scholarly journals Editor's Welcome

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Groth ◽  
Diederik F. Janssen
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
The Subject

With far too many scholarly journals out there now, why launch yet another? Hurried readers may never recognize what THYMOS is about unless they get past the first word to what follows: Journal of Boyhood Studies. That may happen in quite a few cases at first, but we are convinced that once underway, THYMOS will take its place among the best interdisciplinary journals in English. Boys, we believe, have something to teach us about the body, sexuality, spirituality and the imagination and, for that reason, without wishing to be excessive, we want to emphasize our conviction that the subject matter of THYMOS—boys and boyhood—is central to everyone’s self-understanding as a human being in what will very soon be a thoroughgoing global culture.

Individualisation as a social-cultural process and morality

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 11-33
Author(s):  
Janusz Mariański
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Moral Relativism ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Cultural Process ◽  
Self Development ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Moral Choices ◽  
Individual Human

In this article, the issue of structural individualisation, which is one of the results of social modernisation, is adopted as the subject-matter. In the processes of individualisation, it is, first and foremost, the importance of an individual human being and matters relevant to their life, including the obligation to make constant choices in all the aspects of life, that is placed emphasis upon. In the aspect of values, the process of individualisation means transfer from values seen as responsibilities (related to duties) to values connected with self-fulfilment (self-development). The consequence of individualisation is the significant changes in the realm of morality: departing from traditional moral values and standards, permissivism and moral relativism, the destruction of normativity, and the secularisation of morality. On the other hand, it creates the opportunity to determine one's own moral choices and shapean autonomous moral personality.

Transcending the Emergence/Reduction Distinction: The Case of Biology

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Rom Harré
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Molecular Orbitals ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Disciplinary Practices ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Material Substance ◽  
The Subject

The groups of problems that fall under the titles ‘reduction’ and ‘emergence’ appear at the boundaries of seemingly independent and well-established scientific disciplines, such as chemistry and biology, biology and psychology, biology and political theory, and so on. They arise in this way:1. There is a widespread intellectual ‘urge’ towards developing a common discourse for adjacent disciplinary practices such as biology and chemistry, biology and psychology, law and psychiatry. To achieve this goal a unified and coherent system of concepts would be required that would be adequate to describe and to explain the phenomena which are the subject matter of both disciplines.2. There is a discontinuity between the concepts native to each of the adjacent disciplines in that predications from each to a common subject such as a sample of a material substance, or a process or a human being, appear to be incompatible. For example to describe a certain reaction as ‘reducing’ and to describe it in terms of the quantum states of molecular orbitals is an incompatible predication. For example to say that a brain is thinking and that that brain is taking up glucose is an incompatible predication since the criteria for these assertions are radically different. Or, to say that a human being is ill and to say that a human being is malfunctioning is an incompatible predication, since the former requires the speaker to treat the human being as a person, and the latter as an organism. Just what these various differences amount to will be the main aim of this paper.

scholarly journals Pleasure and Duty

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-282
Author(s):  
JEFFREY WEEKS
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
The Body ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Temporal Unity ◽  
Political Boundaries ◽  
The Subject

Three obvious, superficially simple but actually intensely complex questions embodied in the title immediately confront the reader of Dagmar Herzog's important new book. First, what do we mean by the ‘sexuality’ that constitutes the subject matter? Second, what is demarcated by the Europe that provides the geo-political boundaries of this study? Third, does the ‘twentieth century’ provide a useful temporal unity for the narrative and analysis that is at the heart of the book? Such questions are not mere scholarly nit-picking or academic point scoring, but a tribute to the problematising of the body in space and time that has been a hallmark of the deconstructive and reconstructive energy of recent scholarship on the sexual, and that is now making a welcome entry into mainstream history.

scholarly journals First year reading

1917 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Frank F. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Oral Reading ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
The Body ◽  
First Year ◽  
Functional Connection ◽  
Reading Experience ◽  
Standard Set ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Psychology Of Reading ◽  
Set Up

This thesis will concern itself with first year reading, and it will have the following aims: 1. To examine the subject matter of first year reading in order to see what values the literature presuppose the child capable of controlling and appreciating, to find a criterion for selecting subject matter for first year reading, and to criticize the values found in first year reading in view of the standard set up. 2. To consider the methods of mastering the symbols; to try to find the most natural method of approach and of strongest motivation; and to outline the steps by which the symbols may be mastered in their functional connection with the reading experience. 3. To study the nature of the child and how he assimilates the author's experience by means of reconstructing his own; to make a limited survey of recent experiments in the psychology of reading and to note some of its implications as to first year reading. 4. To consider the body and voice as the mechanism for the expression of the values of the writer to others and to indicate how these are trained for effective expression. 5. To consider the part the audience plays in teaching to read and to suggest some plans by which this much neglected element in effective oral reading may be secured.

scholarly journals Pasang Surut Gambuh Pedungan Di Tengah Laju Budaya Global

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Nengah Sarwa ◽  
Wardizal Wardizal
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Performance Art ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Rapid Flow ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Traditional Performance

This article tries to discuss and analyze about the reality of global culture and its implication on traditional performance art. The subject matter of this analysis is the Pedungan Gambuh dance drama, a classical performance, previously a court/palace art, which is thought as the source of the Balinese music and dance drama. Data and facts presented here are drawn from our qualitative research entitled Stream of Pedungan Gambuh dance-drama in the surge of Global Culture. Our research suggests that Gambuh as an entertaining art has recently declined in the rapid flow of Global Culture.

METAPHORICAL MODELS WITH THE HUMAN SUBJECTIVE ZONE IN THE POETRY OF A. MARIENGOFF AND S. YESENIN

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Elena V. KUPCHIK
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Important Place ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Similarity And Difference

This article analyzes the metaphorical models with the subject “human” and “part of the body” in the poetry of A. Mariengof and S. Yesenin. The object of the research is comparative paths in which metaphorical models are realized. Based on the consideration of metaphors and comparisons, metaphorical models are isolated and characterized, reflecting the connection between two conceptual areas. The comparison of metaphorical models in the poetry of A. Mariengof and S. Yesenin is carried out, the features of similarity and difference are highlighted. It was revealed that both poets pay considerable attention to a person as a subject of figurative comparisons. The model “human — being” is represented by comparisons with different representatives of the fauna, the semantics of images of which in poetic systems do not coincide. The most important for the authors figurative correspondences of a person, the most significant for each poet, subjects and objects of comparison are determined. The model “human — plant” occupies an important place in the figurative world of S. Yesenin, A. Mariengof mainly uses comparisons with objects of inanimate nature. Models with the subject “part of the body” are characterized by a variety of comparison subjects, especially in the poetry of A. Mariengof. The somatic vocabulary which is used by the authors is considered. Cases of combination in the realizations of metaphorical models of high and low are noted. Figurative correspondences through which poets characterize themselves are identified.

Phenomenology in Pedagogical Settings. Overview of the current discourse on phenomenological pedagogy

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4 (254) ◽  
pp. 183-196
Author(s):  
Patrizia Breil
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Educational Sciences ◽  
Pedagogical Discussion

Phenomenology has been well-received in pedagogy from the very beginning. With direct reference to Husserl, Aloys Fischer calls for a Descriptive Pedagogy. Only on the basis of a close description of educational processes similar to the phenomenological reduction can the educational sciences rediscover their actual subject matter. In this article the author traces the development of phenomenological thought in educational theory with a special focus on the notions of corporeality and negativity. As a necessary condition of perception in general, corporeality constitutes an important factor in the structural being-to-the-world of the human being. Apart from being able to sense its surroundings the body can also be perceived as part of these surroundings. Due to this double role, the subject opens up to foreign influences and negativity. Thus, the other plays an important role in the constitution of the identity of the subject. Through corporeality, a sphere of intersubjectivity is opened up. A recapitulation of Käte Meyer-Drawe’s Pedagogy of Inter-Subjectivity and Wilfried Lippitz’ Theory of Bildung and Alterity shows how these thoughts can be made useful for pedagogical discussion. Hereby, sociality and alterity prove to be foundational categories for educational settings in general. Finally, the author gives an outlook on current developments in phenomenological pedagogy.

Perceived Illegality of the Body: Reclaiming the Space in Nagaland

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-220
Author(s):  
Ilito H. Achumi
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Current Issue ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Real Community ◽  
The Subject

The article is premised upon the production and reproduction of the idea of the ‘illegality’ on the subject matter of migration in Nagaland, India. Lynching of Syed Sarif Khan at Dimapur on 5 March 2015 encounters multiple narratives relevant to the current issue of sexual violence against women, migration, security and identity politics. Northeast as a sociopolitical site has produced extensive works on how Northeast India has been marginalised historically. On the contrary, the article looks inside rather than outward to see how we also marginalise the ‘other’. Reclaiming the space, cleansing the subject of the illegal, conducting flush-out operations and creating the illegal child of the state called ‘sumiyas’ are some of the key discussions on the constructs of who are included and who are excluded in the ‘imagined’ and ‘real’ community of the Nagas.

scholarly journals High energy, increased balance and self control, the necessary conditions for performance and a good health

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 579-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucian T. Mândrea ◽  
Ioan I. Curta ◽  
Zoltan Z. Marosy
Keyword(s):  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Personal Control ◽  
Good Health ◽  
High Energy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Original Result ◽  
The Subject ◽  
High Level

Abstract The research purpose is to present the possibilities of the human being which are useful in order to improve the personal level of energy and to achieve an increased balance and a strong self control. These are the necessary conditions to be performed and in the same time to maintain a good health. Humans usually use energy from external sources. But, first of all, by employing different personal techniques, one can reach a high level of balance, energy and self control. These are the simplest, the fastest, the most efficient, the most economical and also ecological ways to have energy. If these attempts are efficient, you are first of all warm, then less ill and stressed. Everybody should try these kinds of methods first. A comparison was made between the results from two consecutive years, obtained by measuring the subject using a Bio-Well device. It results an increase of 23% in the energy level, in the conditions that the other parameters are optimal. The general balance reached the value of 99.97%. The authors proved, with the occasion of these original measurements, that a perfect balance can be reached. Another set of original and new measurements reveal the possibility of the human being to have a good self control. The subject proposed and succeeded in moving the second body energy centre by his own will, which is the most important energy centre of the body in the Zen-Buddhism. This is a remarkable completely original result obtained, maybe, for the first time in the world. In principle, we could control then the positions of the all seven energy centers, one by one. And so, the whole balance of the body. Also, in this way an incredible personal control and level of performance and also a high level of happiness can be achieved.

scholarly journals Desktop Films. To Read or to Watch?

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-112
Author(s):  
Vasily N Novikov
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Subject

The subject matter of the treatise is desktop films, a young but gradually gaining popularity format whose elements can be encountered in films of various genres. The author debates if this technology, which suggests using a different visual esthetics, has any potential, what elements this technology is based on and how it transforms the idea of a human being reflected in virtual reality.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document