scholarly journals THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE PROBLEM OF THE NATIONAL CHARACTER IN THE �EAST � WEST� CONTEXT (on the example of modern Turkish and Azerbaijani stories)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sima T. Shafizadeh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
National Character ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
The West ◽  
Historical Comparative ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Global World

The factor of national identity, which is the complete opposite of globalization, manifests itself in various spheres of human activity such as politics, public life, literature, and various fields of art. Today, national identity is being fought both at the individual and social levels. Globalist theory and globalist thinking in the twentieth century led to fundamental changes in the life of society. In particular, with the globalization of cultures, a synthesis of world cultural values is observed, the process of the emergence of new ones is underway. The development of this diversity in unity is the only possible historical, philosophical and political paradigm of globalization. The problem of national identity is becoming more and more relevant in the struggle between the West and the East. The article deals with the influence of traditions and the theory of global thought on the essence of the national literatures of Azerbaijan and Turkey. The methods of analysis are associated with a conceptual approach to the general directions of literary trends in the modern artistic word. In particular, these are historicalliterary, cultural-historical, comparative and typological research methods. This influence manifested itself through literary movements (modernism, postmodernism, existentialism, feminism), various styles and images oriented towards the West. The negative aspects of globalization tear the artistic image away from ethnic roots, national identity, national and moral values, a person remains alone with his problems, searches for and finds himself in the global world. In Azerbaijani literature, this process is often called �existentialism�, and in Turkish literature �varolusculuk ak?m?�, it is also called �literature of alienation�. In the literature, globalist writers are united by the following features: to keep up with this trend; to join this trend in accordance with the requirements and influences of innovative trends, as opposed to traditionalism; to be a supporter of the ideology of �common cultural values� of globalism with �world man�, �world home�, �secular thought�, �secular thought�, �secular art style�. The world in which a person lives is changing, chaos is formed in the human brain, and the hero in the spiritual world goes in search of truth. In many cases, when this is not achieved, he considers himself small, useless, powerless, helpless in the global world, prone to asceticism, alienation, the feeling of nearness of death becomes normal for him, and he is faced with psychological trauma. This not only alienates a person from national identity, national character, national moral self-awareness, but, as already noted, creates a number of psychological and moral problems.

scholarly journals Peter Chaadayev and Michael Katkov: stereotypes and contradictions of images

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1002-1017
Author(s):  
Alexey Vladimirovich Lubkov
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The People ◽  
Spiritual Tradition ◽  
Linear Movement ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The 19Th Century

This article discusses the complex dialectics between the conservative and the liberal trends in the development of Russia´s socio-political thinking; it does so by studying the worldviews of Peter Chaadaev and Michael Katkov. What makes this issue relevant is the circumstance that the present generations of Russians are searching for their national identity, an identity that has practically been lost in the current circumstances of cultural degradation, of decreasing cultural values in the society, and of shifting meanings. The author compares the conceptions of Russian thinkers and public figures and focuses on the main facts and factors that determined the search for the national identity of social thought in Russia in the 19th century. Considering the methodology of the issue, the author comes to conclusion that it is necessary to turn away from the dichotomy towards an integration, and towards an understanding of the complex and controversial world of an individual in the non-linear movement of history. The task that the present paper formulates is to understand the new logic of the development of socio-political thought in nineteenth-century Russia not on the basis of the traditional contradistinction of the conservative and liberal ideologies, but through the synthesis of their positive principles in the historical context. The author sees the link and succession of the conceptual provisions of Peter Chaadaev and Michael Katkov. The ideology unites various institutions and systems, the individual and the people into a whole, facing the challenges of the country´s modernization. As a result, the well-known formula - autocracy, Orthodoxy, populism (narodnost´) - makes a deep semantic meaning, in close linkage with the original spiritual tradition of collectivity (sobornost´) and spiritual and moral values.

scholarly journals A Proletariat of One: Libertarianism and the Psychosis of Authority

Studia Humana ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-150
Author(s):  
David L. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Alexander Hamilton ◽  
Father Figure ◽  
Psychological Pain ◽  
The West ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Masses

AbstractLibertarianism has a problem, perhaps an insurmountable one, and its problem lies squarely in the domain from which it is sourced: the intellectual and political elite of the West. As such, it rests on an ontological viewpoint far outside the purview and experience of quotidian man. Furthermore, it rests on an epistemology of the person as sovereign, Natural Law, which requires a concomitant education or understanding of the Classics, or at least self-awareness and the ability to think logically. Many non-intellectuals are either uninterested or incapable of following the Libertarian arguments of personal sovereignty and instead submit. This unconscious submission to the authority of a government, father figure, or other self-appointed “authority” relieves the individual of the psychological pain of breaking out of the herd. C. G. Jung (1875-1961) was adamant that to be an individual is a radical act: “To develop one’s own personality is indeed an unpopular undertaking, a deviation that is highly uncongenial to the herd, an eccentricity smelling of the cenobite, as it seems to the outsider [11, Para. 298]. Further, Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1747-1804) noted that the elite are more than happy to have the masses submit to their authority without question as it advances their control: “a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired” [9]. The rest of this article explores this psychosis of authority and how Libertarianism suffers in popularity as a result.

scholarly journals Kultūrinio supratimo, tautinio tapatumo ir tarpkultūrinės komunikacijos įgūdžių ugdymo priemonės

2008 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
Alena Korshuk
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Critical Incidents ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Cultural Self

Straipsnyje diskutuojama, kokia yra kultūrinio studentų savęs supratimo patirtis, kaip ji atsiskleidžia studentų darbuose: esė, iš analizių, interviu, iš eksperimentų, klausimynų ir kt. Ypač dėmesys straipsnyje telkiamas į interaktyvios tarpkultūrinės priemonės, tokios kaip „Kultūrinis detektyvas“, taikymą. Įvairių kultūrų (švedų ir baltarusių) studentų reakcijos – analizės objektas. Autorė siūlo keletą galimų „Kultūrinio detektyvo“ ir kitų priemonių, kaip taikytinų, dėstant Tarpkultūrinės komunikacijos dalyką.Means of developing cultural awareness, national identity and intercultural communication skillsAlena Korshuk SummaryThe present paper will introduce the experience of raising the cultural self-awareness of Belarusian students through interactive cross-cultural games like Cultural Detective and other tools.Key words: culture, national identity, comparison, cultural values, critical incidents

scholarly journals ПРАВОВИЙ МЕНТАЛІТЕТ ЯК ПІДҐРУНТЯ АНТРОПОЛОГІЗАЦІЇ ПРАВА

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
В. В. Завальнюк
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
National Character ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The People

Тема правового менталітету - це тема національної самосвідомості й самовизначення людини, а сенс цісї категорії полягас в тому, що воно насамперед не фіксус позитивно-пра­вове явище, а становить форму самосвідомості народу (як і усвідомлення історичної долі цього народу з точки зору інших культур). Національний характер тотожний зі своєрідним способом життя, комплексом культурних цінностей, правилами поведінки та системою інституцій, притаманних певному народу.   Topic legal mentality - is a topic of national identity and self-determination rights, and the meaning of this category is that it fixes, primarily, but not positive-legal phenomenon, and is a form of self-consciousness of the people (as well as the awareness ot the historical destiny of the people with the perspective of other cultures). National character is identical to the original way of life, a complex of cultural values, rules of conduct and the system of institutions specific to certain people.

Aesthetic Dilemmas of Adaptation and the Politics of Subjectivity: Animating the Chinese ClassicJourney to the West

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengcheng You
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
The West ◽  
The Real ◽  
Quest For Meaning ◽  
National Allegory ◽  
Canonical Text ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
Monkey King

This article reviews four major Chinese animated adaptations based on the classic Journey to the West. It shows how these adaptations, spanning four historical phases of modern China, encapsulate changes in Chinese national identity. Close readings underpin a developmental narrative about how Chinese animated adaptations of this canonical text strive to negotiate the multimodal expressions of homegrown folklore traditions, technical influences of western animation, and domestic political situations across time. This process has identified aesthetic dilemmas around adaptations that oscillate between national allegory and individual destiny, verisimilitude and the fantastic quest for meaning. In particular, the subjectivisation of Monkey King on the screen, embodying the transition from primitivistic impulse, youthful idealism and mature practicality up to responsible stewardship, presents how an iconic national figure encapsulates the real historical time of China.

Governance and Corruption

2002 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafar Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Remedial Action ◽  
The West ◽  
Scientific Thought ◽  
Moral Virtues ◽  
Order Preference ◽  
Rational Understanding ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Character Building ◽  
The Individual

This paper compares the Islamic and the western social scien­tific perspectives on corruption. Jt is argued that the emerging shift in social scientific thought in viewing corruption from "grease that oils the economic wheel" to a "menace that under­mines economic growth" has brought rational understanding of the phenomenon much closer to [slamic doctrine. Where they differ is with respect to remedial action. The western approach focuses on governance and designing appropriate systems and institutions that gear information and incentives toward minimiz­ing opportunities and enticement for corruption. In short, it emphasizes constraints external to the individual. By comparison, Islam seeks to go beyond such constraints, and also instill in believers a clear "second-order" preference for non­corrupt behavior. lt recommends developing a firm belief in transcendent accountability, stresses character building through practicing moral virtues and shunning vices. In essence, much of the restraint comes from within through a moral renovation. rt is our contention that both emphases are important in eliminating corruption and that the followers oflslam and the West can learn from one another.

Developing a curriculum designed to overcome intolerance: A conceptual approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-201
Author(s):  
Michael B. Hinner
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Diversity Training ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Cultural Diversity Training ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Low Levels

Abstract The paper examines the theoretical foundation of intolerance and explores potential topics for a curriculum designed to overcome intolerance. Previous research has shown that a negative self-image and low self-esteem seem to foster intolerance. Likewise, individuals with low levels of self-awareness tend to be more willing to express intolerance while paying less attention to the impression their behaviour and communication has among others. Individuals with a negative self-image and low self-esteem often resist change and tend to look for information that confirms and reinforces their existing viewpoints while ignoring information that contradicts their viewpoints. The research of Kruger and Dunning (1999), though, suggests that instruction in metacognition can overcome these negative characteristics. Especially if metacognitive training is coupled with multicultural education, cultural diversity training, and foreign language instruction as other research has revealed.

Schooling the Muslim Nation

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iqbal Singh Sevea
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
National Character ◽  
The West ◽  
Western Education ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Muslim Education

This article examines Muhammad Iqbal’s critique of contemporary approaches towards Muslim education. In his writings, poetic and prose, Iqbal took on both the traditional religious authorities who administered the Madrasas and the modernists associated with the Aligarh College for failing to provide an education that was true to the ‘national character’ and to develop a synthesis of Islamic and western knowledge. While the former were criticised for ignoring modern intellectual developments, the latter were attacked for being intellectually captive to the West. At a broader level, this article employs Iqbal as a foil to debates over the empowering potential of western education. Iqbal’s views are examined against the background of attempts by Muslim intel-lectuals to negotiate between the adoption of a universal modern education and the development of an educational system that kept Muslims grounded in Islam and their ‘national character’. These negotiations took on a number of shapes, pedagogical and polemical as well as theological.

The value systems of liberals and conservatives in Hungary, 1830–1848

1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iván Zoltán Dénes
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
The State ◽  
National Character ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
Political Opinion ◽  
Foreign Countries

ABSTRACTThe challenge of Joseph II's enlightened absolutist reforms in the 1780s imposed upon the Hungarian political opinion the painful dilemma of choosing between ‘fatherland’ and ‘progress’, between ‘nation’ and ‘civilization’, between national identity and modernization. These responses created the conceptual basis for the emergence of the modern Hungarian nation. The following characterizes the Hungarian liberals' and conservatives' intellectual horizons and value systems between 1830 and 1848. These two schools represent at least two different modernization strategies, and at least two concepts of national character and two perceptions of adversaries. The ideas here discussed concern the very bases of social organization and the nature and legitimacy of the state; they reveal how Hungarians conceived of the nation; how they saw foreign countries and the European equilibrium; how they perceived themselves and their adversaries, and how they envisaged their past and future.

Problems of preserving the norms of Adyge khabz in the context of globalization (based on the materials of a sociological study)

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-93
Author(s):  
Z.Kh. Guchetl ◽  
◽  
O.I. Kuskarova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Ethical Codes ◽  
The North

In this article, the authors comprehend the moral and ethical phenomenon of "Adyge habz the problems of its preservation and development in modern society in the context of globalization. The study of traditions is undoubtedly relevant in modern conditions, when many ethnic groups persistently retain interest in past values, their origins and prospects. The authors note that this problem is relevant not only for the Adygs, but also for other peoples of the North Caucasus, which have their own analogues of national moral and ethical codes. Based on the results of the conducted sociological research, it is concluded that the role of Adyghism (adygag) in the system of traditional ethno-cultural values of the Adyghes has decreased, and therefore there is a need to revive and develop the national identity of the Adyghes.

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