scholarly journals Patriarchy in the Digital Conjuncture: An Analysis of Google’s James Damore

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Little ◽  
Alison Winch
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Method ◽  
Software Engineer ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
High Status ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Belief ◽  
The World ◽  
New Form

Our case study looks at the events surrounding the sacking ofGoogle engineer James Damore who was fired for authoring a memo which stated that women are biologically less suited to high-stress, high-status technical employment than men. Damore, asserting that his document ‘was absolutely consistent with what he’d seen online’, instantly became an ambivalent hero of the alt-right. Like the men who own and run the companies of Silicon Valley, the software engineer subscribes to the idea that the world can be understood and altered through the rigorous application of the scientific method. And as he draws on bodies of knowledge from evolutionary psychology and mathematical biology, we see how the core belief structures of Silicon Valley, when transferred from the technical to the cultural and social domain, can reproduce the sort of misogynistic ‘rationalism’ that fuels the alt-right. We argue that Damore’s memo is in line with Google’s ideology of ‘dataism’: that is the belief that the world can be reduced to decontextualised information and subject to quantifiable logics.Through its use of dataism, the memo reveals much about the similarities and continuities between Damore, the ideas laid out n his memo, and Google itself. Rather than being in opposition, these two entities are jostling for a place in the patriarchal structures of a new form of capitalism.

scholarly journals Meditation Tourism, Buddhist Philosophy in Practice: A Case Study of Lumbini, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-59
Author(s):  
Netra Prasad Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
National Development ◽  
Meditation Practice ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Core ◽  
Spiritual Tourism ◽  
Religious Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

The dimensions of travelling and tourism have become manifold in recent decades. People love to travel with various purposes. Religious tourism, yoga tourism, peace tourism and spiritual tourism are some dimensions. Lumbini can be a best destination for meditation tourism, which could be much rewarding for individual, social and national development. The travelers and stakeholders have yet to be aware of this aspect. In Buddhism, Lumbini is a best destination for meditation tour. Exploring the importance of travelling Lumbini for meditation is the main objective of this article. Tourists and pilgrims would benefit immensely if they understand the significance of meditation tourism to Lumbini, its philosophy and practice. This article aims to explore the spiritual significance of Lumbini and it will provide visions of a purposeful development and publicity that would shape Lumbini as a best destination for meditation tourism. The government and private sectors are interested to develop Lumbini as best tourist destination. People all over the world are attracted to visit Lumbini for different reasons. Most tourists are unaware of the core aspect of visiting Lumbini. People who visit Lumbini are unaware about meditation practice or involving in charity works. Meditation and compassion are the core aspects of Buddha’s teachings, which are neither realized nor practiced. There seems a vast gap between the actual philosophy of Buddhism and the attitude of most of the visitors. This research study attempts to reveal the significance of meditation tourism in Lumbini.

Philosophy of Physics: A Very Short Introduction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Philosophy Of Physics ◽  
Short Introduction ◽  
Fundamental Physics ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
Parallel Universes ◽  
Large Systems

Philosophy of Physics: A Very Short Introduction explores the core topics of philosophy of physics through three key themes: the nature of space and time; the origin of irreversibility and probability in the physics of large systems; how we can make sense of quantum mechanics. Central issues discussed include: the scientific method as it applies in modern physics; the distinction between absolute and relative motion; the way that distinction changes between Newton’s physics and special relativity; what spacetime is and how it relates to the laws of physics; how fundamental physics can make no distinction between past and future and yet a clear distinction exists in the world we see around us; why it is so difficult to understand quantum mechanics, and why doing so might push us to change our fundamental physics, to rethink the nature of science, or even to accept the existence of parallel universes.

De actualisering van het geloof in een laatste oordeel in het existentiële perspectief van Rudolf Bultmann

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-306
Author(s):  
Gea Smit
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Core ◽  
Rudolf Bultmann ◽  
Last Judgment ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Form ◽  
Abstract Notion ◽  
Core Meaning

In the New Testament, the belief that the last judgment would arrive soon was paired with an ethical appeal to change one’s attitude or way of life. However, with the expectation of an imminent judgment fading, this connection weakened. This paper investigates whether the existential theology of Rudolf Bultmann offers an inter-pretation that manages to actualise belief in a last judgment for the present day. Bultmann interprets the core meaning of judgment to be that God, with the coming of Jesus Christ into the world, opens the possibility for a new form of true existence for every individual who submits to it. This conception indeed implies an existential importance of the belief in an eschatological judgment for human life in the present. However, a more exact interpretation of the rather abstract notion of this form of true existence seems hard to describe and therefore leaves the question somewhat open.

Cognitive Therapy With the Core Beliefs of a Distressed, Lonely Caregiver

1995 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah P. Dick ◽  
Dolores Gallagher-Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Core Beliefs ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Belief ◽  
Schema Change ◽  
Personal Needs

The purpose of this case study is to describe, in detail, a systematic approach that was used to modify a long-standing dysfunctional schema in a depressed female outpatient over the age of 60. In our opinion, this paper addresses a gap in the current cognitive therapy literature which contains very little description of methods for schema change. The client, Mrs. A., was depressed as a result of caring for her elderly mother who was suffering from advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She first received a 20-session course of treatment for her depression which focused on goals such as reducing guilt, setting limits, and making some time for her personal needs. After attaining these goals, she was given the opportunity to participate in an intense program of 18 additional individual sessions to evaluate and revise a key core belief, using an adaptation of Young’s (1990) method of the Historical Test of Schemas. This core belief was stated as follows: “In order to alleviate my feelings of inferiority, I must be all things to everyone.” Mrs. A was able to discuss the origin and the maintenance of this schema throughout her life, and she also was able to revise it in a way that allowed her to be more accepting of herself and her abilities.

scholarly journals Between enlightenment and counter-enlightenment: The historical-philosophical meaning of Wittgenstein’s tractatus

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-76
Author(s):  
Milos Sumonja
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Method ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Analytic Philosophy ◽  
Contemporary Philosophy ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Core Belief ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Worldview ◽  
Human Rationality

From a canonical writing of the analytic philosophy to an existentialist diversion inside the scientific worldview - not many major works of the contemporary philosophy have become a subject of so divergent interpretations as Wittgenstein?s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. This paper attempts to elucidate the meaning of the Tractatus from the perspective of the insight that the modern conflict in the ways of seeing the world between scientific Enlightenment and aesthetic Counter-Enlightement has informed the historical context of the book?s emergence, as well as its interpretative history. It is argued that Wittgenstein resorts to modernist irony so as to show by the example of the Tractatus itself the irrationality of the Enlightenment?s core belief that both sides in the aforesaid historical, ideological and exegetical dispute share, which is that scientific method exhaustes human rationality.

Division of Interfirm Activities in the Knowledge-Based Economy

2009 ◽  
pp. 41-57
Author(s):  
Poul Houman Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Learning Processes ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
Interfirm Networks ◽  
The Core ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
New Form ◽  
Interfirm Learning

In order to capture market dividends and stay at par with the competition in the knowledge-based economy, firms must constantly develop their skill profile. There is considerable scope for learning through interfirm learning processes. However, the uncertain and costly nature of this process hampers exchange of knowledge in interfirm networks. This opens up for a new form of intermediary specialised in the absorption, generation, and dissemination of knowledge: the knowledge processor. This contribution addresses the core strategic issues faced by this type of firm, and illustrates the process through a case study of a knowledge processor.

How social media supports hashtag activism through multivocality: A case study of #ILookLikeanEngineer

First Monday ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aqdas Malik ◽  
Aditya Johri ◽  
Rajat Handa ◽  
Habib Karbasian ◽  
Hemant Purohit
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
The Core ◽  
New Form ◽  
Large Corporations ◽  
Core Idea ◽  
To Receive

Although research on different hashtag activism campaigns abounds, no study has looked at how different affordances of social media support a single campaign. We use data from a hashtag activism campaign, #ILookLikeAnEngineer, launched to showcase diversity within engineering workforce, to examine how different elements of a campaign blend together. We specifically identify three distinct but interconnected ways in which social media supports activism: 1) modality — it allows users to participate through text, photos, and links; 2) messaging — it allows users to post and support multiple though related topics; and 3) actors — it provides a voice to different participants (individuals/organizations, men/women). Our analysis supports the idea that multivocality — the core idea that people leverage multiple ways of participating — is the key to campaign success. Our analysis of 19,492 original tweets and 89,650 retweets shows that multivocality allowed the campaign to receive support not just from individuals but from large corporations, media, and NGOs, who were able to share their perspective using their preferred modality giving rise to a new form of digital polyphonic narrative that supports their agenda.

Career Choice and Adjustment Issues from a Gender Role Perspective

1998 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Coline Colton ◽  
Wendy Patton ◽  
Coline Colton ◽  
Wendy Patton
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Career Education ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Career Adjustment ◽  
Adjustment Issues

Career education in schools has helped to enhance the career choices of women by providing information about options and challenging gender stereotypical beliefs about the world of work. However, issues concerned with career adjustment have been neglected. It is increasingly being recognised, however, that the entry of women into new fields of work is not enough. The question is how to keep women, with their knowledge, skills and experience, in the workforce once they have entered it. This issue is the core focus of this case study.

Personal stories in migration museums and our notions of hospitality: A case study from France’s National Museum of the History of Immigration

2021 ◽  
pp. 136754942110168
Author(s):  
Helga Lenart-Cheng
Keyword(s):  
National Museum ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Museum Visitors ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Form

The number of migration museums is growing all over the world. These new museums seek to actively shape debates about immigration, and they often rely on immigrants’ personal stories to engage museum visitors and immigrant communities in dialogue. The article uses the case study of France’s National Museum of the History of Immigration in Paris and its collection of personal stories (The Gallery of Gifts) to explore this new form of story-activism and our concepts of hospitality. Drawing on Hélène du Mazaubrun’s, Jacques Derrida’s, Joan Stavo-Debauge’s and Paul Ricoeur’s ideas about gifting, hospitality, and recognition, I examine some challenging politico-ethical questions prompted by these immigrant story exhibitions.

Reboot of The Family International

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-98
Author(s):  
Gary Shepherd ◽  
Gordon Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Organizational Development ◽  
Religious Movements ◽  
New Religious Movements ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Viability ◽  
New Form ◽  
Dramatic Shift

Since its founding in 1968, The Family International (TFI) has been an important case study for social science investigation of new religious movements. Its persistence and adaptive organizational development throughout the world, in spite of periodically strong social opposition, initially suggested a long and increasingly stable career ahead. However, in 2009, TFI leaders announced a dramatic shift in belief, practice, and organization, which they termed The Reboot. As a consequence, most of the structures and previous functioning of TFI as a visible organization have been dismantled, leading to questions about the group’s future viability. This article summarizes the changes that have taken place, suggests some of the reasons for these, and assesses TFI’s prospects for continued existence in the new form it has assumed.

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