scholarly journals Christian and Modernist Utopia in Coetzee’s Novels The Childhood of Jesus and Schooldays of Jesus

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin Rosenfield ◽  
Lawrence Flores Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Future ◽  
Utopian Thought ◽  
The Many

Abstract: This article addresses, in its first part, the many critics who have difficulty in making sense of Coetzee’s two novels The Childhood of Jesus and Schooldays of Jesus, offering clues for an understanding of Coetzee’s utopian thought experiment within the framework of Christian ideals. The second argument reconstructs Coetzee’s ironic musings about the future of the traditions of Western culture and art.  Setting his fictional reflection in a utopian society which has achieved a truly equalitarian order, patterned on the ideals of Primitive Christianity and monastic humility, Coetzee explores the question whether in such a society there is still space and need for the arts, or if the success of our rational utopian endeavors will lead to the disappearance of art as we have known it for millennia.

The Future of European Festivals

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Faivre d’Arcier
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Society ◽  
World War Two ◽  
World War ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Future ◽  
Arts Festival ◽  
Geographical Expansion ◽  
Historical Phenomenon ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Many

Even if we sometimes trace the word ‘festival’ back to its ancient root (calling to mind the traditional events of Bayreuth, Orange and Verona), the idea of the arts festival as we know it is relatively recent. The modern festival has evolved as part of the ‘leisure society’, with its extended summer holidays and its all-pervasive media. The theatre festival in Avignon, the oldest and best known of all the French festivals, was founded in 1947 by actor and director Jean Vilar. Yet Vilar would never have imagined the success and geographical expansion that the future would bring to the festival phenomenon. For him, the festival was just another one of the many methods he used to bring young people together to share his aesthetic and moral values. Immediately after World War Two, festivals sprang up simultaneously in several countries. At the same time as Avignon and Aix-en-Provence were started in France, similar events in Edinburgh and Recklinghausen were born. This synchronicity implies that the festival is both a social and a historical phenomenon, one both rooted in and responding to the spirit of the times and to our consumer society.

scholarly journals The iconic Hector Pieterson photo and the power of adaptations

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Ewald Mengel
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Collective Trauma ◽  
Repetition Compulsion ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
African Context ◽  
The Many ◽  
Personal Trauma

In South Africa, the iconic Hector Pieterson photo is the starting point for many artists to deal with their own personal trauma and the communal trauma of their nation. The iconicity of this photo has sparked many different adaptations in various fields of art. Considering that we are talking about a traumatized country, Freud’s concept of “repetition compulsion” seems to be one explanation for this phenomenon. However, art is only seldom a mere product of traumatization. Quayson’s concept of “symbolization compulsions” comes closer to explaining the phenomenon of repetition in the arts, because it leaves the artists more freedom of expression and does not suggest that art is the result of illness, while still implying ‘compulsion’ and ‘obsession’ in the act of creation. I want to suggest that ‘repetition’ in the arts in the South African context is not so much a sign of confinement and restriction, but that the many adaptations of the unique historical incident should rather be understood as attempts of ‘working through’ collective trauma, making sense of history, and contributing to the country’s healing.

scholarly journals Making sense of a diagnosis of incurable cancer: The importance of communication

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Anne Lobb ◽  
Judith Lacey ◽  
Winston S Liauw ◽  
Lesley E White ◽  
Annmarie Hosie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Care Service ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Palliative Care Service ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Incurable Cancer ◽  
Disease Trajectory ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Future ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
The Many

Purpose:  Patients diagnosed with incurable cancer may experience existential distressand difficulty in re-appraising their lives because of uncertainty about the future. Objectives: This study sought to understand how patients living with incurable cancer made sense of their diagnosis, how they prepared for the future and what support they wanted from their health professionals.  Subjects:  27 patients were recruited from the oncology and palliative care service at three metropolitan hospitals. Methods:  A qualitative research approach was used. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were conducted. Interviews were audio-taped and transcribed verbatim.  Data was analyzed using the constant-comparative method.  Results:  Participants did not express a need to make sense of their diagnosis nor always ascribe to a particular religious belief; rather, many relied on a personal spirituality or philosophy to bring meaning to their experience. Importance was placed on their doctor keeping up with technology, being honest, and being confident and positive. Conclusion:  Participants in this study had incurable cancer but making sense of their current situation was not a conscious priority. For these patients, uncertainty was a positive, as certainty for them indicates death is approaching. What these interviews suggest, from the patient’s perspective, is that there is an implied contract between doctor and patient during this period which involves the doctor managing the flow of difficult information so that the patient can maintain normality for as long as possible. Understanding this helps to explain the difficulty of having advance care planning conversations within this setting, despite the many opportunities that a longer disease trajectory would seem to offer. 

scholarly journals MENGKRITISI MODEL KONSELING BERBASIS BUDAYA NUSANTARA: MODEL KIPAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Zulfikar Zulfikar ◽  
Zubaidah Zubaidah
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Guidance Services ◽  
New Model ◽  
Eastern Culture ◽  
Model Based ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Many ◽  
Counseling Model

The presence of the KIPAS model is an effort to strengthen the dignity of Indonesian counselors and counselors who have been oriented towards western culture. Western culture which is clearly incompatible with our culture, Nusantara culture which adheres to eastern culture. The attraction of the BK Model KIPAS is the use of cultural values as the basis for implementing BK services, thus giving rise to an enlightenment in the implementation of BK services in the archipelago. This gives an enthusiasm and hope that the idea of a counseling model based on this archipelago culture will be accepted now and especially in the future. The model is an acronym for KIPAS, which is intensive and progressive counseling that is adaptive to structure. The existence of the KIPAS model will be able to answer problems that occur such as the many unresolved student problems and improvements to the image of BK in society. So far, we have seen that the implementation of counseling guidance services in schools in Indonesia has become something students dislike. As a new model in the world of BK, of course it cannot be separated from the strengths or strengths and weaknesses or weaknesses of the KIPAS model itself. The KIPAS model should accommodate all cultures in Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke.

The future role of the psychiatrist in Europe – a UEMS perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
M. Hermans
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
General Interest ◽  
Future Role ◽  
Personal Opinion ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Many

SummaryThe author presents his personal opinion inviting to discussion on the possible future role of psychiatrists. His view is based upon the many contacts with psychiatrists all over Europe, academicians and everyday professionals, as well as the familiarity with the literature. The list of papers referred to is based upon (1) the general interest concerning the subject when representing ideas also worded elsewhere, (2) the accessibility to psychiatrists and mental health professionals in Germany, (3) being costless downloadable for non-subscribers and (4) for some geographic aspects (e.g. Belgium, Spain, Sweden) and the latest scientific issues, addressing some authors directly.

Every Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Babcox
Keyword(s):  
Olive Tree ◽  
Photographic Images ◽  
The Future ◽  
Olive Trees ◽  
The Many ◽  
Radical Transformation

Every Olive Tree in the Garden of Gethsemane is a suite of photographic images of each of the twenty-three olive trees in the garden. Situated at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, the Garden of Gethsemane is known to many as the site where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before his crucifixion. The oldest trees in the garden date to 1092 and are recognized as some of the oldest olive trees in existence. The older trees are a living and symbolic connection to the distant past, while younger trees serve as a link to the future. The gnarled trunks seem written with the many conflicts that have been waged in an effort to control this most-contested city; a city constantly on the threshold of radical transformation.

Envisioning Entrepreneurship’s Future: Introducing Me-Search and Research Agendas

2021 ◽  
pp. 104225872110268
Author(s):  
Dean A. Shepherd ◽  
Johan Wiklund ◽  
Dimo Dimov
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Practical Problem ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Entrepreneurship Research ◽  
Research Opportunities ◽  
The Future ◽  
Research Agendas ◽  
The Many

The future of the field of entrepreneurship is bright primarily because of the many research opportunities to make a difference. However, as scholars how can we find these opportunities and choose the ones most likely to contribute to the literature? This essay introduces me-search and a special issue of research-agenda papers from leading scholars as tools for blazing new trails in entrepreneurship research. Me-search and the agenda papers point to the importance of solving a practical problem; problematizing, contextualizing, and abstracting entrepreneurship research; and using empirical theorizing to explore entrepreneurial phenomena.

scholarly journals A new renaissance for creativity in technology and the arts in the context of virtual worlds

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Earnshaw
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Diverse Environment ◽  
Research Environments ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaborations ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Ideas

AbstractWhere do new ideas come from and how are they generated? Which of these ideas will be potentially useful immediately, and which will be more ‘blue sky’? For the latter, their significance may not be known for a number of years, perhaps even generations. The progress of computing and digital media is a relevant and useful case study in this respect. Which visions of the future in the early days of computing have stood the test of time, and which have vanished without trace? Can this be used as guide for current and future areas of research and development? If one Internet year is equivalent to seven calendar years, are virtual worlds being utilized as an effective accelerator for these new ideas and their implementation and evaluation? The nature of digital media and its constituent parts such as electronic devices, sensors, images, audio, games, web pages, social media, e-books, and Internet of Things, provides a diverse environment which can be viewed as a testbed for current and future ideas. Individual disciplines utilise virtual worlds in different ways. As collaboration is often involved in such research environments, does the technology make these collaborations effective? Have the limits of disciplinary approaches been reached? The importance of interdisciplinary collaborations for the future is proposed and evaluated. The current enablers for progressing interdisciplinary collaborations are presented. The possibility for a new Renaissance between technology and the arts is discussed.

Wittgenstein’s philosophy and action research

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Shotter
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
Participatory Culture ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Social ◽  
Professional Research ◽  
The Many

Three themes seem to be common to both Greenwood’s and Gustavsen’s accounts: One is the social isolation of professional [research] elites from the concerns of ordinary people, which connects with another: the privileging of theory over practice. Both of these are connected, however, with a third: the great, unresolved struggle of ordinary people to gain control over their own lives, to escape from schemes imposed on them by powerful elites, and to build a genuinely participatory culture. An understanding of Wittgenstein’s later philosophy, and the recognition of its striking differences from any previous philosophical works, can make some important contributions to all these issues. Wittgenstein’s aim is not, by the use of reason and argument, to establish any foundational principles to do with the nature of knowledge, perception, the structure of our world, scientific method, etc. Instead, he is concerned to inquire into the actual ways available to us of possibly making sense in the many different practical activities we share in our everyday lives together: “We are not seeking to discover anything entirely new, only what is already in plain view.”

The Problems of the Press in Multilingual Bombay

1966 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-524
Author(s):  
Edwin Hirschmann
Keyword(s):  
The Press ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Many

Many newspapers is the only way to meet the problem of many languages. Because each publication serves its own community, the many papers of Bombay probably will last long into the future.

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