The Utopian, the Dystopian, and the Heroic Deeds of One

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Schmeink
Keyword(s):  
War On Terror ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Future ◽  
Present Possibility

Chapter 6 discusses the TV series Heroes as more optimistic in its depiction of the social consequences of posthuman evolution than the other texts analyzed. The show's premise of posthumanity as a result of evolutionary mutation reflects radical changes in subjectivity not onto an elite few, as in classic superhero narratives, but onto the everyday man. The series consequently emphasizes the potential of the posthuman condition as a catalyst for global social and political change – a solution to the 'big issues' that elude the current institutions of power. The posthuman becomes the site of struggle over the potential changes to the future, in effect over the concept of utopia. In contrasting dystopian futures with the present possibility of change through posthumanity, the show allows a utopian space to emerge, in which global issues such as the war on terror can be solved and attacks such as those on 9/11 could be prevented. In this, Heroes returns to humanist notions and concepts of history as events shaped by exceptional individuals, while at the same time complicating them with communal images of a cooperative and interconnected posthuman subjectivity.

Postcolonial Orientalisms

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Keyword(s):  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
The One ◽  
Exclusive Or

This chapter introduces the social consequences of, on the one hand, inclusive interpretations and, on the other hand, exclusive (or, quite simply, homophobic, transphobic, and misogynistic) interpretations of scripture, showing how queer Muslims in France, in Europe, and elsewhere position themselves in relation to the theoretical and theological debates in the Islamic world.

Who is my stranger?

2018 ◽  
pp. 176-201
Author(s):  
Richard M. Titmuss
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Gift Exchange ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Social Facts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Material Gain ◽  
The Future ◽  
Traditional Societies

This chapter explores the social and economic aspects of gift-exchange as a universal phenomenon. Examples drawn from both complex and traditional societies indicate that the personal gift and counter-gift, in which givers and receivers are known to each other and personally communicate with each other, is characterised by a great variety of sentiments and purposes. At one end of the spectrum, economic purposes may be dominant as in some forms of first-gifts which aim to achieve a material gain or to enhance prestige or to bring about material gain in the future. At the other end are those gifts whose purposes are predominantly social and moral in that as ‘total social facts’ they aim to serve friendly relationships, affection, and harmony between known individuals and social groups. Meanwhile, social gifts and actions carrying no explicit or implicit individual right to a return gift or action are forms of ‘creative altruism’.

SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF ECONOMIC WARFARE

2012 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-64
Author(s):  
Alina BOMBA ◽  
Paweł KUBISIAK
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Economic Warfare

The article presents definitional issues as well as the objectives and tools associated with the concept of economic warfare. It also highlights the changes in the existing approach to the issue of economic warfare. The topics presented as a conflict occurring nowadays in the relations between states and countries as well as other participants in international relations. Furthermore, an attempt was made to analyze the social consequences arising from the usage of the measures of economic warfare. Additionally, the authors show the forecast of the future trends of the issues discussed.

scholarly journals Formation and development of vocational mobility of the future teacher of Physical Education in educational space of university

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 142-147
Author(s):  
Tatiana Anatolievna Fugelova
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Future Teacher ◽  
The Other ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Vocational Orientation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future

The article is based on the idea of conjugation between social and personal factors in the preparation of a teacher of Physical Education (PE). It creates the conditions for building a harmonious relationship with the surrounding world, finding one’s place in society, vocational orientation, formation of readiness for adaptability and mobility in the future vocational activity. The conditions, ensuring the formation and development of vocational mobility of the future teacher of PE in the socio-cultural educational space of high school, are dialogization, taking part of the future experts in project activities at various levels.  We have considered the process of formation and development of vocational mobility of the future expert in the social and cultural educational space of high school within the framework of the continuing education system. The concept of continuing education involves the inclusion of dialogue relationship, which contributes to the formation and development of vocational mobility of the future teacher of PE at all levels: knowledge, skills, creativity, experience in value and emotional orientation. The transition from one level of formation of vocational mobility to the other one in the socio-cultural educational space of high school is provided by the realization of the complex of strategic conditions and pedagogical tactics (pedagogical support, educational accompaniment, enhance social and vocational values), which contribute to the development of the readiness of the future teachers of PE to changes, innovations in the process of vocational activity. Keywords:  vocational mobility, educational space, continuing education, strategies and tactics of vocational mobility.

scholarly journals Research into the Socio-Economic Impact of Resource Development in Northern Canada Priorities and Strategies of Interest Groups

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (S1) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
Scott Macdonald ◽  
Norman Giesbrecht
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Other ◽  
Native People ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Socio Economic Impact

An examination of different interest groups (e.g. government, natives and industry) in Canada's north indicates that each group utilizes divergent strategies to research the socio-economic impact of rapid economic development. Furthermore, strategies and outcomes of research by each group generally reflect their priorities. On one extreme, studies sponsored by industry tend to downplay negative social impacts and stress positive economic gains from development. On the other extreme, the native people stress the social disruption of their traditional lifestyles and minimal economic benefits to be gained from development. The federal and provincial (Ontario) governments, in attaching priorities to different interest groups, have tended to implement the views of the majority of the population—those that benefit from the economic aspects of the development. Accordingly, negative social consequences related to northern resource development have only received cursory attention.

scholarly journals The Development of “Waqf” on the “Ulayat” Lands in West Sumatera, Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Onny Medaline
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Other ◽  
Entire Series ◽  
Interaction Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future

The Article 3 of the Agrarian Laws consists of the regulation about one aspect of the most important communal rights related to the scope of life, namely the “ulayat” rights. These laws themselves, do not define the meaning of the “ulayat” lands. Therefore, the admission of the existence of the “ulayat” rights included in the Article 3 of the Agrarian Laws still considered as the ambivalent by the consideration of the policy board. The absence of the deep concepts on the “ulayat” lands in the agrarian laws, affected the establishment of the other regulation, in this case, called the “waqf” regulation. By the entire series of the “waqf” regulations, there are not Articles cite that the land object along with the “ulayat” right can pass into the “waqf” land. Therefore, it needed the study about the development of the “ulayat” institution of society in West Sumatera, that becomes the transformation and the interaction processes among the culture and tradition of Minang Kabau based on the Islamic aspects. Moreover, as the enthusiasm of the “waqf” development to become the social welfare. Therefore, the “waqf” and the “ulayat” lands in West Sumatera are the assets of the local communities to take care of them continually and expands the “waqf” properties to aim the future social welfare.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the future of international trade

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
O. Vikulova ◽  
D. Gornostaeva
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

Based on the latest foreign sources, the article examines the impact of Artifi cial Intelligence and related robotics and automatization on the global economy, international trade, global value chains, the motivation and activities of companies, especially TNCs, the activities of the WTO, as well as the social consequences of these processes.

#SocialIT

2014 ◽  
pp. 177-199
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Wearable Technologies ◽  
Processing Power ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Computational Systems ◽  
Individual Core

The #SocialIT layer of the STEMcell Model is visualized as a layer surrounding and penetrating the other layers to interact directly with the individual core. It represents the seismic transformations where technology underpins and transforms the future. Six drivers most likely to shape the future workforce are highlighted in this chapter: longer life spans, a rise in smart devices and systems, advances in computational systems such as sensors and processing power, new multimedia technology, the continuing evolution of social media, and a globally connected world. Specific tools and potentials of #SocialIT are discussed, including big data, augmented reality and wearable technologies, crowdsourcing and the new ways for people to meet and collaborate, rapid changes in technology fracturing generations only a few years apart, and the social, educational, and career implications of substantially extended active lifespans. The #SocialIT layer implies that future programs, projects, and activities should be developed by tapping into this shifting technological landscape and actively using the tools and platforms. However, the deeper meaning is that what is happening naturally is going to rapidly overtake anything we can plan based on the present.

Conclusions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo Martire
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Discourse ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Body ◽  
Absolute Limit ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Preceding Argument

On the basis of the preceding argument, the author posits that the emergence of a new emergent virtual understanding of the individual, has brought us to the absolute limit of the normalizing complex. This vision of the subject as a virtual entity indicates a growing awareness of the presence of an existential uniqueness, or Otherness (born out of normalization’s inherent allusion to the Other as what lies beyond the norms), in everyone’s life that challenges the attempts at conceiving the social body in terms of normality. This has implications that are as yet undefined for our current legal system that has developed thus far in relation to the dynamics of normalization. Faced with the expansion of Otherness in our society, the author intimates that we may be forced to rethink the structure of our legal discourse, and imagine new foundations for the future of democracy and politics.

Humor theory and the fear of being laughed at

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christie Davies
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
Humor Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One ◽  
High Level

AbstractSystematic empirical research into the extent to which individuals in different societies fear being laughed at is new and has implications for humor theory. Humor theorists such as Hobbes and Bergson implicitly assume that such fears were generally at a high level and both Hobbes' superiority theory of laughter and Bergson's view of it as a social corrective depend on this assumption. They purport to be general theories but are in fact the product of the particular societies in which those philosophers' lived and whose mores they took for granted. However, we can use their work to generate hypotheses that can in the future be tested against the comparative empirical data now being produced. In particular we should pay attention is the social variables of shame, face, etiquette and embarrassment on the one hand, and hierarchy, status divisions and power on the other, as probably having explanatory power.

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