East and West, Past and Present

Author(s):  
Connie Zheng

This paper explores the sayings and stories of the ancient Chinese philosophers Guanzi, Hanfeizi, Xunzi and Yanzi. Their way of ruling the state and managing the people are analysed and discussed in line with thoughts from the mainstream and modern Western management gurus, such as Warren Bennis, Peter Drucker, Mary Parker Follett, Douglas McGregor, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Elton Mayo, and Jeffrey Pfeffer. Striking similarities call for addressing key issues in human resource management. East and west thinkers across 3000 years are identified. The principles-based ruling and management were found difficult to be taken seriously in ancient times as it is today. However, these principles must be rekindled to protect organisations and the world from mischievous behaviour that has caused much human suffering.

2012 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Connie Zheng

This paper explores the sayings and stories of the ancient Chinese philosophers Guanzi, Hanfeizi, Xunzi and Yanzi. Their way of ruling the state and managing the people are analysed and discussed in line with thoughts from the mainstream and modern Western management gurus, such as Warren Bennis, Peter Drucker, Mary Parker Follett, Douglas McGregor, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Elton Mayo, and Jeffrey Pfeffer. Striking similarities call for addressing key issues in human resource management. East and west thinkers across 3000 years are identified. The principles-based ruling and management were found difficult to be taken seriously in ancient times as it is today. However, these principles must be rekindled to protect organisations and the world from mischievous behaviour that has caused much human suffering.


Author(s):  
Connie Zheng

This paper explores the sayings and stories of the ancient Chinese philosophers Guanzi, Hanfeizi, Xunzi and Yanzi. Their way of ruling the state and managing the people are analysed and discussed in line with thoughts from the mainstream and modern Western management gurus, such as Warren Bennis, Peter Drucker, Mary Parker Follett, Douglas McGregor, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Elton Mayo, and Jeffrey Pfeffer. Striking similarities call for addressing key issues in human resource management. East and west thinkers across 3000 years are identified. The principles-based ruling and management were found difficult to be taken seriously in ancient times as it is today. However, these principles must be rekindled to protect organisations and the world from mischievous behaviour that has caused much human suffering.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (S-1) ◽  
pp. 183-187
Author(s):  
Kalaiselvan P

Different beliefs and practices are found in human life from birth to death. These beliefs are created by the people and are followed and protected by the mother’s community. Man has been living with nature since ancient times. Beliefs appeared in natural human life. Hope can be traced back to ancient Tamils and still prevails in Tamil Nadu today. The hope of seeing the omen in it is found all over the world. Proverbs show that people have faith in omens. Our ancestors wrote the book 'Gauli Shastri' because the lizard omen is very important in our society. The word lizard played a major role in Tamil life during the Sangam period. It is possible to know that people have lived by the benefit of the lizard. There is hope from the public that the sound of the lizard will predict what will happen next. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the lizard word that has been around for a long time in folklore.


Kavkaz-forum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Р.Н. АБИСАЛОВА

В статье рассмотрен один из мотивов осетинского Даредзановского эпоса – мотив прикованного героя, еще в древности вошедший в мифологию, фольклор, литературу многих народов и получивший название «мотив Прометея». Образ Прометея относится к «вечным образам» мировой художественной культуры. История прикования и освобождения Прометея и в древнегреческой мифологии, и в трагедии Эсхила позиционируется как топонимически привязанная к Кавказу. Именно здесь сюжет о наказанном Богом и прикованном богатыре получил распространение в национальных мифах и эпических преданиях – грузинских, осетинских, кабардинских, абхазских, вайнахских, армянских и др. Эти лаконичные предания об Амиране-Амране, по мнению Вс.Ф. Миллера, – кульминационные во всех источниках, рассказывающих об этом герое. Рассмотрены как древнегреческий Прометей, так и кавказские, в первую очередь осетинские, прикованные герои, представленные в работах Вс.Ф. Миллера, Г.Н. Потанина, Дз. Гатуева, Д.А. Калоевой, З.Г. Тменовой, Ю.А. Дзиццоты, Х.Ф. Цгоева и др. Образ Амирана сравнивается с соответствующими ему героями кавказских эпосов. При всей схожести мотивов богоборчества и наказания героя прикованием к скале или столбу нельзя не отметить отличия осетинского Амирана от остальных. В Даредзановских сказаниях он героическая личность, истинный богатырь, совершающий множество подвигов, побеждающий великанов, помогающий всем нуждающимся. Сын племянницы Бога, герой близок к народу, он побеждает врагов не только ради демонстрации силы, ловкости, хитрости, но и для спасения родных и друзей. В отличие от большинства кавказских прикованных героев, освобождение Амирана не предвещает гибель мира, напротив, осетинский Амиран, в случае освобождения, даст людям свободу и счастье. Многие мотивы в преданиях об Амране соотносятся с мотивами Нартовского эпоса. Амиран-Амран приравнивается к любимым героям осетинской Нартиады – Сослану, Батразу, Урузмагу, Шатане. В работе его образ рассмотрен для подтверждения объективной закономерности подобной репрезентации осетинского героя. The article deals with one of the motives of the Ossetian Daredzanian epic − the motive of the chained hero, which in ancient times entered the mythology, folklore, literature of many peoples and was called the "Prometheus motive". The image of Prometheus belongs to the "eternal images" of world art culture. The history of the chaining and liberation of Prometheus, both in ancient Greek mythology and in the tragedy of Aeschylus, is positioned as toponymically tied to the Caucasus. It was here that the plot about the God-punished and chained hero became widespread in national myths and epic legends − Georgian, Ossetian, Kabardian, Abkhaz, Vainakh, Armenian, etc. These laconic legends about Amiran-Amran, according to Vs.F. Miller, are culminating in all the sources telling about this hero. Both the ancient Greek Prometheus and the Caucasian, primarily Ossetian, chained heroes presented in the works of Vs.F. Miller, G.N. Potanin, Dz. Gatuev, D.A. Kaloeva, Z.G. Tmenova, Yu.A. Dzizzoity, Kh.F. Tsgoev and others. The image of Amiran is compared with the corresponding heroes of the Caucasian epics. With all the similarity of the motives of fighting against God and the punishment of the hero by being chained to a rock or a pillar, one cannot fail to note the difference between the Ossetian Amiran and the others. In Daredzan's legends, he is a heroic person, a true hero who performs many feats, conquers giants, and helps all those in need. The son of the niece of God, the hero is close to the people, he defeats enemies not only for the sake of demonstrating strength, dexterity, cunning, but also to save family and friends. Unlike most of the Caucasian chained heroes, the release of Amiran does not portend the death of the world, on the contrary, the Ossetian Amiran, if liberated, will give people freedom and happiness. Many motives in the legends about Amran correlate with the motives of the Nartov epic. Amiran-Amran is equated with the favorite heroes of the Ossetian Nartiada - Soslan, Batraz, Uruzmag, Shatana. In the work, his image is considered to confirm the objective regularity of such a representation of the Ossetian hero.


2020 ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Irina Evgenevna Katereva

The article examines one of the trends in the development of modern Moldavian theatre. Being complex and multifaceted phenomenon, it is generally influenced by the direction of society's development. At the present stage its development is based on the influence of two simultaneously existing and opposing directions. One is directed outwards, expanding the range of his contacts with theaters of other countries and reflecting the principle of transculturalism. Since the 90s of the previous century, the art of actors in the Moldovan theater, the specificity of their expressiveness appeals to the experience of world's theatrical art in all its integrity, where archaic and modernity, East and West, complementing each other, serve mutual development. Another vector of development, fundamental, is directed inward. It is connected with the deep processes that affected the dramatic art of Moldova. The theatre rushed to its inner support, to the origins, from the depths of which the national theatrical tradition grows and where myth, ritual, archetype reign inseparably. At the junction of archaic and modernity, the theatre is looking for an opportunity to reveal the spiritual space of the people, the world of ancestral archetypes, the authentic unconscious. Through the art of acting to express the enduring features of the soul, the «ethnic cosmos». Research methods: theoretical analysis, generalization of scientific researches, Internet materials, systematic analysis of theatrical practice. Author concludes that modern Moldovan theatre develops under the influence of two interrelated vectors of development, existing simultaneously and oppositely directed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Albina Fedorovna Myshkina ◽  
Inessa Vladimirovna Iadranskaia

In human culture, since ancient times, fiction has developed as a mirror of time. Therefore, a dual understanding of time is reflected in the poetics of the work: firstly, it is the time that is connected with the narrative and is developed in the plot of the work (artistic time), and secondly, it is the time, the epoch of writing the work itself (historical time). The artistic image of the time is reflected not only in historical genres, but also in all other genres and styles of literature. The historical era of writing a work can be captured in the thoughts and worldview of the characters, in the conflict being developed, the subject matter and the problems involved. The relevance of the study is related to the fact that the tragic periods of history depicted in the work must be analyzed through the worldview and moral standarts of the people. In this regard, the purpose of this article is to identify the philosophical and aesthetic connection between the artistic time continuum and the historical epoch. The subject of the research in this article is the novelette of the literary scholar and prose writer Georgy Fedorov “Ai, mantaran hir mulkaci” ("Oh, poor hare »). In the course of the study, the following results were obtained: in an artistic and philosophical work, the category of time becomes both a method of deepening the character's personality, and an indicator of the figurative model of the world, and the subject of research.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
K. Alshynbayev ◽  
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K. Myrzakulov ◽  
A. Nadyrov ◽  
A. Atakaeva ◽  
...  

From ancient times, various games, arts, and entertainment were widespread among the people. Passing on the forms of arts and games from generation to generation, our people have basically preserved their continuity, their own style. Now every nation in the world has its own unique samples of culture and art, which were published due to various historical and social circumstances. But, it is very difficult when, despite various natural disasters, wars and other negative phenomena, for many centuries to maintain and increase, improve their national traditions, way of life, life, including folk games. The younger generation is handed over the most valuable in spiritual terms, life-long, in which importance increases from year to year. In the same way, unquenchable samples of our national culture and art in the field of physical culture and sports, if they continue to develop in educational institutions, we can assume that the task is to adequately continue the work of ancestors who absorbed the irrepressible power of physical qualities in their descendants combined with intellectual, with the help of massive national games - completed.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Popławska

The article presents considerations on the staggering picture of the world and tragedies of ordinary people which are depicted in the works of the most eminent contemporary reporter — Wojciech Tochman. He is the author whose texts abound in suffering and loneliness of a single man, which bring chaos to the orderly life of a reader. The analysed reportages are about the people who are unable to talk on their own about everyday distress due to their rare disfunctions. The text will be an attempt to draw the boundaries of human suffering. Moreover, it will also seek an answer to the questions whether there exists social approval consent for suffering these days or whether the illness discourse still encounters lack of acceptance. The starting point for the analysis will be the early works of Wojciech Tochman included in the following publications: “Schodów się nie pali” and “Wściekły Pies”.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Fadhil Rizki ◽  
Sudirman M. Johan ◽  
Afrizal Nur

The Phenomena that occur at this time are very detrimental to society, namely conflicts and wars that occur at every point in the world since ancient times until now it will never end and will continue until the future because there is no solution in it, but in the Al-Quran, Allah SWT told a story about the politic of  Balqis in the letter Al-Naml verses 32-35, namely a queen who was able to solve the war problems that would be faced with good and wise when getting a letter from the Prophet Sulaiman as containing invitation to believe in Allah SWT or will be fought if refused it,  she was not in a hurry in making decision. First, she held a deliberation with her dignitaries to get the best suggestions and opinions, Second, think carefully even though she had a large amount, complete weapons and trained troops, but she also thought about the risks that would be faced after the war, Third, taking lessons from previous historical experience if the kings have fought and won, they would ruin the place and hold people to be their slaves. Fourth, from the deliberation, she considered sending a gift to the Prophet Sulaiman to change his decision, Fifth, after careful consideration, the queen of balqis decided to make peace because if she made a wrong decision the people of Sabaq would become victims of the war, from the story above, it can be concluded that the deliberation is a solution for the people to achieve the best consideration, mutual agreement and bring peace to each community and country.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 159-161
Author(s):  
Reena Agrawal

The term democracy is the Hindi version of English democracy, for which the words democracy, democracy, democracy etc. are also used, which means - a mechanism or system in which the people have sovereignty. It is an undeniable truth that economic inequality is the root of all difficulties. Due to this, the world is deranged and frustrated and for this reason, since ancient times in India, mystics dreamed to remove the economic disparity between humans. Democracy is one such vision in which workers, peasants and helpless victims come together to play the role of their true partner. जनवाद शब्द अंग्रेजी के डेमोक्रेसी का हिंदी प्रतिरूप है, जिसके लिए जनतंत्र, लोकतंत्र, लोकशाही आदि शब्दों का भी प्रयोग किया जाता है, जिसका अर्थ है - एक ऐसा तंत्र या व्यवस्था जिसमें जनता की संप्रभुता हो।यह निर्विवाद सत्य है कि आर्थिक विषमता सभी कठिनाइयों की जड़ हैं। इसके कारण संसार विश्रृंखलित एवं कंुठित होता है और इसी कारण भारत में प्राचीन काल से ही मनीषियों ने मानव-मानव के मध्य आर्थिक विषमता को दूर करने का स्वप्न देखा। जनवाद एक ऐसी ही दृष्टि है जिसमें मजदूरों, किसानों, असहाय पीड़ितों को एक जुट कर उनके सच्चे साथी की भूमिका निभाती है।


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