scholarly journals Modernity and Gender: A Critique of Modernization Theory

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 221-235
Author(s):  
Youba Raj Luintel
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Model ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Modernization Theory ◽  
Cultural Maps ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Asymmetry ◽  
Knowledge Hierarchy

This paper provides a bold critique of the hegemonic dualism in the light of insights that Tariq Banuri has offered. It also demonstrates the contours of gender asymmetry as an outcome of the masculine impersonal map of modernization. Highlighting the alternative model of development, it seeks to see the implication it has in the context of gender. The first section introduces the context with some of the questions to be focused on. It follows by a discourse of modernization and by an appraisal of Banuri’s main arguments on cultural maps and knowledge hierarchy. Conceptual contours of modernization and gender are sought before the final section puts forward empowerment as an alternative thesis. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v6i0.10732   Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.6 2014: 221-235

Feasting and Fasting

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasia R. Diner ◽  
Jonathan Safran Foer
Keyword(s):  
Animal Studies ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Food Studies ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Theoretical Issue ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender

This book explores how the making of Judaism and the making of Jewish meals have been intertwined throughout history and in contemporary Jewish practices. It is an invitation not only to delve into the topic but to join in the growing number of conversations and events that consider the intersections between Judaism and food. Seventeen original chapters advance the state of both Jewish studies and religious studies scholarship on food in accessible prose. Insights from recent work in growing subfields such as food studies, sex and gender studies, and animal studies permeate the volume. Encompassing historical, ethnographic, critical theoretical, and history of religions methodologies, the volume introduces readers to historic and ongoing Jewish food practices and helps them engage the charged ethical debates about how our food choices reflect competing Jewish values. The book’s three sections respectively include chronologically arranged historical overviews (first section), essays built around particular foods and theoretical questions (second section), and essays addressing ethical issues (third and final section). The first section provides the historical and textual overview that is necessary to ground any discussion of food and Jewish traditions. The second section provides studies of food and culture from a range of time periods, and each chapter addresses not only a particular food but also a theoretical issue of broader interest in the study of religion. The final section focuses on moral and ethical questions generated by and answered through Jewish engagements with food.

Knowledge Hierarchy of Social Work and Gender Studies in Spain

Affilia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belén Agrela Romero ◽  
Amalia Morales Villena
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Specialized Training ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Knowledge Hierarchy ◽  
University Reforms

This article explores the gendered nature of social work and some of the consequences this has in academia, research, and professional practice in Spain. The authors examine the connections between social work and gender studies in academia in Spain, reflecting on the position these disciplines occupy in the current hierarchy of knowledge and the knowledge production system. The impact of the university reforms under the European Union’s (EU) Bologna plan is analyzed in the context of the commercialization of knowledge. The obstacles that prevent the value of these disciplines from being recognized are discussed, linking the academic dimension to the professional dimension and also illustrating how today’s situations of social exclusion require further research and specialized training in social work and gender.

scholarly journals Sociocultural peculiarities of gender aspect in Russian education and science

2021 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 02007
Author(s):  
Leyla Buniyaminovna Omarova ◽  
Diana Zurabovna Muzashvili ◽  
Irina Gennadievna Prokhorova ◽  
Natalia Valerievna Savchenko ◽  
Anna Alexandrovna Suchilina
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Traditional Attitude ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The One ◽  
Gender Asymmetry ◽  
Gender Aspect

Urgency of the problem is conditioned by the fact that under the effect of globalization processes, digital revolution, and transformation of values the present-day society is changing its attitude towards gender division of labor. Gender problem in traditional communities where, on the one hand, new views on the roles of men and women are being formed, and, on the other hand, traditional attitude towards those roles, is being preserved, is of special interest. The objective of the research is to analyze present-day society for revealing the gender asymmetry in different spheres of science and education in Russia. The Russian society that tends to traditional attitude but is unavoidably a part of innovation society, becomes an interesting object for studying the gender aspect in different professional spheres of education and science. A sociocultural approach forms the methodological base of the research that allows us to analyze the current stage of development of the educational and scientific spheres taking into account social and cultural peculiarities of the society, as well as its gender perspective. The study is based on the works that reveal gender issues in modern society in the sphere of education and science, psychology, culture and philosophy. It also presents the analysis of present-day scientific and educational spheres and gender asymmetry occurred under the effect of some or other social or cultural peculiarities.

Sailing through the Strait

Black Boxes ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 250-280
Author(s):  
Marco J. Nathan
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Black Boxes ◽  
Growth Of Knowledge ◽  
Progressive Growth ◽  
Productive Role

This chapter takes the reader back to where the book started: philosophy of science as metaphorically navigating between Scylla and Charybdis, between reductionism and antireductionism. At the outset, two related questions were raised. First, is it possible to steer clear of both hazards? Is there an alternative model of the nature and advancement of science that avoids the pitfalls of both stances and, in doing so, provides a fresh way of presenting science to an educated readership in a more realistic fashion? Second, how does science bring together the productive role of ignorance and the progressive growth of knowledge? The final chapter cashes out these two promissory notes. These problems have a common answer: black boxes. Specifically, the first four sections argue that the black-boxing strategy outlined throughout the book captures the advantages of both reductionism and antireductionism, while eschewing more troublesome implications. The final section addresses the interplay of ignorance and knowledge.

Waiting for the real dragon

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-239
Author(s):  
Christian Collet
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Modernization Theory ◽  
The West ◽  
Southeast Asians ◽  
Strong Linkage ◽  
Change Tolerance ◽  
And Gender

Southeast Asia is the world’s most diverse and rapidly modernizing region, yet one where modernization theory is challenged (e.g. Bell et al., 1995) and where allegiance to authoritarian regimes appears trenchant (Chang et al., 2013; Dalton and Shin, 2014). Using the AsiaBarometer, I consider the influence of modernization and allegiance on potential democratization by analyzing an established indicator of assertive change: tolerance of homosexuality (Inglehart and Welzel, 2005: Ch. 5, forthcoming). The findings reveal differences between Southeast Asians and the West and between citizens in the Sinic and Indic subregions. Exposure to foreign cultures produces a significant increase in tolerance among Sinicized citizens, but has no meaningful effect on those in Indic states. Patriotism and trust in civil society also boost tolerance among Sinicized citizens, but reduce the probability of tolerance among citizens in Indic states. The strong linkage between sexual tolerance and gender equality driven by social factors and secularism in the West does not manifest in Southeast Asia. While the findings suggest potential for change in the Sinicized region, they underscore the different effects that globalization and allegiance may have on citizens living under Southeast Asia’s variety of regimes.

Feminisation and Schooling: Re-Masculinisation, Gendered Reflexivity and Boyness

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Haywood ◽  
Liviu Popoviciu ◽  
Máirtín Mac An Ghaill
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Labour Process ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Masculinity Crisis

Across media and academic accounts in western societies there is much talk of an implosion of the modernist gender order. One way of capturing this shift is through the deployment of the concept of feminisation and an accompanying masculinity crisis. This paper draws upon empirical work in a specific context, that of the contemporary English schooling of boys. We critically explore the different meanings ascribed to the notion of feminisation. In exploring the changing labour process of teaching, we pose the suggestion of its remasculinisation. Having considered this broader picture, we focus on the meanings that circulate through teaching and more specifically address the question through a consideration of the disconnection of gendered styles from sexed bodies. In the final section this leads to the exploration of the putative ‘crisis of boys' by addressing the dynamic cultural inter connections between the categories of age and gender.

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