scholarly journals «Дизайнерские дети» как профилактика инвалидизации общества

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-103
Author(s):  
Галина Сергеевна Широкалова
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Traditional Morality ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Society ◽  
Prevention Of Disability ◽  
Society Today

Медикализация человеческой жизни расширяет свои возможности и права в сферах, которые были/есть табу в координатах традиционной морали. В статье анализируется проблема конструирования будущего общества через создание «дизайнерских детей», в том числе для предотвращения инвалидизации населения с помощью биомедицинских ГМ-технологий. В отличие от ученых общественное мнение пока не готово к прогнозированию последствий, рассматривая биомедицину только как эффективный способ борьбы с болезнями. На уровне обыденного сознания нет предубеждений к исследованиям в данном направлении, лишь незначительная часть населения задумывается об отдаленных медицинских и социальных последствиях данных операций. В мире всегда существовали «ученые-еретики», работающие вне границ академий и институтов. Сегодня среди них могут быть и «биохакеры», чьи исследования финансируются частными лицами, заинтересованными в результатах для решения собственных целей и проконтролировать их работу не в силах ни один закон, ни одно государство, Среди ученых всегда были люди, готовые рискнуть всем ради нового слова в науке. В средние века они шли на костер, тем более не остановит научный прогресс наказание в несколько лет тюремного срока сегодня. Изменив этические границы для себя, они будут изменять мораль большинства. Пассивность общества сегодня спровоцирует политиков завтра на принятие решений, способствующих дальнейшей десакрализации человеческого тела в самых разных направлениях. The medicalization of human life expands its capabilities and rights in areas that were / are taboo in the coordinates of traditional morality. The article analyzes the problem of constructing a future society through the creation of “designer children”, including prevention of disability of the population with the help of biomedical GM-technologies. Unlike scientists, public opinion is not yet ready to predict the consequences, considering biomedicine only as an effective way to fight diseases. At the level of everyday consciousness, there are no prejudices towards research in this direction, only a small part of the population thinks about the long-term medical and social consequences of these operations. There have always been “heretic scientists” in the world who work outside the boundaries of academies and institutions. Today, there may be “biohackers” among them, whose research is funded by private individuals interested in the results to achieve their own goals and not a single law, not a single state can control their work. Among scientists there have always been people who are ready to risk everything for a new word in science. In the Middle Ages, they went to the stake, so even less the punishment of several years in prison today can stop scientific progress. By changing ethical boundaries for themselves, they will change the morality of the majority. The passivity of society today will provoke politicians tomorrow to make decisions that contribute to the further desacralization of the human body in various directions.

Homer: A relational mnemohistory

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid Erll
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Twentieth Century Literature ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The West ◽  
Memory Culture ◽  
European Heritage ◽  
The World ◽  
Century Literature

This article proposes to extend the prevalent short-term and presentist frameworks of research on transcultural memory and to consider its dynamics across long-term relational mnemohistories. After more than two and a half millennia, “Homer” and the Homeric epics still resonate in memory cultures across the world. But they are often erroneously cast as “European heritage” or “foundations of the West.” This is the result of what I call a tenacious “Homeric genea-logic.” Highlighting three moments in the relational mnemohistory of Homer, this article shows, first, that already during their emergence in the archaic age, the Homeric epics were relational objects; second, how during the Middle Ages Homer could arrive in Petrarch’s Italy only as a product of relational remembering between the Roman and the Byzantine empires; and third, how twentieth-century literature (Joyce, Walcott) developed conscious modes of mnemonic relationality connecting diverse cultural memories. Relationality thus emerges as a key term for a reflexive memory culture today, a tool to overcome exclusive memory logics (“Homer as the heritage of Europe”) while enabling the articulation of meaningful long-term transcultural memories (“Homer as relational heritage in Europe”).

scholarly journals Concept “cow” (“bull”) as an archetype in ancient written texts

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
A. G. Gambarova
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Background Information ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The World

The 21st century is characterized as the century of globalization, the integration of cultures, which, of course, leaves its mark on the development of cognitive linguistics. Linguistics as a science of language, reflects all the changes that occur in the thinking and speech behavior of modern society. Cognitive linguistics makes it possible to identify and trace the logical foundations of the emergence and development of the human language as a general cultural phenomenon of human life and its features within the framework of a national culture. Cognitive studies in the language bring people together with different levels of development, culture and religious affiliation, which is necessary in the high-tech age, as they promote tolerance, religious tolerance and mutual respect. The article analyzes the mythological and religious texts of different peoples and faiths in order to identify one of C. Jung’s archetypes. It is a collective unconscious modeling function of certain words. Three centuries ago R. Descartes called such archetypes “the alphabet of human thoughts”. Then this expression was partially used in the late 1650s by the mathematician Blaise Pascal, and later applied in the works of G. Leibniz at the end of the 17th century. It is noteworthy that Descartes, Pascal, C. Jung and some other famous scholars were among the first in linguistics and the history of philosophical teachings to point out the importance of studying the symbolic primitives of thought in linguistic culture. They believed that such archetypes, thanks to symbolism, are part of the general linguistic picture of the world. At the same time the analysis was carried out, confirming one of the main provisions of modern cognitive linguistics about the interplay of language and culture, the originality of the linguistic picture of the world put forward in the Middle Ages by E. B. de Condillac, later proclaimed by W. von Humbolt, and underlying Sapir-Wharf’s theory of linguistic relativity.Not trying to “grasp the immensity”, the author of the article did not set a goal to indicate the use of the tokens “bull” and “cow” in different ancient languages. For example, in Asia and the East they acquire individual meaning in the group of Semitic languages (Arabic, etc.) or Turkic-speaking (Turkish, etc.). They are beyond the scope of our study. Comparisons and comparisons of these lexemes only in Russian and Hindi and a group of Indonesian languages come into view. Some other isolated parallels relate to the so-called “background information”. The study relies on a systematic analysis of the famous anthropologist K. Levy-Strauss and on the analogy method, widely used by linguists, culturologists, and anthropologists.

Impact of Riverbank erosion on Human life

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 53-56
Author(s):  
Dr. Biplab Tripathy ◽  
Tanmoy Mondal
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Bank Erosion ◽  
River Ecology ◽  
River Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Riverbank Erosion ◽  
Social Insecurity ◽  
Critical Problems ◽  
Long Term Consequences

The side portion of a course of river called riverbank. The area is always important to our human civilization for all kinds of development. But it is not so secure for various problems.  Riverbank erosion is one of the critical problems in the world at least in some countries. It has a long term consequences on human life. The problems which create challenge in river basin are flood, landslide, land erosion, deforestation etc. The victims are migrated and they become hopeless. On the other hand river bank erosion also affects river ecology in different way. The peoples those lived in near to bank area of river are suffered by economically, social insecurity and health problem indirectly by riverbank erosion. All these insecurities caused by the forced of displacement of riverbank.

Preparing for the Confucian Millennium

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-86
Author(s):  
Uri Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
English Language ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Religious Movement ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
The World ◽  
Unique Model ◽  
Society Today

Despite its small size and unconventional doctrines, the Korean new religious movement, “Rectified Confucian Way” (Kaengjŏngyudo), exerts considerable influence on Korean society today. Members of the group operate dozens of children’s camps and other educational programs aimed to promote traditional moral behaviors among the population, in line with their millennial vision of an evolving Confucian era. This article offers the first English-language introductory investigation of this fascinating movement. It reviews the early twentieth-century mystical genesis of the religion, its development of scriptures and rituals, and its members’ active, optimistic attempts to lead the world into the Confucian millennium. Based on this data, the paper suggests that this group offers a unique model of a long-term, gradualist—rather than imminent—millennial expectation.

scholarly journals Aging Society and Decline Fertility: How to Respond?

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-341
Author(s):  
Asim Kurjak ◽  
Ana Stavljenic Rukavina
Keyword(s):  
Obstet Gynecol ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Aging Society ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
The World ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Aging World ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT We are living in the time of aging of almost all societies in the world. There are at least two long-term causes of aging world and a temporary blip that will continue to show up in the figures for the next few decades. The first of the big reasons is that people everywhere are living far longer than they used to. A second and bigger cause of the aging of societies is that people everywhere are having far fewer children, so the younger age groups are much too small to counterbalance the growing number of older people. These facts will certainly turn the world into a different place. In this paper, we would like to stress the relationship between economic growth, aging and decline fertility as well as social consequences of both. How to cite this article Kurjak A, Stavljenic Rukavina A, Stanojevic M. Aging Society and Decline Fertility: How to Respond? Donald School J Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2012;6(3):333-341.

scholarly journals The Human Value of Buddhist Teachings and Its Significance For Moral Education In Vietnamese Society Today

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Dr. Lê Văn Đoán
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
World View ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Common Humanity ◽  
Human Value ◽  
The World ◽  
National Spirit ◽  
Society Today

Buddhism has lived with the Vietnamese people for more than 20 centuries; The link of communication has tightened Buddhism with the Vietnamese people into an inseparable block. The thought of Buddhism has imbued with the national spirit and profoundly influenced the world view and human outlook of the Vietnamese people. Up to now, many Buddhist researchers have offered different opinions, but they all have one thing in common: Humanity can hardly imagine the fact that about 2600 years ago there was a flesh and blood people with superhuman thoughts have lived on our planet. The human value of Buddhism has been expressed in the worldview and human life with a sharp and vivid view.

Metaphysics of movement

2021 ◽  
pp. 598-608
Author(s):  
Gr.G. Khubulava
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Human Life ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Bodily Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Mind

Relevance. Movement surrounds and accompanies us everywhere: planets move, time, river waters, the life of cities is accompanied by traffic along highways. Our own life is also inseparable from the phenomenon of movement, both at the micro and macro levels: whether it be the movement and division of atoms of matter and cells of the body, the movement and interaction of our bodies in space, or the movement of a person towards a specific goal, conditioned by intention and expressed in actions, which in themselves are also a movement of the will. Purpose: to describe and evaluate the nature of the phenomenon of movement both in the history of philosophy (from Zeno to Descartes and Bergson) and in the history of medicine (from Aristotle and Celsus to modern mechanisms that give a person a chance to return the possibility of movement as an aspect of full life). Methods: the research method is not only the analysis of the development of the phenomenon of movement in the history of philosophy and science, but also the analysis of the influence of modern technologies on the very understanding of the nature of movement not as a physiological, but as an ontological phenomenon. Results. The ancient idea of movement as a deception of the senses, describing the closed on itself the existence of an objectively motionless space or being the source and cause of eternally arising and disintegrating existence, was an attempt by thinkers to “catch the mind on being”, not just creating a picture of a single cosmos, but also comprehending him as part of the human world. The bodily movement and structure of a person was understood as part of the visible and speculative structure of being. The thought of the Middle Ages, which understood movement as the path of the world and man to God, perceived the phenomenon of movement as an expression of free will and, at the same time, the desire of the world to its completion, which is at the same time the moment of its transformation. The Renaissance epoch, which proclaimed man as an end in itself for existence, closely links the physical movement of man with the movement of the cosmos, and considers the visible nature to be the source of knowledge of the Divine Will. The New Time, which theoretically separated the mechanics of the bodily and the impulses of the soul and mind and declared man a “biological machine”, in fact does not break the relationship between the movement of the soul and the body, but, demonstrating the difference in the nature of these movements, anticipated the discovery of psychosomatics. Finally, modern times not only created a classification of “body techniques” inherent in various stages of human life and groups of people, describing the socio-cultural aspect of corporeality, but also perceived movement as an act of our existence and involvement in the existence of the world. Conclusion. Movement cannot be understood as a purely physiological act. In the process of growth, becoming, having barely learned to walk, we are faced with the need to perform actions, to “behave”, to be like a personal I and as a part of the moving world that collided with us. A world in which every step is an event and deed capable of defining “the landscape of our personal and universal being”.

scholarly journals Noise pollution is one of the causes of occupational diseases

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (92) ◽  
pp. 165-168
Author(s):  
I. G. Yaroshovych ◽  
B. P. Tchaikovskyj ◽  
B. M. Mykychak ◽  
T. S. Yaroshovych
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
World Health ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
The World ◽  
Loss Of Hearing ◽  
Excessive Noise ◽  
Hearing Problems

People lose hearing more often than we can imagine. Loss of hearing or deafness today is one of the most common occupational diseases not only in Ukraine but also in the world. Every day we are accompanied by a whole range of the most diverse sources of noise - household appliances at home and in the office, neighbors repairs, televisions, the road to work - metro, people in public transport or loud headphones music. And this can not be avoided, because each of us lives in a society, co-exists with other its representatives. All our life – a global communication. Many experiments found that noise is a general biologic stimulus and under certain conditions can affect all human life systems. The influence of noise on the human auditory organ is most fully studied. Intense noise, especially at high frequencies – 4000 Hz or more, with daily exposure leads to a professional illness – hearing loss, the symptom of which is the slow loss of hearing on both ears. According to official statistics of the World Health Organization, more than 5% of the Earth's population suffers from a disabling hearing loss. That is, such loss results not only in the deterioration of hearing quality, but also has certain social consequences, namely: more than 360 million people around the world have hearing problems (about 328 million adults and 32 million children); 1.1 billion teenagers and young people are at risk of hearing loss mainly due to listening to high-volume music as well as excessive noise levels; more than a third of people lose hearing as a result of excessive noise levels in the workplace. The rest is congenital deafness, loss of hearing due to various diseases and injuries; an average of almost ten years is passed before hearing impaired people turn to a doctor; studies have shown that about 1/3 of people over 65 years have hearing problems.

scholarly journals Human in the face of global pandemics: historical and psychological review

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1 (32)) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
A.L. Ustinov ◽  
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E.S. Naboichenko ◽  
S.V. Chuprakova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Psychological Review ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual

The article attempts to analyze the historical and psychological aspects of the world pandemics of the past and present. The authors provide a detailed overview of the world's pandemics and their impact on society and the individual. Historical and psychological reviews allow us to draw a parallel between the large-scale pandemics of the past and the present, which is especially relevant in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic that has engulfed humanity. A logical and reasonable periodization of global pandemics is suggested, and the authors give a detailed description of each stage. The first stage includes the pandemics of traditional and early industrial society that raged in the ancient world, the middle ages, and early modern times. The authors highlight such features as a high mortality rate, localization in certain regions and continents, the connection of the spread of diseases with the processes of population migration, crusades, and great geographical discoveries. The second stage includes the pandemics of the industrial era, which occur in the context of globalization, urbanization and increasing crowding of the population, but become less destructive. The authors associate the third stage with modern pandemics generated by the transition to a post-industrial (information) society. The authors note the reduction in mortality from pandemics, and at the same time mutations of viruses, which forces scientists around the world to constantly search for and develop new vaccines. Historical, cultural and psychological analysis of past pandemics allows us to understand better the psychological features of human life in the context of a new coronavirus infection. The authors reveal the role of technological progress in the fight against global pandemics, the role of virus mutations in the development of medical knowledge.

Adapting First Aid to Actual Needs

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (S1) ◽  
pp. 63-64
Author(s):  
Asmund S. Laerdal
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Western World ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Medical

The purpose of first aid remains the same through the ages: to prevent pain, disease and death. But the need is different in different places and at different times.It should not be forgotten that in large parts of the world the most immediate threat to human life is starvation and malnutrition, together with lack of hygiene and basic medical care. The kind of first aid most needed under such circumstances is food and medicine. The key to a long-term solution is education in self-help. The prosperity and experience of the Western world must, in the future, be used more systematically to booster development towards self-sufficiency in the less developed countries. These are most important aspects that should be dealt with more often. The time frame of this article forces me to concentrate on conditions in the industrial world.

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