scholarly journals Consuming and Being Consumed

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-57
Author(s):  
Carla Scarano D'Antonio
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Margaret Atwood ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Titus Andronicus ◽  
Snow White ◽  
The World ◽  
Romance Plot

The article explores how Margaret Atwood demystifies the romance plot in her first novel The Edible Woman by exposing the world of consumerism as artificial and threatening to the point of cannibalism. This is revealed through references to fairy tales and myths with cannibalistic undertones such as ‘Snow White’, ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ and ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. It is also highlighted in the reference to the theme of the eaten heart in Boccaccio’s Decameron and to Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. In the tempting world of advertisements and commercials, women are objectified and traded and their roles are diminished. In this realm, Marian, the protagonist, is in search of her identity but first tries to ‘adjust’ to society’s artificial and delusional narrative. The advertisements dictate a behaviour, objectify her body and force her to comply with preformed roles. She consciously tries to defend herself from this consumerist mentality by allowing her body to ‘speak’ for her. Her body starts to refuse food and she feels it is alive, until it cuts itself off. Therefore, showing how she refuses to ‘adjust’ to the consumerist society. The narrative points out the inherent cannibalistic quality of the consumerist society in which human beings are commodities and their roles are dictated by commercials and the ferocious rules of profit.

scholarly journals Identity considerations for a psychology based on a complex epistemology

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Jaramillo Estrada
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Way

Born in the late nineteenth century, within the positivist paradigm, psychology has made important developments that have allowed its recognition in academia and labor. However, contextual issues have transformed the way we conceptualize reality, the world and man, perhaps in response to the poor capacity of the inherited paradigm to ensure quality of life and welfare of human beings. This has led to the birth and recognition of new paradigms, including complex epistemology, in various fields of the sphere of knowledge, which include the subjectivity, uncertainty, relativity of knowledge, conflict, the inclusion of "the observed" as an active part of the interventions and the relativity of a single knowable reality to move to co-constructed realities. It is proposed an approach to the identity consequences for a psychology based on complex epistemology, and the possible differences and relations with psychology, traditionally considered.

Protecting health from metal exposures in drinking water

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret-Ann Armour
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Environmental Determinant ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractDrinking water is essential to us as human beings. According to the World Health Organization “The quality of drinking-water is a powerful environmental determinant of health” (

URGENSI KETELADANAN BAGI SEORANG GURU AGAMA (Kajian Terhadap Metode Pendidikan Islam)

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Rhoni Rodin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning

Abstract: Education is a process to humanize human beings. Therefore, the methods employed by the teacher should provide valuable characters since students make the teacher as the central figure in the process of learning. Moreover, the world’ figures that serve valuable morals for students are currently in crisis. In this void, therefore, the field of education should be triggered by improving the quality of teacher’s performance,especially for the religious teacher. The religious teacher is highly demanded to give valuable characters in all aspects of life. Hence, the educational process is not only to transfer knowledge but also to build moral values   to students. Teacher’s modelingplays a vital role in the teaching-learning process. In accordance to this, the religious teacher also functions as a spiritual father for students who provides knowledge, moral values, and justification. In this case, the teacher requires not only to have adequate pedagogical skills, but also to be able educate students well. This is due to the fact that education is aimed not only to transfer knowledge, but also to build valuable character,that is the teacher’s ability to provide model of valuable attitude and positive values to students.

scholarly journals <i>Liber chronicarum</i>, <i>Carta marina</i> and other mappae mundi

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Beata Fijołek-Soska
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Cognitive Level ◽  
Old Maps ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Everyday Problems ◽  
Shed Light

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Published in 1493, <i>Liber chronicarum</i> by Hartmann Schedel contains one of the most unique maps of that period. It shows a pantheon of monsters who were believed to inhabit the lands at the edge of the world known to people back then. Olaus Magnus, author of <i>Carta marina</i>, which was printed in 1539, adorned the water areas on his map with a variety of sea creatures, from those posing as islands to mythical creatures, such as the unicorn or Charybdis. Both these maps originate in the medieval mappae mundi tradition &amp;ndash; illustrated compendia of the regions they present. A curious reader would perceive that they are heavily influenced by the works of antique and medieval cartographers: Pomponius Mela, Pilny the Elder, Bede the Venerable and Vincent of Beauvais. The phantasmagorical quality of the creatures on these maps is an interesting starting point from which to reflect on the following question: why, on a cognitive level, do these old maps &amp;ndash; just as in fairy tales about the unknown, the mysterious and the dangerous &amp;ndash; give their warnings in the metaphorical form of monsters? The similarity between mappae mundi and fairy tales is no accident. According to Marina Warner’s <i>Once upon a Time</i>, nannies told children fairy tales to familiarise them with everyday problems and dilemmas, to shed light on the complexities of interpersonal relations, and to explain the workings of the world.</p>

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF NOISE POLLUTION PHENOMENON IN THE CITIES OF BRAZZAVILLE AND POINTE-NOIRE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-196
Author(s):  
Ngomah Le Temps ◽  
Ndeko Gertrude ◽  
Ngomah Madgil ◽  
Ngomah Le Temps Ondongo ◽  
Diallo Akessi Dzenabou Soraya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The World ◽  
Pointe Noire ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Congo Brazzaville ◽  
The Impact

The noise constitutes for the human beings with notched joints the world one of the nuisances most strongly felt. Apart from its importance for quality of life, the noise has also repercussions proven on health. Many countries strive to set up laws going with a view to fight against these nuisances which constitute an obstacle, an obstruction with quietude, the peace and the freedom of the populations. Congo Brazzaville is one of the countries of the world affected considerably by this phenomenon. Thus, this document treats primarily the causes and the consequences of the noises with Congo Brazzaville. This article Works out also some strategies which could contribute right now to fight against this phenomenon.

The Classical Daoist Concept of LI 理 (Pattern) and Early Chinese Cosmology

Early China ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 157-183
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The World ◽  
Expression Of Emotions ◽  
To Come ◽  
Lushi Chunqiu ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Concrete Image

This study traces the origins and development of the concept of Li 理 (Pattern) in early Chinese Cosmology, locating its foundation in the root metaphor derived from the natural lines or veins along which a block of jade can be split by a skilled artisan. From this relatively concrete image, li comes to eventually represent in Daoist cosmology the more abstract quality of the natural patterns or structures within the universe along which all phenomena move and interact with one another without the interference of human beings. After examining how early Confucian works emphasize the more abstract and derivative qualities of order and structure, we see that the likely Yangist authors in the Lüshi chunqiu return to the original metaphor of veins in jade but, instead, apply this to the veins through which the qi circulates through the human body.We then see how this metaphor is expanded beyond the human body in the classical Daoist texts to come to represent the natural guidelines both within all phenomena and those that guide their movements within the cosmos. Within phenomena these include such varied things as the structures for the generation and expression of emotions within human beings as well as the natural lines along which the butcher's chopper passes in order to cleave oxen. In Daoist inner cultivation literature it is these patterns with which sages accord so that their spontaneous actions are completely in harmony with the greater forces of the cosmos. Only after long practice of the apophatic contemplative methods that include concentrating on one breathing and emptying out the normal contents of consciousness can the sage be able to accomplish this goal of “taking no action yet leaving nothing undone.” Thus the concept of li as these natural guidelines comes to serve as an explanation for why this classical Daoist dictum is effective in the world.Finally, the Huainanzi contains the most sophisticated and sustained usages of the concept of li as the natural patterns and guidelines in the cosmos arguing that complying with them is the key to a genuinely contented life.

4. Potato soup

2018 ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Marina Warner
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Snow White ◽  
The World ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
Historical Origins

Princes and queens, palaces and castles dominate the foreground of a fairy tale, but through the gold and glitter, the depth of the scene is filled with vivid and familiar circumstances, as the fantastic faculties engage with the world of experience. ‘Potato soup: true stories/real life’ explains that the genre’s themes are real-life themes and the passions real-life passions. The situations in fairy tales also capture deep terrors of occurrences common and, mercifully, uncommon. Despite the historical origins behind stories such as Bluebeard and Snow White, fairy tales, in general, dramatize ordinary circumstances. They are messages of hope arising from desperate yet ordinary situations.

A Pledge from Automation to Intellimation

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Po-Chih Huang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Mental Ability ◽  
Automated Manufacturing ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Line Production ◽  
Manufacturing Line ◽  
The World ◽  
Automation Technology

Since the Stone Age, when human beings began manufacturing stone instruments and produced fire by striking two stones together, people have attempted to improve their quality of life. Centuries after the Bronze, Iron, and subsequent Ages, the Silicon Age has arrived. Production started from striking objects only in bare-handed, followed by tool and machine assistance, culminating in today's automated manufacturing-line production. Through thousands of years of improvement leading to reduced production cost, people have learned to saved precious time and begun to enjoy lives surrounded by full of family's love and artful culture. Through this long evolution, automation first began playing a role in the latter half of the 20th Century. Entering the late 20th Century, the world has moved from simple automation to intelligent automation. Hardware in the form of machinery and equipment and software in the form of synthesized systems appeared to have responsive ability of primary wisdom of human being. Given the emphasis among industrial engineers regarding the importance of efficiency and mental ability, or intelligence, I propose the term “intellimation” -- intelligence plus automation -- for designating today's intelligent automation. This is crucial to promote intelligent automation, and change the automation era to the intellimation era. It can help us to enter the most precious stage in development of automation technology.

scholarly journals Humans as “Part and Parcel of Nature”: Thoreau’s Contribution to Environmental Ethics

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-186
Author(s):  
Jason P. Matzke
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Henry David Thoreau ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Aldo Leopold ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Ontological Commitments ◽  
Personal Character ◽  
The World ◽  
Right Relationship

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) develops an understanding of human beings as “part and parcel of nature” that includes the idea that we are physically, spiritually, and attitudinally (more or less) connected to the world around us. The image he offers is one in which life spent too much in civilization, where work and social expectations determine the quality of one’s daily life and personal character, lead to lives of boredom, conformity, and misplaced priorities. Time spent in more natural environments is the antidote. Such experiences have the potential to jar us out of the conformist and—to his mind—personally stunting existence into which most fall. Growth and liberation come from experiencing the “More” of which both nature and we are a part. Thoreau calls us to reevaluate our values and priorities by being in a right relationship with nature, which does not require that we accept all of his particular ontological commitments. The argument that emerges for greater protection of the environment is admittedly quite human-centered. However, Thoreau’s insight that we are part and parcel of nature is important because, as Aldo Leopold later argues, we can only progress beyond a prudential approach to nature when we see ourselves as part of the larger whole. The world looks different when it is our home and community as opposed to being mere material to be used or a stage on which our lives unfold.

scholarly journals International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

Vestnik RFFI ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Natalia P. Tarasova
Keyword(s):  
Periodic Table ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Russian Scientist ◽  
Scientific Heritage ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
Special Value

Year 2019, the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, is of special value for our country. 150 years ago, in 1869, the outstanding Russian scientist D.I. Mendeleev published the first scheme of the Periodic table of chemical elements. The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements draws the world community attention to the development of fundamental sciences, to deepening and expansion of education for sustainable development, to global problems that cannot be solved without active use of achievements of modern green chemistry. The quality of everyday life of present and future generations is directly connected with the progress and achievements of chemical science and technology. In 2019, the large-scale events dedicated to D.I. Mendeleev and his scientific heritage will take place both in Russia and throughout the world The International Year of the Periodic Table once again emphasizes the importance of the systematicity in our chaotic world. The System gives an opportunity to understand the idea of regularity and thus arms human beings with the ability to predict.

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