scholarly journals The Socio-Ethical Outlook on the Concept of Human Aggression and a Concept of Good Society—Towards New Socio-Religious Approaches for Human Morality—Theoretical Debate

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 890
Author(s):  
Leon Szot ◽  
Iwona Niewiadomska
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Good Society ◽  
Human Aggression ◽  
Positive Action ◽  
Religious Morality

The authors analyze the concept of human aggression and the concept of a good society as they are both perceived in the sociological and interdisciplinary domains. They debate the issue of human aggression observed in contemporary societies, which hampers general social development worldwide, the expedition of socio-religious morality, and the positive action of good behavior. Both concepts have a long record of sociological research, although the exploration of the concept of a good society was most popular in the sociological research of the 1970s. At present, a substantial increase in the levels of human aggression among and particularly towards religious communities in societies during peacetime is seen as the most complex impediment to the preservation of good societies, regardless of their structural endeavors. The authors analyze the available data, including empirical data, concerning their researched theme to identify a theoretical framework of linkages that would allow them to perform further research and take stock of the scientific efforts made so far to perceive morality as a platform connecting good society models with the potential for the reduction in aggression.

scholarly journals God en armoede in die Karoo – ’n Besinning oor ’n teologie van transformasie

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 321
Author(s):  
PI Van Niekerk
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Arid Area ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Social Involvement ◽  
Christian Humanism ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Church

<strong>God and poverty in the Karoo – A reflection on a theology of transformation</strong> <br /> The Karoo is an outstretched arid area characterised by poverty and underdevelopment. This article focuses on the poverty of the Karoo people and the effect of their faith in God on social development and transformation. The future of the Karoo is vested in its people and religious communities. Previous research indicated that believers’ image of God had an effect on their attitude towards social development and transformation. A small sample of women in a Karoo town experienced God as loving, but not as a God that inspired people towards transformation. The test for the church lies in her social involvement in the world as its salvation is God’s concern. In Christian humanism the integrity of creation in a world filled with injustice and poverty is emphasised. Churches in the Karoo are encouraged to utilise a theology of transformation that is developmentally driven and inspired by a transforming image of God.

scholarly journals Rejecting the conflict narrative: American Jewish and Muslim views on science and religion

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 478-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon Vaidyanathan ◽  
David R Johnson ◽  
Pamela J Prickett ◽  
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Keyword(s):  
Science And Religion ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Social Scientific Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
The Relationship

Sociological research on the US population’s views of science and religion has recently burgeoned, but focuses primarily on Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals. Our study advances understandings of how Americans of non-Christian faiths – namely Judaism and Islam – perceive the relationship between science and religion. We draw on in-depth interviews (N=92) conducted in Orthodox Jewish, Reform Jewish, and Sunni Muslim congregations in two major cities to elucidate how respondents’ respective traditions help them frame the relationship between science and religion. Findings demonstrate that members of these religious communities distance themselves from the pervasive conflict narrative. They rely on religious texts and historical traditions to instead articulate relationships of compatibility and independence between science and religion, while developing strategies to negotiate conflict around delimited issues. Findings push the social scientific study of religion and science beyond a specifically Christian and conflict-oriented focus.

scholarly journals Studies of Olfactory System Neural Plasticity: The Contribution of the Unilateral Naris Occlusion Technique

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Coppola
Keyword(s):  
Neural Plasticity ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Olfactory System ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Olfactory Pathway ◽  
Compensatory Responses ◽  
Occlusion Technique ◽  
Olfactory Plasticity ◽  
The Many

Unilateral naris occlusion has long been the method of choice for effecting stimulus deprivation in studies of olfactory plasticity. A significant body of literature speaks to the myriad consequences of this manipulation on the ipsilateral olfactory pathway. Early experiments emphasized naris occlusion’s deleterious and age-critical effects. More recent studies have focused on life-long vulnerability, particularly on neurogenesis, and compensatory responses to deprivation. Despite the abundance of empirical data, a theoretical framework in which to understand the many sequelae of naris occlusion on olfaction has been elusive. This paper focuses on recent data, new theories, and underappreciated caveats related to the use of this technique in studies of olfactory plasticity.

TOLERANCE AS A CONDITION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3/1) ◽  
pp. 167-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. E. NEFEDYEVA ◽  
E. V. ZIMINA
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
State University ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Limited Health

In the article results of sociological research of quality of tolerance  and features of tolerant attitudes in the student's environment are  resulted. The survey was conducted in the form of a questionnaire survey of students at the Baikal State University.  General views of the student youth about tolerance and intolerance,  their essential expression were considered. The main types of  tolerance are revealed depending on ethnic, psychophysical, demographic and other social characteristics. The  estimation of tolerance among students in small social groups is  given. The reasons and methods for resolving disagreements and  conflicts manifested on the basis of intolerant behavior and  relationships were studied. The students' opinion on the level of  tolerance in modern society among representatives of different  national groups, social strata, different faiths, political opinions, etc.  is considered. Particular attention is paid to the manifestation of  tolerance towards people with disabilities and limited health  opportunities. The reasons for intolerance in relations between  different social groups are indicated. The degree of influence on the  tolerance of various factors (health, religion, nationality, status, etc.)  has been revealed. The students' opinion on the necessity of  manifestation (observance) of tolerant attitude to the  representatives of certain social groups, in particular, to the disabled, ethnic and religious communities, the low-income and others is  considered.

scholarly journals MOOCs and the claim of education for all: A disillusion by empirical data

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Rohs ◽  
Mario Ganz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Education Data

MOOCs have shaped the discussion on learning with digital media for the last few years. One claim of MOOCs in the tradition of Open Educational Resources is to expand access to education, mainly in the field of higher education. But do MOOCs meet this claim? The empirical data in this article confirm the suspicion that, despite all the heterogeneity of the participants, MOOCs are mostly used by people with a higher level of education. Data of participants from two MOOCs from Germany, as well as, empirical data from large providers and universities are used. But due to the different forms of MOOCs there is no comprehensive proof possible. With respect to the Knowledge Gap Theory and the Digital Divide, a theoretical framework is provided to explain possible causes of a different usage. The aim of the article is to point out the risks of an increase of inequalities as a consequence of hyping MOOCs and to stimulate a discussion about possible answers to make MOOCs an instrument of education for all.

scholarly journals Videoblogs as an Alternative of Mass Media for Russian Youth: Testing the Hypothesis

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 367-375
Author(s):  
D. Rudenkin
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Empirical Verification ◽  
Source Of Information

The paper is devoted to the description of the results of a sociological research, which was conducted for the empirical verification of the hypothesis about the transformation of videoblogs into an alternative of mass media for representatives of Russian youth. An analysis of recent scientific literature in the area sociology of youth leads author to the conclusion that discussions about the transformation of video blogs into an actual analogue of traditional mass media for representatives of Russian youth have become quite common in current research practice. But at the same time the degree of substantiation of this idea remains not entirely clear: the inclination of young people to treat videoblogs as a substitute for traditional media is often described only speculatively and does not correlate with specific empirical data. Trying to take a step in overcoming this problem, the author uses the data of his own research, carried out in early 2020 on the basis of the Ural Federal University. The key conclusion of the author’s analysis is that it is somewhat premature to talk about videoblogs as a ready-made alternative to traditional media for young people. Although such services are popular among young people, they are perceived primarily as entertainment tools and only few see them as an important source of information.

scholarly journals The ‘WHAT OF’ and the ‘WHAT IF’ of Agential Realism – In Search of the Gendered Subject

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lis Højgaard ◽  
Malou Juelskjær ◽  
Dorte Marie Søndergaard
Keyword(s):  
Computer Games ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Agential Realism ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Analytical Approaches

The article explores Karen Barad’s theoretical framework, agential realism, to seek out theoretical perspectives that can be used as analytical approaches to empirical data. By selecting two pieces of data we aim to illustrate the analytical possibilities offered by this approach. The first piece of data stipulates an opening of ‘WHAT OF’ of the activities in a world of computer games: WHAT OF the myriad of real and virtual voices, sentiments and actions and their interconnections and meaning for gendered subjectification? The second piece is guided by ‘WHAT IF’ thinking: WHAT would we be able to see IF we brought insights from quantum physics, i.e. spacetimemattering, to the conception of thinking subjects. The examples show that agential realism offers a theoretical framework that allows access to a much wider set of enacting forces to be considered in the analysis. By reading agential realism diffractively with two different empirical examples and two different research ambitions, our attention is drawn to specificities of what the engagements may enact consequently.

scholarly journals Novel Televisual Environments

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Ilkin Mehrabov
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Stereoscopic Vision ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
Immersive Media

This article focuses on one of the most ground-breaking technological attempts in creating novel immersive media environments for heightened televisual user experiences: 3DTV, a Network of Excellence funded by the European Commission 6th Framework Information Society Technologies Programme. Based on the theoretical framework outlined by the works of Jonathan Crary and Brian Winston, and on empirical data obtained from author’s fieldwork and laboratory visit notes, as well as discussions with practitioners, the article explores the history of stereoscopic vision and technological progress related with it, and looks for possible reasons of 3DTV’s dramatic commercial failure.

scholarly journals Values in the contemporary Russian society

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-366
Author(s):  
Andrei Andreev
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
World View ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Original Method ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Value System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sociological Studies ◽  
Collective Psyche

The report highlights the results of sociological studies devoted to the value system of the Russian society. Value priorities of Russians are considered in dynamics and in comparison with other European countries. In the light of empirical data various stereotypes and autostereotypes of national identity are critically analyzed, including the widespread myths about Russians’ special inclination towards collectivism and the lack of civil society in Russia. On the basis of data obtained by an original method of psychosemantic sounding the deep structures of the collective psyche together with the specific social representations of Russians and the “world view” that the majority of them share are analyzed. Considerable attention is also paid to the subject-matters of national pride, and to the peculiarities of Russian historical consciousness. On the basis empirical data collected by means of sociological research the question of Russia’s place in the system of relations of East – West is posed and discussed.

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