propõe uma discussão sobre a cidadania e a sociedade atual, colocando em tela questões sobre a manipulação da democracia pelas classes mais altas e como o direito à informação pode modificar isso. Na busca incessante para concretizar a democracia de massas elenca-se a dignidade humana como matéria principal de análise. O tema da realização da cidadania e a germinação da democracia de massas no Estado Democrático de Direito pode ser efetivado com a informação do sujeito social a partir da mídia. Somente com a informação será possível tirar o indivíduo da zona de desconhecimento do corpo social.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Cidadania. Democracia de massas. Dignidade Humana. Informação.   ABSTRACT: This article proposes a discussion on citizenship and modern society, putting on screen questions about the handling of democracy by the upper classes and how the right to information can change it. In the endless quest to achieve mass democracy lists to human dignity as the main raw analysis. The theme of the achievement of citizenship and germination of mass democracy in Law Democratic State can be effected with the social subject information from the media. Only with the information you can get the individual's ignorance area of ​​the social body.   KEY WORDS: Citizenship. Mass democracy. Human dignity. Information. RESUMEN: En este artículo se propone una discusión sobre la ciudadanía y la sociedad moderna, que pone en pantalla las preguntas sobre el manejo de la democracia por las clases altas y la forma en que el derecho a la información puede cambiarlo. En la búsqueda sin fin de lograr listas democracia de masas a la dignidad humana como el principal análisis crudo. El tema de la consecución de la ciudadanía y la germinación de la democracia de masas en la Ley Estatal Democrática se puede efectuar con la información sujeto social de los medios. Sólo con la información que puede obtener el área de la ignorancia del individuo del cuerpo social. PALABRAS CLAVE: Ciudadanía. Democracia de Masas. La Dignidad Humana. Información.

Dal bambino libero all'uomo autonomo: educare alla scelta attraverso il metodo Montessori

2020 ◽  
pp. 329-341
Author(s):  
Grazia Romanazzi
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
School Grades ◽  
The Social ◽  
Montessori Method

Freedom, autonomy and responsibility are the ends of every educational process, especially in the modern society: globalized, rapid, in transformation; society in which each one of us is called to make numerous choices. Therefore, it is urgent to educate to choose and educate to the choice, so that young people can emancipate themselves from possible conditionings. To this end, the Montessori method represents a privileged way: child is free to choose his own activity and learns "to do by himself" soon; the teacher prepares the environment and the materials that allow the student to satisfy the educational needs of each period of inner development. Then, Montessori gives importance to adolescence because it is during this period that grows the social man. Consequently, it is important to reform the secondary school in order to acquire the autonomy that each student will apply to the subsequent school grades and to all areas of life

Fakir Baykurt’un Almanya öykülerinde Türk göçmen çocukları

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-28
Author(s):  
Efnan Dervişoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Literary Forms ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Life Education

Almanya’ya işçi göçü, neden ve sonuçları, sosyal boyutlarıyla ele alınmış; göç ve devamındaki süreçte yaşanan sorunlar, konunun uzmanlarınca dile getirilmiştir. Fakir Baykurt’un Almanya öyküleri, sunduğu gerçekler açısından, sosyal bilimlerin ortaya koyduğu verilerle bağdaşan edebiyat ürünleri arasındadır. Yirmi yılını geçirdiği Almanya’da, göçmen işçilerle ve aileleriyle birlikte olup işçi çocuklarının eğitimine yönelik çalışmalarda bulunan yazarın gözlem ve deneyimlerinin ürünü olan bu öyküler, kaynağını yaşanmışlıktan alır; çalışmanın ilk kısmında, Fakir Baykurt’un yaşamına ve Almanya yıllarına dair bilgi verilmesi, bununla ilişkilidir. Öykülere yansıyan çocuk yaşamı ise çalışmanın asıl konusunu oluşturmaktadır. “Ev ve aile yaşamı”, “Eğitim yaşamı ve sorunları”, “Sosyal çevre, arkadaşlık ilişkileri ve Türk-Alman ayrılığı” ile “İki kültür arasında” alt başlıklarında, Türkiye’den göç eden işçi ailelerinde yetişen çocukların Almanya’daki yaşamları, karşılaştıkları sorunlar, öykülerin sunduğu veriler ışığında değerlendirilmiş; örneklemeye gidilmiştir. Bu öyküler, edebiyatın toplumsal gerçekleri en iyi yansıtan sanat olduğu görüşünü doğrular niteliktedir ve sosyolojik değerlendirmelere açıktır. ENGLISH ABSTRACTMigration and Children in Fakir Baykurt’s stories from GermanyThe migration of workers to Germany has been taken up with its causes, consequences and social dimensions; the migration and the problems encountered in subsequent phases have been stated by experts in the subject. Fakir Baykurt’s stories from Germany, regarding the reality they represent, are among the literary forms that coincide with the facts supplied by social sciences. These stories take their sources from true life experiences as the products of observations and experiences with migrant workers and their families in Germany where the writer has passed twenty years of his life and worked for the education of the worker’s children; therefore information related to Fakir Baykurt’s life and his years in Germany are provided in the first part of the study.  The life of children reflected in the stories constitutes the main theme of the study.  Under  the subtitles of “Family and Home Life”, “Education Life and related issues”, “Social environment, friendships and Turkish-German disparity” and “Amidst two cultures”, the lives in Germany of children who have been  raised in working class  families and  who have immigrated from Turkey are  evaluated under the light of facts provided by the stories and examples are given. These stories appear to confirm that literature is an art that reflects the social reality and is open to sociological assessments.KEYWORDS: Fakir Baykurt; Germany; labor migration; child; story

PHILOSOPHICAL PROPAEDEUTICS IN THE SYSTEM OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Gan N.Yu. ◽  
Ponomareva L.I. ◽  
Obukhova K.A.
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
And Training

Today, worldview, spiritual and moral problems that have always been reflected in education and upbringing come to the fore in society. In this situation, there is a demand for philosophical categories. One of the priority goals of education in modern conditions is the formation of a reasonable, reflexive person who is able to analyze their actions and the actions of other people. Modern science is characterized by an understanding of the absolute value and significance of childhood in the development of the individual, which implies the need for its multilateral study. In the conditions of democratization of all spheres of life, the child ceases to be a passive object of education and training, and becomes an active carrier of their own meanings of being and the subject of world creation. One of the realities of childhood is philosophizing, so it is extremely timely to address the identification of its place and role in the world of childhood. Children's philosophizing is extremely poorly studied, although the need for its analysis is becoming more obvious. Children's philosophizing is one of the forms of philosophical reflection, which has its own qualitative specificity, on the one hand, and commonality with all other forms of philosophizing, on the other. The social relevance of the proposed research lies in the fact that children's philosophizing can be considered as an intellectual indicator of a child's socialization, since the process of reflection involves the adoption and development of culture. Modern society, in contrast to the traditional one, is ready to "accept" a philosophizing child, which means that it is necessary to determine the main characteristics and conditions of children's philosophizing.

Victor S. D'Souza. Development Planning and Structural Inequalities: The Response of the Underprivileged. New Delhi: Sage Publications 1990. Pages 206 + Index. Price: Rs 180 (Hardbound).

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-317
Author(s):  
Ziaul Haque
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Capital Formation ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
The Social

Deveiopment planning in India, as in other developing countries, has generally been aimed at fostering an industrially-oriented policy as the engine of economic growth. This one-sided economic development, which results in capital formation, creation of urban elites, and underprivileged social classes of a modern society, has led to distortions in the social structure as a whole. On the contrary, as a result of this uneven economic development, which is narrowly measured in terms of economic growth and capital formation, the fruits of development have gone to the people according to their economic power and position in the social structure: those occupying higher positions benefiting much more than those occupying the lower ones. Thus, development planning has tended to increase inequalities and has sharpened divisive tendencies. Victor S. D'Souza, an eminent Indian sociologist, utilizing the Indian census data of 1961, 1971, and 1981, examines the problem of structural inequality with particular reference to the Indian Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - the two most underprivileged sections of the present Indian society which, according to the census of 1981, comprised 15.75 percent and 7.76 percent of India's population respectively. Theoretically, he takes the concept of development in a broad sense as related to the self-fulfIlment of the individual. The transformation of the unjust social structure, the levelling down of glaring economic and social inequalities, and the concern for the development of the underprivileged are for the author the basic elements of a planned development. This is the theoretical perspective of the first chapter, "Development Planning and Social Transformation".

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