Body in Temptation: An Attempt at Orientation in a Boundary Situation

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stjepan Štivič
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Situation

Thresholds of the Tragic: A Study of Space in Sophocles and Racine

1989 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-241
Author(s):  
Pascale-Anne Brault
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
The World ◽  
Tragic Event ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Boundary Situation ◽  
Or Gate ◽  
The Way

You have turned the page, and thus have already opened a door.A door to the text.A text about doors.Or, to be more precise, about the recurrence of doors and their function in Sophocles and Racine.Our purpose in focusing on plays in which the door or gate has a significant role for the individual and his being-in-the-world is to delineate the passageway which leads the tragic character to a boundary situation and, from there, to a possible transgression of that situation. That which is on each side of the door, the spaces created by the thresholds, will thus help locate the place of the tragic event. This spatialization of the tragic event as the transgressing of a boundary situation is emphasized by the way in which both Sophocles and Racine determine the parameters of the action as it is structured within a specific space.

scholarly journals UKRAINIAN FACTOR IN THE BOUNDARY SITUATION: THE EFFECT OF THE HYBRID WAR

2018 ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Tatiana Boyko
Keyword(s):  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Hybrid Warfare ◽  
Psychological Pressure ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The Government ◽  
Hybrid War ◽  
Boundary Situation

The author argues that the necessity to own Ukrainian territory has remained an important factor for the imperial power of Russia. During the independence period, Russia has exerted considerable humanitarian, political, and information pressure on Ukraine to keep it in the sphere of its own influence and to discredit it in the eyes of other states. The article analyzes the characteristic features of the new type of warfare - a so-called "hybrid war". This type of confrontation is typical of the post-industrial society. The author concludes that all instruments of the hybrid warfare - information weapon, participation in the competition of non-state actors, the use of terrorist methods, the use of methods for economic and psychological pressure and propaganda - were used by Russia against Ukraine. These circumstances brought Ukraine to the boundary situation. The humanitarian aggression is aimed at the continuation of the colonial dependence of Ukrainians, splitting Ukraine into regions. The "hybrid warfare" uses methods of the unofficial influence on the government of Ukraine, economic blackmail, and destruction of the country's positive image in the foreign-policy relations. Modern occupation models are based not only on military actions; they effectively use information space. The aggression is performed through the hostile propaganda, "war of ideas", and creation of simulacra in the context of fighting for human minds. Among the new methods of influence are cyber attacks, which threaten the systematic operation of many establishments. It is necessary to develop a strategy for liberation from the colonial dependence of Ukraine and establishing a Ukrainian-centered position. This factor could change our future as a political player. It is important to track threats in different spheres of life and develop means of contradiction - namely, protection of the Ukrainian language and our own information space; removal of oligarchs from power; defending national interests and preserving our independence.

scholarly journals Strategies of providing psychological help to clients in crisis situations

HUMANITARIUM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-160
Author(s):  
Halyna Khomych ◽  
Olena Tkach
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
General Information ◽  
Psychological Help ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
True Purpose ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
Boundary Situation

This artіcle provides theoretical analysis of crіsіs of personalіty. It deals with analysіs of understandіng of the concept of crisis іn psychological scіеnce. Taking into account the situation, connected with economic and environmental issues, political crisis and wars, which appeared in the world, researching the topic of crisis and crisis interventions are necessary and important. Сrisis as a factor in the formation of personality and position in life how to overcome it, includіng different methods and ways of experiencing. Modern scientific works of local and foreign psychologists have been observed and the main ideas are presented in the chapters of this article. There was reviewed existing psychological literature in modеrn interprеtation for making dеfinition of the tеrm crisis. The articlе gives theoretical research concеpt of crisis in general. Information about various factors and reasons for appearing crisis in mature age presented in this article as well. Crisis is considеred as the boundary situation. The crisis of identity is sеen as a turning point in human lifе path. Substantiates the viеw that it may providе great contribution to the formation of new systеm of personal values, life views, rеlations to diffеrent sides of his/her life, sociеty and culture which basеd on their own conscious choicе and decisions, attitude towards themselves and thеir lifе in gеnеral. Personal’s viеw of own life may be due to social, еconomic conditions, life circumstancеs and peculiaritiеs of timе in which he/she livеs. Many adults fеels that it is difficult for thеm to disposе of their own lifе. In situation of psychological crisis an adult is worriеd and confusеd about whether he/she rеally undеrstands and realizes the true purpose of his/her еxisting. Ovеrcoming personal limits and critical situations the individual changеs.

scholarly journals Antique cosmocenrism, dearth and development of being-exisence

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
Boris Ginzburg ◽  
Vadim Grishin ◽  
Natalia Shilovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Human Existence ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Philosophical Thinking ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Boundary Situation

The article is devoted to the ancient "twists and turns" of being. In its a dramatic context the boundary situation of death of the person is considered. The proposed excursion to the antique philosophical thinking allows us to consider a number of fundamental ontological and anthropological ideas in the context of the problems of death, immortality, renewal of being and the possibility of the existence of nothingness, the position of man in relation to a changing being. Following to ancient and modern philosophers we fix the antique totality and centrality of fuses (the nature of existence-cosmos) and human being as its harmonious part of it. They develop from birth to death. The phenomenon of death in antiquity has an ontological content. The death "belongs" to being, it is not the special identity of the subject and the border situation experiences and comprehension of human existence.

In the openness of “own” being (on the example of Leo Tolstoy’s novel ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-106
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Kasavina
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Existential Anxiety ◽  
Terminal Stage ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Boundary Situation

The article considers the work of Leo N. Tolstoy The Death of Ivan Ilyich in the context of the concept of boundary situations by K. Jaspers; the phenomena of “intercession in death”; one’s own and non-own Being-toward-death by M. Heidegger; the stages of personal acceptance of death which were identified by E. Kubler-Ross on the basis of psychotherapeutic work with incurable patients. The situation of Ivan Ilyich shows the position of a person in the face of existential anxiety and threats of loneliness, a sense of meaninglessness, despair, actualized by the boundary situation of death. The dynamics of the state of the novel’s protagonist is interpreted as the formation of “one’s own Being-towards-death”, which has the character of being in relation to “one’s own ability of being” (M. Heidegger). Presence is completely surrendered to itself, essentially open to itself. Loneliness acts as a way to open existence. In the openness of presence for the individual the world opens itself, the other and others in their unique way of being. Ivan Ilyich experiences this before his death as an epiphanic phenomenon, which unfolds the destiny of the personality, leading it beyond the limits of only his or her life and suffering. The interaction of the protagonist with others is considered from the perspective of the problems identified by E. Kuebler-Ross in the relationship of doctors, relatives and patients in the terminal stage of their illness and the transition to the acception of their own finiteness, which acquires the character of historicity.

Watching televised representations and self-identity of national minorities: Israeli Arab citizens’ perceptions of their media representations on Israeli television

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 463-478
Author(s):  
Nissim Katz ◽  
Hillel Nossek
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Situation Theory ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
National Minorities ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Boundary Situation

AbstractThis study focuses on how Israeli Arab citizens perceive their media representations on Israeli television and why they consume television broadcasts even though they are marked mostly by negative representations. A new concept – “Communication Boundary Situation” – a development of Jaspers’ “Boundary Situation” theory, is the theoretical framework for the article. The empirical data was collected by conducting semi-structured in-depth interviews. The findings point to different attitudes among the interviewees towards their representation in various television genres, in particular, in advertising as compared to satire and drama. The suggested theoretical framework and its empirical implementation might be useful in examining how various minorities perceive their media representations in other countries.

scholarly journals Research on the Controlling Effect of NPR Cables for Anti-Dip Slope Based on the Numerical Simulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Xiaohu Zhang ◽  
Hongjian Wang ◽  
Zhigang Tao ◽  
Chun Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Slope Instability ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Resistance Force ◽  
Geological Investigation ◽  
High Deformation ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Steep Slopes ◽  
Boundary Situation ◽  
Dip Slope

As the scale and depth of mines increase, large deformations of high-steep slopes progressively become prominent. Compared with the ordinary cables, negative Poisson’s ratio (NPR) cables can provide a constant resistance force and high deformation inhibition during slope deformation, avoiding the occurrence of slope instability hazards. Consequently, the control effects on the toppling failures of slopes were necessary to be researched. Changshanhao open-pit gold mine was taken as an example; based on the field geological investigation and rock mechanics testing, a three-dimensional engineering geological model of open-pit mine was constructed. Subsequently, the stability of open pit in current situation and final boundary situation was estimated with FLAC3D software, for the potential slope vulnerable areas to be comprehensively identified. Finally, the control effects of ordinary cables and NPR cables on the instable W13 slope section were compared and studied through FLAC3D simulations, and the reinforcement effects of NPR cable on the anti-dip slope were proved as significant; meanwhile, the corresponding reinforcement methods in the failure mine areas were proposed, laying a reference for the instability failure control and reinforcement of similar anti-dip slopes.

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