“Giving the World a More Human Face” Deferred

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-128
Author(s):  
Carol Anne Spreen ◽  
Salim Vally
Keyword(s):  
Human Face ◽  
The World

Communism with a Theatrical Face: STS and the Polish October of 1956

1994 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Cioffi
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Complex Network ◽  
Communist Party ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Free Markets ◽  
Communist System ◽  
The World ◽  
Alternative Theatre ◽  
Post War ◽  
Cultural Niche

Communism was not always hated and feared by everyone in Eastern Europe. At a certain moment in recent post-war history, a group of influential intellectuals in Poland—now a place where even ex-communist politicians are careful to swear their allegiance to free markets—wanted to reform but still keep a Communist system. That moment was the Polish October, named for the month in 1956 when Wladyslaw Gomulka, a man who believed in a “Polish road to socialism,” took power as First Secretary of the Communist Party. Just as the Czechs in 1968 believed in “socialism with a human face,” the Poles in 1956 believed that Communism could be, in the jargon of their day, “revised” to better fit people's needs. The Polish October was the result of a complex network of events beginning with Stalin's death in 1953, coming to a climax with workers' strikes in June, 1956 in Poznan, and ending in Khrushchev's acquiescence to Gomulka's election in October, 1956. During this period, one of the important contributors to the intellectual ferment that led to the October, the theatre group Studencki Theatr Satyryków or STS, established a cultural niche for alternative theatre that mocked the Communist system and led to one of the most political, vital alternative theatre movements in the world.

The Impact of the UN Sanctions on the People of Iraq

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis J. Halliday
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Well Being ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the sanctions regime imposed on Iraq by the member states of the United Nations Security Council since 1990 has many facets. The horrifying human face of malnutrition and death has, quite rightly, been given greatest media and other exposure, but other forms of damage are also severely felt. This article intends briefly to explore some aspects of the impact in an attempt to show a somewhat wider picture of the sanctions catastrophe. While the catastrophe is a thing of the present, it has potentially lasting consequences for the future, not only for the Iraqi people, but for the peace and well-being of the Arab region and the world as a whole.

scholarly journals Spiritual Awakening of the Personality as key to Spiritual Security in the Context of Postmodernism

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
Halyna Shevchenko ◽  
Milena Bezuhla ◽  
Tetiana Antonenko ◽  
Iryna Safonova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Spiritual Awakening ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Cultural Ideals ◽  
Creative Personality ◽  
The World ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Educational Component

The article presents a new view on the problem of educating the spiritual security of the personality from the positions of axiological, culturological, civilizational, systemic, and anthropological approaches, on which the research methodology is based. The article describes the basic concepts of research: spirituality, culture, spiritual awakening, spiritual security, and presents the author’s definition of the concept of spiritual security of the personality. The article describes the cultural ideals of coziness in different countries of the world, which allowed us to highlight the features and prove the importance of leading a spiritual way of life, the essence of which is a person’s acquiring of a state of inner peace, coziness, security and which is accompanied by the achievement of pleasure from life. The principles of educating the spiritual security of the personality have been defined. They include the principle of spiritualization, the principle of cooperation, the principle of “live” dialogue based on spiritual and cultural values. The authors have identified the main threats to the spiritual security of the personality and described the ways to overcome them, among which special attention is paid to the importance of reviving the spiritual and cultural educational component, which will be the first step towards educating a positive personality with a human face, the humane, altruistic, creative personality focused on creation, not destruction.

scholarly journals Facing geography: A new research agenda

2021 ◽  
pp. 030913252110500
Author(s):  
Kerry Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Human Face ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Interdisciplinary Scholarship ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
New Research ◽  
Insight Into

This paper offers a new disciplinary research agenda for a geography of the human face. Locating a research lacuna within the subfield of embodied geographies, the paper highlights existing interdisciplinary scholarship on the face, suggesting avenues through which geographers can both complement and advance such discussions. The overall proposal is to (re)consider the spatialities of the face via three routes: the political and biometric, the aesthetic and facial modification. The paper concludes by suggesting a disciplinary opportunity for a future facialised geography, providing valuable insight into this dynamic bodily site upon and through which the world is encountered and experienced.

Transitions

Jimmy Reid ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 139-158
Author(s):  
W.W.J. Knox ◽  
A. McKinlay
Keyword(s):  
Labour Party ◽  
General Election ◽  
Human Face ◽  
The Press ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Soviet Invasion ◽  
The Moment

Chapter five focusses mainly on two events: the rectorial campaign of 1971 and the general election of 1974. Because of his leadership of the UCS work-in, Reid became the poster boy of the CPGB, the human face of British communism. He was probably the only communist that most people in Britain had ever heard of. Recognition came with his installation as Rector of Glasgow University in late 1971. As part of the process the Rector gave an Address. Reid chose the subject of alienation and his speech not only electrified the audience but reverberated round the world. Although publicly popular doubts were beginning to surface regarding his membership of the CPGB. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 played a part but a much more important event we argue was the general election of 1974. Reid stood as candidate for Central Dunbartonshire which had at its heart Clydebank – the centre of shipbuilding in Scotland. Although considered a shoo-in by the press Reid was defeated by the Labour candidate in the first and the second elections of 1974. He was the victim of a largely sectarian campaign run by the Labour party, but it was clear that he would never be elected as a communist. We now are reaching the moment of the unmaking of a communist.

Vineyards, Rocks, and Soils

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Maltman
Keyword(s):  
Human Face ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The World

Jurassic, basalt, moraine, flint, alluvial, magma: what are these words and what do they have to do with wine? The answers are here in this book. They are geological terms that reflect a bond between wine and the land. Understanding geology, however, is tricky. Geological concepts are obscure; processes can be imperceptibly slow, invisible, and unimaginably ancient. The terminology is formidable, such that even the names of common rocks carry an air of mystery. Geology is introduced plainly, starting with basic principles, all in the context of wine. The emphasis is on the kinds of processes that shape vineyards, and on the minerals, rocks and soils that host the vines. Geological words now commonly seen in wine writings are systematically explained. You will learn the stories behind some of the names, the human face of geology. The book also explores how the geology-wine connection manifests in the finished product and evaluates its importance, particularly in the contexts of minerality, terroir, and wine taste. The fact is that geology is increasingly being promoted in the world of wine; the aim here is to help it be properly understood.

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