Thick Aestheticism and Thin Nativity

Tekstualia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (35) ◽  
pp. 73-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Jacoby ◽  
Tomasz Bocheński
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Thick Description ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Clifford Geertz ◽  
Paradoxical Effects ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cost

Russell Jacoby’s essay targets the technique of „thick description” popularized by an anthropologist Clifford Geertz. The negative impact of this infl uential scholar on the interpretative practice in many humanistic fi elds results in the aestheticization of the academic writing severed from factual and ethical circumstances. On the one hand, this tendency works in unison with the cynical indifference nourishing the posture of the contemporary intellectuals who reject judging in the name of respecting cultural otherness. On the other hand, it leads to paradoxical effects like those when claims for treating all social matters only in terms of their constructiveness and historicity place the alleged reformists very close to conservatives; both groups refer to the particular at the cost of the universal.

scholarly journals Agama dan Kebudayaan Masyarakat Perspektif Clifford Geertz

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sugeng Riady
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutual Support ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Thick Description ◽  
Human Culture ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Clifford Geertz ◽  
The One

This article starts from the fact that religion and culture are two areas that often trigger pro and contra. On the one hand, there are many figures who clearly define the boundaries between religion and culture, while on the other hand there are also figures who continue to seek formulations of their relationship with the assumption that religion and culture provide mutual support. Clifford Geertz, an anthropologist born in San Francisco, contributed to the idea of religion and culture. This article uses the literature study method. The literature used is books that are supported by journals and previous research that are relevant to the topic the author raises. The result is that Clifford Geertz assesses human culture as a text that needs to be interpreted or thick description. This also applies when studying religious phenomena that occur in the midst of a society which is not only explained but come to the discovery of the meaning of these religious phenomena. Abstrak Artikel ini berangkat dari fakta bahwa agama dan kebudayaan sering kali menjadi dua wilayah yang memicu terjadinya pro dan kontra. Di satu sisi ada banyak tokoh yang secara tegas memberi batas antara agama dan kebudayaan, sedangkan di sisi lain ada juga tokoh yang terus mencari formulasi dari relasi keduanya dengan asumsi bahwa, agama dan kebudayaan saling memberi dukungan. Adalah Clifford Geertz, antropolog kelahiran San Fransisco turut memberi kontribusi gagasan mengenai agama dan kebudayaan. Artikel menggunakan kajian literatur. Literatur yang digunakan ialah buku-buku yang ditunjang dengan jurnal dan penelitian terdahulu yang relevan dengan topik yang penulis angkat. Adapun hasilnya ialah Clifford Geertz menilai kebudayaan manusia sebagai sebuah teks yang perlu diinterpretasikan (thick description). Hal ini juga berlaku ketika mengkaji fenomena agama yang terjadi di tengah-tengah masyarakat yang tidak hanya dijelaskan, tapi sampai pada penemuan pemaknaan dari fenomena keagamaan tersebut.

The ‘Pistola’ of Cerveri de Girona

Traditio ◽  
1948 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 161-185
Author(s):  
Kurt Lewent
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Love Affair ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Good Taste ◽  
Moral Argumentation ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Troubadour Poetry

Cerveri was decidedly no poetical genius, and often enough he follows the trodden paths of troubadour poetry. However, there is no denying that again and again he tries to escape that poetical routine. In many cases these attempts result in odd and eccentric compositions, where the unusual is reached at the cost of good taste and poetical values. On the other hand, it must be admitted that Cerveri's efforts in this respect were not always futile. His is, e.g. an amusing satire upon bad women. One of his love songs, characteristically called libel by the MS (Sg), assumes the form of a complaint submitted to the king as the supreme earthly judge, in which the defendant is the lady whose charms torture the lover and have made him a prisoner. This poem combines the traditional praise of the beloved and a flattery addressed to the king. Its slightly humoristic tone is also found in a song entitled lo vers del vassayll leyal. Here Cerveri, basing himself on a certain legend connected with St. Mark, gives the king advice in his love affair. Again the poet kills two birds with one stone, flattering the sovereign and pointing, for obvious purposes, to his own poverty. The latter is the only topic of a remarkably personal poem in which the author complains bitterly that, while many of his playmates have become rich in later years, the only wealth he himself did amass were the chans gays and sonetz agradans which he composed for other people to enjoy. Cerveri even tries to renew the traditional genre of the chanson de la mal mariée by adding motifs of—presumably—his own invention. This tendency towards a more independent way of thinking and greater originality in its poetical presentation could not be better illustrated than by the two poems which the MS calls Lo vers de la terra de Preste Johan and Pistola The one puts the poet's moral argumentation against the background of the medieval legend of Prester John, the other, which forms the subject of the present study, sets its teachings in a still more solemn framework, the liturgy of the Mass.

Digital Media and Memory Balkanization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis L.F. Lee ◽  
Joseph M. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Chapter 8 discusses the impact of digital media on collective memory. The chapter examines both the positive and negative impact of digital and social media. On the one hand, the analysis notes how digital media provided the channels for memory mobilization and the archives for memory transmission. On the other hand, the analysis examines the problematics of memory balkanization. It explicates how political forces have shaped the development of digital and social media in Hong Kong and how competing representations of the Tiananmen Incident and commemoration activities are articulated and reinforced within distinctive memory silos.

scholarly journals Features of Reforming Procedural Legislation as an Obstacle to the Convergence of Criminal, Civil, Arbitration and Administrative Processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
A. R. Sharipova
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

The negative impact of the existing legislative approach to reforming the criminal process on the possibility of its convergence with other procedural branches is considered. The unjustified separation of bills on reforming the CPC within the framework of unified procedural transformations is noted. Separate legislative work on the criminal process, on the one hand, and arbitration, civil and administrative, on the other hand, leads to the emergence of additional unjustified differences in the normative consolidation of universal institutions. Specific examples of undesirable divergence of lawsuits caused by uncoordinated lawmaking are given. The absence of convergence of procedural law among the goals of both sectoral, in particular, criminal procedure policy, and judicial policy is noted. The necessity of developing the concept and directions of judicial procedural policy is substantiated.

The Appointment and Removal of Rabbi Solomon Eli’ezer Mercado Alfandari in Damascus

2015 ◽  
pp. 201-233
Author(s):  
Yaron Harel
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Local Officials ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Community Administration

This chapter assesses the appointment and removal of Rabbi Solomon Eli'ezer Mercado Alfandari as ḥakham bashi in Damascus. At the end of October of 1894, Rabbi Alfandari arrived in Damascus, where the community had great hopes of him. But, great as the hopes were, so were the disappointments. Just two weeks after Rabbi Alfandari's arrival in Damascus, complaints were already beginning to be heard regarding his shortcomings and his comprehensive lack of ability in modern community administration. He was not fluent in Arabic, the language of the country, in which most of the community's business was conducted, both internally and between itself and its immediate environment. Nor did he have proper command of Turkish, the language of the senior government officials. Thus from the outset there was a gulf between himself and the community on the one hand, and between himself and the local officials on the other hand. Members of the community were also troubled by the considerable expense involved in the appointment of Rabbi Alfandari. The Damascus community might nevertheless have borne the cost had it not been for the fact that Rabbi Alfandari became embroiled in arguments and disputes with nearly all the groups around him, both within and outside the community. The opposition to Rabbi Alfandari was of course led by Rabbi Yitshak Abulafia.

Filled Heat Efficient Ceramics

2021 ◽  
Vol 887 ◽  
pp. 493-498
Author(s):  
Alexey D. Zhukov ◽  
I.I. Popov ◽  
Igor V. Bessonov ◽  
S.P. Chernukhin
Keyword(s):  
Water Content ◽  
Foam Glass ◽  
Porous Ceramic ◽  
Ceramic Materials ◽  
Average Density ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cost

The increase of thermo-physical properties of masonry made of ceramic burnt products is possible through the use of heat-efficient ceramics and, in particular, porous building tiles. The use of combustible additives or foaming technology is related to increased energy costs and difficulties in obtaining products with uniformly distributed porosity.The analysis of the state of the technology of ceramic materials made it possible to formulate a research hypothesis according to which the use of a porous non-combustible additive in the composition of ceramic masses, on the one hand, will make it possible to obtain materials with a lower density compared to traditional ceramic products, and, on the other hand, will allow the use of hard mixtures with reduced water content, and therefore significantly save the cost of drying products, while increasing the uniformity of the porous ceramic crock.The purpose of the research was to develop recipes for ceramic porous products and to develop modes of their burning. The use of crushed foam glass as a lightweight non-burning and exhausting additive, on the one hand, made it possible to use tough ceramic mixtures (with a water content not exceeding 18%), and, on the other hand, to use more rigid and shorter drying modes, which also reduced the energy and material consumption of the technology.The most energy-intensive burning process was optimized by the methods of mathematical planning and processing of experimental results. The average density of crushed foam glass (140–150 kg/m3), optimal for the burnt product, was established, and also, as a result of analytical optimization and interpretation of the experimental results, dependencies that allow choosing parameters and evaluating product properties depending on foam glass consumption and burning temperature were obtained.

scholarly journals Controlar y reformar: la visita al consejo de hacienda de Lope De Los Ríos (1664-1667) = Control and Reform: The Visit to Lope de los Ríos’ the Finances Council (1664-1667).

2017 ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Milán Coronado
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Financial System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Xvith Century ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cost

La situación de déficit financiero que atravesaba la Monarquía y la mala administración del fisco regio hicieron necesario que desde el siglo XVI se pusieran en marcha visitas al Consejo de Hacienda. El objetivo de las mismas era evitar y corregir posibles fraudes cometidos por parte de los oficiales, introducir reformas para mejorar el sistema financiero, la gestión de la administración y la reducción de costes, todo ello con el fin último de incrementar los ingresos de la Real Hacienda. Los resultados de la visita que Lope de los Ríos realiza al Consejo de Hacienda entre 1664 a 1667 cuestionaron, por un lado las labores de “buen gobierno” por parte de algunos oficiales regios y la eficacia de las visitas anteriores, y por otro lado, muestran la existencia de relaciones interpersonales entre los hombres de negocios y asentistas, además de los conflictos suscitados por el Consejo de Hacienda al rechazar ser sometido al control del Consejo de Castilla. AbstractThe deficit situation that the Monarchy was going through and the bad administration of the Royal Treasury made it necessary to put a visit to the Finances Council into action since the XVIth century. The objective of this was to avoid and to correct tax evasions from officers; to introduce reforms improving the financial system, the administration management and the cost reduction; and with that, to increase profits to the Royal Treasury. The results of the Lope de los Ríos’ visit to the Finances Council between 1664 and 1667, on the one hand, question the duties of a “bad administration” by some royal officers and the efficacy of these visits in certain occasions and, on the other hand, show the existence of interpersonal relationships between the businessmen and the contractors, in addition to the conflicts raised by the Council of Finance to reject to be subjected to review by the Council of Castile.

Design and Implementation Based on Telecommunications Platform Electronic Lottery Sales System

2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 5190-5193
Author(s):  
Peng Tian ◽  
Ying Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Interactive Voice Response ◽  
Payment System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Detailed List ◽  
The One ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Voice Response

This product is based on the telecom platform and unified payment platform completed using telephone, web pages and then complete the purchase of electronic lottery deducted by telecommunication unified e-commerce system. The system is designed to provide users with a convenient and secure electronic concise quick way to buy lottery tickets. On the one hand you can use fixed telephone IVR(interactive voice response) to achieve electronic lottery purchases, it’s of ways to buy at the same time. On the other hand you can also buy lottery tickets, select the number and Check winning information on it 。This unified payment system is provided by the unified payment platform the cost of buy lottery tickets will deducted from the bill in uniform. In addition, this system can provide a detailed list of rates inquiries.

scholarly journals DYNAMIC AND STRUCTURAL DISPROPORTATIONS OF THE BALANCE IN FOREIGN TRADE IN TEXTILE GOODS OF THE EAEU AND BELARUS

2022 ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
К. Bykau
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Mutual Trade ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Trade Partners

The article is devoted to the study of the balance of foreign trade in textile goods (C13) in two directions: on the one hand, the EAEU in mutual trade and with third countries, on the other hand, Belarus in mutual trade with the EAEU member states and third countries. A comparative analysis of the dynamics and changes in the structure of key indicators of foreign trade in the context of the main commodity groups, goods and key foreign trade partners has been carried out. The author identified the reasons and factors that have a negative impact on the dynamics of the balance of foreign trade in textiles between the EAEU and Belarus in order to make management decisions.

Research on the Implementation of Cleaner Technologies for obtaining chemicals, in relation to the environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 772-775
Author(s):  
Augustin Semenescu ◽  
Claudiu Babis ◽  
Gabriel Iacobescu ◽  
Marius Rogobete ◽  
Ciprian Racuciu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
Industrial Process ◽  
The Other ◽  
Chemical Pollution ◽  
Chemical Production ◽  
Production Forecast ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

Any technological process, through his specific, generates pollution in the environment, which ultimately has both short term but mainly long-term, harmful effects on human health. Today, when the technological degree is high in almost all areas of activity, it is impossible to completely avoid damage to the environment caused by the impact of technological processes, but it is possible to find some actions, having an effect towards reducing the negative impact in the sense of obtaining clean technology. Cleaner technology is, on the one side a goal pursued at international, european and national level, and on the other hand is a concept that covers many aspects of both the actual economic activities and of the environmental protection. This paper aims is on the one hand, to show how a tehnological process should be analyzed by highlighting the relationships between elements of the industrial process, according to some scheme, precisely in order to obtain so-called �clean technologies and on the other hand in the specific case of chemical pollution, to present most used evolutionary models on a chemical production forecast.

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