scholarly journals “The Faustian spirit of the technical world”. Mental illness and cultural criticism in Franco’s Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. e007
Author(s):  
Enric J. Novella
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Cultural Criticism ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Instrumental Reason ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Essay Writing

Taking into account the almost constitutive affinity of mental medicine and cultural criticism, it should not be surprising that, given its particular conflict with modernity, General Franco’s dictatorship was a period of intense flowering of conservative psychiatric essay writing, Starting from the fears of a possible physical and moral regression of “Hispanity” due to the artificiality of modern life, the infiltration of liberalism and the erosion of traditional values, the genre shifted its interest towards an analysis of the contemporary “neurotic society” that, with philosophical reference points such as Ortega or Heidegger, pointed to the excesses of instrumental reason, “mechanization” and the “hyper-technification” of the modern world as one of the main sources of malaise and psychic suffering.

scholarly journals Higher Education in VUCA-World: New Metaphor of University

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Tatiana V. Korsakova
Keyword(s):  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Organizational Systems ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
The World ◽  
Organizational Ties ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The University ◽  
Current Reality

In the 21st century universities cannot survive if they simply support an established state of affairs because the modern world is described by the following relation: the rate of change tends to infinity; the transition interval tends to zero. This leads to the fact that universities cannot rest on their laurels and not change. The university that cannot construct new organizational ties loses its magnitude forever. The article describes the specific features of the new reality which are of great importance for building modern organizational systems in universities. Reference points have been being identified and that allows presenting the direction of development that meets the new requirements of the modern world to people, processes, technologies, structures, and systems accordingly to the university. Analysis of the selected reference points leads to the conclusion that in the conditions of dynamic changes and uncertainty of the world the concrete way of the vision of the university’s situation is to see it as if in the light of the modern world. A metaphor is presented, which is based on a comparison of the university internal world with the current reality. It is expressed by the acronym VUCA.

scholarly journals The Antimodern Manifesto of the Rural Flaneur: When D'Arcy and John Go For a Wander

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Grimshaw
Keyword(s):  
Mirror Image ◽  
The Self ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Definition Of

Central to the self-definition of modernity walks the flanuer, the modern, observing, critical individual who wanders amidst but against the crowds and urban flows of modern life.  Central to the flaneur is an identity that is incomplete, an existence that is dissatisfied.  As Bauman notes, the flanuer is the mirror-image, the imitation, the product of the stock-taking, the forced adjustment and mimicry of the modern world - which is itself the original flaneur.

THE MODERN GREEK FAMILY: AXIOLOGICAL CONTRADICTIONS

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
Anna A. Toropova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Policy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Family Issues ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Family And Marriage ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The One

Family issues and the topic of social family policy in Greece is the subject of researches by a number of Greek sociologists (V. Filias (Β. Φίλιας), G.-S. Prevelakis (Γ.-Σ. Πρεβελάκης), H. Simeonidou (Χ. Συμεωνίδου), G. Georgas (Γ. Γεωργάς), L. Musuru (Λ. Μουσούρου), L. Maratu-Aliprandi (Λ. Μαράτου-Αλιπράντη). It seems interesting and useful to consider the situation in Greece from the point of view of its ambivalent nature: traditional values and patriarchal order, on the one hand, and adherence to liberal European sentiments, on the other. In the modern world, there is a "reformatting of ideas about the essence of family and marriage" [Noskova A. V., 2017: 123], which leads, in particular, to the rejection of having children, to increasingly frequent divorces "for no reason", to irresponsibility in awareness roles in the family, to the vulnerability of socialization, to the infantilism of adults, to avoidance of awareness of problems of various kinds, to egocentrism. Modern Greece is not an exception. The growing number of single-parent families in cities, low birth rates, divorces, loneliness, depression are characteristic features of many families. This allows us to speak about the “crisis of the Greek family” [Γεωργάς, 2010]. This research may be of interest to specialists dealing with the topic of the family, and significantly supplement the existing research in the domestic sociological field.

scholarly journals The idea of commonality and Western philosophical-legal concepts: history and modernity

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-30
Author(s):  
Andrei Andreevich Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Important Trend ◽  
Systemic Nature ◽  
Legal Concepts ◽  
Humanistic Knowledge

This article discusses the idea of commonality within the system of philosophical-legal concepts through the prism of history and modernity. This problem is important for understanding the systemic nature of philosophical-legal concepts, considering that the philosophy of law throughout its conceptualization was often either replaced by the philosophy of politics or social philosophy, or veered off, virtually losing commonality with the “unified philosophy”. The research employs the components of comparative law, socio-philosophical, historical-logical, and political science analysis. The works of the foreign authors of the XIX – XX centuries served as the foundation for this research. The scientific novelty lies in the following: 1) the author establishes that the legal concept of commonality offers a means of reconsideration of the attitude of law towards the diversity of social groups and associations that characterize modern life; 2) an important trend is determined in studying the legal concept of commonality, developed for indicating the need for normative reflection of social relations based on trust; it recognizes the diversity of such relations and forms of their expression. This selected topic is relevant in modern world, as well as socio-humanistic knowledge, thus the author's approach allowed achieving the novelty of the formulated conclusions.

scholarly journals PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY IN ISLAM

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amiruddin Amiruddin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Being There

<p>Abstrak: Psikopatologi dan Psikoterapi dalam Islam.Psikopatologi adalah penyakit jiwa yang kerap diderita manusia. Banyak faktor penyebab penyakit ini. Di antaranya adalah kehidupan modern yang ditandai dengan pola hidup yang materialistik, hedonisme dan egoistik. Dalam Islam, psikopatologi  yang bersifat ukhrawi dideskripsikan sebagai bentuk penyimpangan dari norma-norma atau nilai- nilai moral, spiritual dan agama. Ada tiga bagian psikopatologi.Pertama,  yang berkaitan dengan akidah atau berkaitan dengan Tuhan (ilâhiyah), sepertisyirik,kufur,zindiq, dan lain-lain.Kedua, yang berkaitan dengan kemanusiaan (insâniyah), sepertihasud, ‘ujub, ghadab, su’ al-zhan, dan lain-lain. Ketiga, gabungan kedua di atas, seperti riya’ dan nifaq. Psikoterapi adalah proses untuk mengobati penyakit jiwa individu dari berbagai problem. Al-Quran sebagai dasar ajaran Islam memuat informasi mengenai psikoterapi bagi orang-orang yang sakit jiwa. Pendekatan agamis sangat diperlukan untuk melakukan terapi dan mengembalikan kesehatan jiwa. Di samping itu, pendekatan agamis dapat membawa penderita psikopatologis dekat dengan Allah SWT.</p><p><br />Abstract: Psychopathology is mental illness that has often suffered by human being. There are several factors that causes this illness, some of which are modern life characterized by materialistic, hedonistic and egoistic lives. In Islam, psychopathology which is described as a form of deviation from norms or moral values, spiritual and religion. Psychopathology is divided into three parts,  namely those associated with faith, humanity and psychopathology which is associated with combination of faith and human being.Meanwhile psychotherapy is an effort to cure mental and psychiatric disorders suffered by individuals. Psychotherapy is a solution to cure various problems of mental disorders. Al-Qur’an, as the principles of Islamic teachings, contain information about psychotherapy for those who suffer from mental disorders. Religious approach is completely needed for therapy and it helps the psychopath recover from his/her mental disorders.TheQur’an could be used as a treatment as well as a preventive step, so that all human being will not suffer from mental disorders, and religious approach can bring the psychopaths closer to God, theAlmighty.</p><p><br />Kata Kunci: psikopatalogi, psikoterapi, Islam</p>

Development of Smart Librarian with the Virtual Assistant (PRIMO)

2020 ◽  
pp. 54-65
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Voice Recognition ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Voice Service ◽  
Personal Assistant ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right

In modern life, with the ability to perform tasks, the virtual assistant (VA) can make our lives easier and smart. The virtual assistant can perform as a librarian, very smartly, and effectively. We build our VA with Raspberry Pi and Alexa Voice Service. As a result, few discussions that occur in library environments such as find books, short review books, university notice are accurately performed. The common way of communication used by people in day to day life is through speech. If the assistant system can be heard to the customer for the handle of the day to day affairs, then grant the right reply, it will be much simple for customers to transmit with their assistant system, and the assistant will be much better “Smart” as a personal assistant. We heard a very old story “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, where the mouth of a treasure cave secured by magic. It unrolls on the words "unroll sesame" and seals itself on the words "near sesame". The magic is a VA in the modern world. The VA system built on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, natural language processing, and voice recognition technology.

Georges Auric

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Roust
Keyword(s):  
Modern World ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Musical Life ◽  
Popular Film ◽  
Musical Education ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Artistic Collaboration ◽  
Copyright Laws

Although Georges Auric (1899–1983) is best remembered today for his affiliation with the Groupe des Six, his musical career was long, productive, complex, and intimately attuned to the realities of modern life. His polyvalent career—as a composer of concert, theatrical, ballet, popular, film, and television music; music critic; opera director; and arts administrator—reveals a diversity of engagements that speak to a reconfiguration of the role of the composer in the modern world. Auric was a product of his time, with deep connections to France’s artistic, social, and political elites. At the same time, he drew on his prestige and privilege to improve the country’s musical life in tangible ways, whether with regard to musical education and accessibility or to the establishment of fair copyright laws. He took artistic collaboration, already a hallmark of the short-lived Groupe des Six, to a level that surpassed any of the other members of that group. Diverging from the romantic trope of individual creation, Auric’s legacy troubles conventional ideas of what it means to be a composer.

The Halal market in Russia: theory, practice and prospects of development

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamil' Shovhalov
Keyword(s):  
Current Status ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
The Future ◽  
Important Idea ◽  
Religious Factor

The study is based on the important idea that in the modern world increases the influence of the religious factor and, as a consequence, the population returned to traditional values, despite the globalization processes in all spheres of life. Long-term study of the Halal market in Russia, whose capacity is increasing every year, confirms the above. Alternately analyzes the infrastructure features of the Halal market, its current status and prospects of development in the future. Addressed to scientists of all fields, and practitioners of the market Halal.

Japan's Bifurcated Modernity

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 233-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja Adal
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
The Body ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Art Writing ◽  
Aesthetic Form ◽  
The One ◽  
Double Nature ◽  
School Curricula ◽  
Functional Code

Interwar Japan saw the rise of a generation of intellectuals, bureaucrats, and educators who were uneasy about modern life. One expression of this malaise was the introduction of calligraphy in the 1941 and 1943 school curricula. Calligraphy injected aesthetics into writing education. Yet it also compromised the speed and efficiency of writing, which lay at the core of Japan's system of modern education. The solution was to teach writing twice, once as an art in the `art section' and once as a functional skill in the `language section'. As an art, writing was a means to cultivate the spirit, discipline the body, escape from the calculated logic of linear time and produce an aesthetic epiphany. As a functional tool, it was a skill for keeping pace with the demands of the modern world by communicating meaning quickly and efficiently. Bureaucrats and educators from 1941 were thus simultaneously engaged in the task of overcoming modernity on the one hand and of instilling proficiency in modern life on the other. This duality of the word as a functional code for transmitting meaning and the word as an aesthetic form both echoed and shaped the double nature of Japan's modernity.

Stigma and attitudes towards mental illness: Gender differences in a sample of Italian medical students

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S739-S739 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pascucci ◽  
M. La Montagna ◽  
D. Di Sabatino ◽  
E. Stella ◽  
R. Nicastro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Students Attitudes

Introductionstigma in mental illness is characterized by discrimination towards people affected by mental disorder. Consequence of the paradigm “stigma-injury-discrimination” is the social exclusion of these patients and the denial of their rights. Medical students, those who should be important reference points for psychiatric patients, are instead one of the categories that contribute to their stigmatization.ObjectivesTo study the attitudes of medical students towards psychiatric patients.AimsThe present study analyzes gender differences in a sample of Italian medical students towards mental illness.MethodsA total of 339 Italian medical students completed a cross-sectional survey, in Rome and Foggia (Italy). We used the Italian version of Community Attitude towards the Mentally Ill test (CAMI) to analyze the students’ attitudes.ResultsThere is a substantial difference among the attitudes towards mental disorders in female and male students. Female students have obtained less stigmatizing results in 9 of the CAMI test items (P < 0.05), in Benevolence (P = 0.001) and Social Restrictiveness subscales (P = 0.043) and in the total score (P = 0.013).ConclusionsThese results are in line with those achieved in scientific literature, confirming that women tend to show more humanitarian attitude towards the mentally ill. Even in the original article of the validation of the CAMI test, the authors found better attitudes in women in all subscales, with the exception of Social Restrictiveness subscale (that in our analysis also correlates with the female gender).Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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