A Moment to Come Together: Personal Reflections on Trayvon Martin

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
Roxanne Christensen ◽  
LaSonia Barlow ◽  
Demetrius E. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Professional Psychology ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Come ◽  
Professional Responses ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
Unique Individual

Three personal reflections provided by doctoral students of the Michigan School of Professional Psychology (Farmington Hills, Michigan) address identification of individual perspectives on the tragic events surrounding Trayvon Martin’s death. The historical ramifications of a culture-in-context and the way civil rights, racism, and community traumatization play a role in the social construction of criminals are explored. A justice orientation is applied to both the community and the individual via internal reflection about the unique individual and collective roles social justice plays in the outcome of these events. Finally, the personal and professional responses of a practitioner who is also a mother of minority young men brings to light the need to educate against stereotypes, assist a community to heal, and simultaneously manage the direct effects of such events on youth in society. In all three essays, common themes of community and growth are addressed from varying viewpoints. As worlds collided, a historical division has given rise to a present unity geared toward breaking the cycle of violence and trauma. The authors plead that if there is no other service in the name of this tragedy, let it at least contribute to the actualization of a society toward growth and healing.

Anthropologische Voraussetzungen einer Theorie der Sozialisation / Anthropological Foundations of a Theory of Socialization

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Claessens
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
Selective Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Historical Fact ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual ◽  
External Stimuli

AbstractAnthropology today consists of statements about the evolution of the mammals resulting in man; it could provide the counterpoint to mans plasticity (GEHLEN) and implies the assumption that man is not capable of unlimited educational moulding.The subsistence of life in general requires a complementary and affine environment. With the evolution of (bi- parental) care of young, the development of „existing“ - that is, biologically possible - dispositions and competences becomes more highly contingent; personality development in each individual depends on the timeley offer of appropriate external stimuli for the inner mechanisms.COUNT’s concept of the biogram points the correspondence between the constitution of an organism (as a product of its evolution) and its behavior. However, his emphasis on the continuity of evolutionary prerequisites of human culture with the tendencies of mammal and primate evolution fails to grasp the particular complexity of the human biogram. The realization of man’s social, sexual and linguistic competence entangles him necessarily in cultural and social networks, thus the extent to which such competences exist even as possibilities depends on the opportunities for such participation. Precondition for their realization is the isolation from selective pressures through the group (H. MILLER). This relieves the individual from specialization towards the environment and at the same time requires that he specializes in aiding the survival of the group as such. The (social and sexual) tendencies which lead to building a group are thereafter modified by the genesis of principally new social relationships and new real needs. Constitutive for the specifically human development is „work“, which may be defined as the consequence of intending or wanting something which one cannot do alone. Language is a necessary product and prerequisite of planned (not merely ad hoc) work. This may be seen as the threshold which defines the evolving species as „man“.If human nature is then the necessity incessantly to come to terms with the consequences of realizing competence, it has in historical fact developed as inequality of adaptive pressure within the society and towards the environment. It is thus not possible to speak of a general human social, sexual or linguistics competence, as the lack of developmental opportunity deforms or destroys the competence. The anthropological concept of competence must therefore be historically specified. Socialization theory must begin by analyzing the (social) sources of impediments to the development and the realization of competence before it can describe abstractly the conditions for the chance of realization.

ÇAĞDAŞ SANATTA TRAVMAYLA YÜZLEŞME BAĞLAMINDA MEKTUP

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-200
Author(s):  
Rabia Demir
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual

Events such as illness, death, violence, and war deeply affect the life of the individual or the social structure and cause radical changes and traumas. In the historical process of art, it is seen that artists are not indifferent to traumas, on the contrary, traumas constitute the center of their work. This article examines how the letter is handled as a means of communication between the artist and the audience in contemporary artworks that want to face personal or social traumas. In this context, examples of contemporary art that want to be aware of the traumas experienced, to tell them, to come to terms with the past and to achieve improvement in the name of the future, and using the letter as a means of expression, are included. In these works, where the letter is used as a means of expression and communication, the writer, reader or listener changes; the letter is written/read/listened to by the artist or the audience. Thus, the audience plays an important role as well as the letter in the emergence and completion of the work. This, in turn, turns the works into an interactive space, allowing to face the past and to realize the trauma experienced.

SOCIAL DILEMMAS AND COLLECTIVE RATIONALITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-33
Author(s):  
Aleksander S. Kudinov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Dilemmas ◽  
Collective Rationality ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
The Common ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mutual Agreement

The article discusses the compatibility of particular rational actions at the individual level with the rationality as such at the collective one. The issue arises in decision-making collisions by several individuals, when the results of a possible rational choice of an individual are restricted by interactions with other actors. Such cases of interaction are found in the economic theory, political science, sociology, management and other areas of science related to a person and a group of people. The article examines the social dilemmas that are obvious when all individuals in a social group behave as «rational maximizers of utility» what makes it difficult to come to mutual agreement and coordinate their actions. In respect to the «tragedy of the common» dilemma, the author discusses ways of overcoming the incompatibility for individual and collective rationality within the framework of a new institutional policy, as a new direction of science in the public resources management.

scholarly journals ‘Not a Problem Until it Becomes a Problem’: A Qualitative Study of Values and Risks of In-house Family Ties in Swedish Workplaces

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Haugen ◽  
Kerstin Westin
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Come ◽  
Day To Day Operations ◽  
The Individual

In-house family ties at workplaces occur in most contexts, and are associated with both advantages and disadvantages. On the basis of 40 interviews with human resource managers at Swedish workplaces, the values and risks of in-house family ties and their importance within the workplace are analyzed jointly, thus allowing for a holistic perspective. The interviews reveal values and risks on a strategic level, for day-to-day operations, for the social work environment, and on the level of individuals. Crucially, even when in-house family ties are perceived as uncomplicated, there is a latent risk that problems might arise. The interpretation of the role of in-house family ties is also strongly related to whether they are paired with asymmetrical (vertical) power relations. It also depends heavily on the chosen perspective—that of the organization, the social work environment, the individual, or the broader society—and the perceived advantages tend to come with corresponding inverted disadvantages.

scholarly journals Property and “Nuda Potestas” as Constitutions of Reinach’s Philosophy of Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 75-89
Author(s):  
Manuela Massa
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Political Power ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Philosophy Of Law ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Social Act

This contribution centers on the notions of property and nuda potestas in Reinach’s philosophy of law. I aim to demonstrate how both terms ground an important part of Reinach’s understanding of a priori condition for civil rights. Consequently, I assess the principle of property with a comparison to Luis de Molina, since he shows in his De Iustitia et Iure how dominium and rights justify some forms of property (lay and ecclesiastical) and political power (Molina 1659, disp2 n1; Kaufmann 2014, 129). Hence, the right of the person is discussed by following the potestas. In Die apriorischen Grundlagen des bürgerlichen Rechtes, Reinach implicitly refers to the nuda potestas, which is a kind of power that can be applied only formally and not in fact to something else and for that reason, it can only be caught a priori, since acts are performed by another person within it. This is the reason why the rights of a person can be divided between more people, and it is at first just a kind of property, which can be exercised upon the individual. Consequently, I divide my contribution as follows. First, in considering the social act, I show how its characteristics of Anspruch and Verbindlichkeit result from the commitment that human beings make to one another. In doing this, I discuss the particular condition of slavery through which it is possible to find the property and the nuda potestas since there is no enjoyment of the good to which it refers. Second, I apply both concepts by showing a parallel with Luis de Molina. This comes about in consideration of the case of dominium, in which absolute rights can be ascribed to their relative claim. Third and finally, I offer a critique of Reinach, in which I show how absolute rights and relative claims cannot be assimilated.

scholarly journals The Social Position of Doctoral Candidates within the Academic Field: Comparative Considerations Regarding Doctoral Program Attrition in Germany and the USA

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Franz
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Doctoral Education ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Program Attrition ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Phd Programs

During the ongoing period of transformation of the German doctoral education from the individual master-apprentice model to more structured PhD programs, US-American PhD programs have served as a model for many of the newly established programs. One of the political aims of restructuring doctoral education in Germany within the last decade is the reduction of attrition rates.However, it remains unknown whether differences exist between the attrition rates and what the causes of non-completion are. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to discuss the need of a comparative empirical study to understand doctoral program attrition in both countries.This article first examines the organization of doctoral education in Germany and the USA with reference to doctoral program attrition. Secondly, it explains Bourdieu´s concept of the scientific field and the social position of doctoral students. Finally, it suggests taking a closer look at the position of doctoral students, their amount of capital and possible actions as implications for further research.

scholarly journals Približavanje sociološkom pristupu religiji u uvjetima hrvatskog društva

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Esad Ćimić
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Social Setting ◽  
Religious Consciousness ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Come ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Analytical Approaches ◽  
Religious Landscape

Seeking an answer to key theoretical questions, the author attempts to come up with an “applicable” model in line with analytical approaches to the structure of the religious or atheistic consciousness. Laying down its essential constitutive elements and dimensions the author treats them on the same theoretical and methodological level, “positioning" them in their social embedment and reading them in respect of their particularities and importance within the social setting under consideration. With these guidelines the author determines the religious experience and the religious consciousness. Traditional, experiental and rational elements are spread out over an even field wherein it is possible to fathom the roots of religious belief. In this context, a challenging field of social research opens up for investigating the relativising elements not only within the process of the manifestation of religion on the individual and group level but within the process of its transformation, the intensity of its action and, above all, in the socail consequences of the widest spectre.All the challenges we have met in investigating the religious phenomenon draw attention to a preoccupation with either theoretical apriorism or with matriculated empiricism. The overcoming of this state of affairs necessitates the investigation of the specific relation of worldly (social-political) and spiritual (religious) factors, especially in the national and religious domains. With this in mind the author draws the reader’s attention to the rural and urban religious landscape. The investigation carried out in the article can produce a fruitful response, a critical réévaluation of “unqucstionable”theoretical premises.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Borderline Psychopathy through neuropsychological and psychosocial factors

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon John Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Prediction ◽  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Literal Sense ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Scores ◽  
Gen X ◽  
Statistical Change

Psychopathy, in its literal sense, is a dangerous disorder. It exhibits antisocial behavior, inclusive of rage or aggression, fantasy, etc. The current psychopath population is 1%, but this paper puts forth the probability of an increase in the current population. No individual scores a zero on the Levenson scale, and that in itself shows the innate harsh tendencies of the individual, hidden behind the social norms and good values, however, this paper shows how those could be affected and cause the individual to rank higher on the APD scale (given below), resulting in undesired antisocial behavior or the potential behavior. In this paper, we have taken the scores of the different generations (gen x, millennials, and gen z) to outline the statistical change in the scores to predict an estimate. This paper, through the different variables and the statistics, deduces an increase in the APD population to be a likely one in the future to come through theoretical prediction.

scholarly journals Monitoring of Health Based On IOT

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1658-1660
Author(s):  
Sanjograj Singh Ahuja
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Psychological Wellness ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
Intelligent Approach ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Abstract: Intelligent and connected medical care is especially significant among various applications empowered by the Internet of Things (IoT). Organized sensors, either worn on the body or installed in our living surroundings, make conceivable the social affair of rich data demonstrative of our physical and psychological wellness. Grabbed consistently, amassed, and viably mined, such data can achieve an extraordinary positive change in the medical care scene. Specifically, the accessibility of information as of recently combined with another age of intelligent approach algorithm can: (a) work with an advancement in the act of medication, from the flow post facto analyse and treat sensitive position, to a proactive structure for a guess of infections at a beginning stage, combined with counteraction, fix, and generally speaking administration of health rather than illness, (b) empower personalization of treatment and the board options focused on especially to the particular conditions and needs of the individual, and (c) assist with reducing the expense of medical services while at the same time further developing results. In this paper, we feature the chances and difficulties for IoT in understanding this idea of things to come of medical care

scholarly journals Perilous Life Views: Suicide, Morality and the Rise of the Individual in May Fourth China

1970 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Rune Svarverud
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
May Fourth Movement ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Fourth Movement ◽  
The Social ◽  
May Fourth ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The May Fourth Movement

Individualism, imported as an intellectual current from the West, entered the Chinese discourse during late imperial times in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The early Chinese interpretation and representation of individualism was closely related to ideas of China’s national survival in what was perceived as a Darwinian battle for survival between nations. During the May Fourth Movement starting in 1919, individualism for many prominent intellectuals took on new perspectives, interpreting the individual as an ultimate end of political and social life. With the introduction of Marxist thought and the rise of socialism as a political movement individualism was, however, again in China attached to collective interests related to society at large, to nation and to the world community of socialism. The aim of this article is to focus on interpretations of the individual, on the morality and the social responsibilities of the individual, in a Chinese debate on suicide around the May Fourth Movement in 1919. By focussing on the debate on the rights and wrongs of suicide, I hope to be able to show how notions of the individual and his or her relationship to family and society at this time carried connotations from the early forms of individualism in China as well as bearing witness of the growing interest in the social theories of Marxism to become so prominent in the decades to come. I intend to show that the May Fourth period contains different interpretations of the individual and individual morality and that these interpretations may be attached to different generations of intellectuals in China at this time. My interpretation of this debate will show that individualism was a very strong current among student intellectuals in China around 1919. That current was, however, short-lived as the teacher generation of intellectuals during the May Fourth, prominently concerned with collective social and political questions, dominated the period to come when Socialism gained momentum as the main intellectual current in the 1920s and ’30s.

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