scholarly journals Adversidade, resignação e espiritualidade: uma abordagem na perspectiva das ciências das religiões em tempos de COVID-19 | Adversity, resignation, and spirituality: an approach to the perspective of religion sciences in COVID-19 times

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
João Batista Vicente Do Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
De Se ◽  
Basic Distinction ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

O presente trabalho versa sobre a prática da espiritualidade em tempos de enfrentamento de adversidades. Tomando como base o componente multidisciplinar presente nas Ciências das Religiões, traz de forma resumida o campo de atuação de algumas dessas ciências objetivando clarificar aos leitores as diversas possibilidades de se debater e investigar o fenômeno religioso de um modo em geral. Apresenta a distinção básica entre religião e religiosidade e de que maneira a religiosidade se aproxima da espiritualidade. Respaldado em conceitos de espiritualidade e nos envoltórios vinculados à composição do ser, toma como ponto de partida a espiritualidade praticada pelos indivíduos. Utiliza algumas situações vivenciadas por sujeitos da região do sertão no enfrentamento da escassez de chuvas e como esses enfrentamentos podem se relacionar com o atual cenário de pandemia provocado pelo coronavírus Covid-19. Utilizou-se uma metodologia qualitativa descritiva com uso de fontes bibliográficas e algumas analogias com teor de subjetividades por se tratar de situações categorizadas dentro do tempo presente ou mesmo do tempo imediato. Os resultados apontam para além da racionalidade que se espera em termos de resoluções práticas, o uso da espiritualidade como mecanismo de resignação em tempos adversos. AbstractThis paper deals with the practice of spirituality in times of coping with adversity. Based on the multidisciplinary component present in the Sciences of Religions, it summarizes the field of action of some of these sciences in order to clarify to readers the various possibilities of debating and investigating the religious phenomenon in general. It presents the basic distinction between religion and religiosity and how religiosity approaches spirituality. Based on brief concepts of spirituality and on the wraps linked to the composition of the human being, it takes as its starting point the spirituality practiced by individuals. It uses some situations experienced by individuals from Sertão (a region in Brazil) in coping with the rainfall shortage and how these confrontations can be related to the current pandemic scenario caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus. It was used a descriptive qualitative methodology using bibliographic sources and some analogies with subjectivity content, owing to the fact that these situations are categorized within the present time or even the immediate time. The results point beyond the rationality that is expected in terms of practical resolutions, the use of spirituality as a mechanism of resignation in adverse times.O presente trabalho versa sobre a prática da espiritualidade em tempos de enfrentamento de adversidades. Tomando como base o componente multidisciplinar presente nas Ciências das Religiões, traz de forma resumida o campo de atuação de algumas dessas ciências objetivando clarificar aos leitores as diversas possibilidades de se debater e investigar o fenômeno religioso de um modo em geral. Apresenta a distinção básica entre religião e religiosidade e de que maneira a religiosidade se aproxima da espiritualidade. Respaldado em conceitos de espiritualidade e nos envoltórios vinculados à composição do ser, toma como ponto de partida a espiritualidade praticada pelos indivíduos. Utiliza algumas situações vivenciadas por sujeitos da região do sertão no enfrentamento da escassez de chuvas e como esses enfrentamentos podem se relacionar com o atual cenário de pandemia provocado pelo coronavírus Covid-19. Utilizou-se uma metodologia qualitativa descritiva com uso de fontes bibliográficas e algumas analogias com teor de subjetividades por se tratar de situações categorizadas dentro do tempo presente ou mesmo do tempo imediato. Os resultados apontam para além da racionalidade que se espera em termos de resoluções práticas, o uso da espiritualidade como mecanismo de resignação em tempos adversos.

Radical Tense-Indexical Historicality and the De Se

KronoScope ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-27
Author(s):  
Carl Humphries
Keyword(s):  
Alternative View ◽  
The Past ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
De Se ◽  
Temporal Expressions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
Self Reference ◽  
A Current ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract “Being is said in many ways,” claimed Aristotle, initiating a discussion about existential commitment that continues today. Might there not be reasons to say something similar about “having been,” or “having happened,” where these expressions denote something’s being located in the past? Moreover, if history – construed not only as an object of inquiry (actual events, etc.) but also as a way of casting light on certain matters – is primarily concerned with “things past,” then the question just posed also seems relevant to the question of what historical understanding amounts to. While the idea that ‘being’ may mean different things in different contexts has indisputable importance, the implications of other, past-temporal expressions are elusive. In what might any differences of substantive meaning encountered there consist? One starting point for responding – the one that provides the subject matter explored here – is furnished by the question of whether or not a certain way of addressing matters relating to the past permits or precludes forms of intelligibility that could be said to be ‘radically historical.’ After arguing that the existing options for addressing this issue remain unsatisfactory, I set out an alternative view of what it could mean to endorse or reject such an idea. This involves drawing distinctions and analogies connected with notions of temporal situatedness, human practicality and historicality, which are then linked to a further contrast between two ways of understanding the referential significance of what is involved when we self-ascribe a relation to a current situation in a manner construable as implying that we take ourselves to occupy a unique, yet circumstantially defined, perspective on that situation. As regards the latter, on one reading, the specific kind of indexically referring language we use – commonly labelled “de se” – is something whose rationale is exhausted by its practical utility as a communicative tool. On the other, it is viewed as capturing something of substantive importance about how we can be thought of as standing in relation to reality. I claim that this second reading, together with the line of thinking about self-identification and self-reference it helps foreground, can shed light on what it would mean to affirm or deny the possibility of radically historical forms of intelligibility – and thus also on what it could mean to ascribe a plurality of meanings to talk concerning things being ‘in the past.’

Epistemology, social inquiry and quantum theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-242
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Monk-Turner
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Social World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Modern Physics

PurposeThis work examines assumptions of positivism and the traditional scientific method.Design/methodology/approachInsights from quantum mechanics are explored especially as they relate to method, measurement and what is knowable. An argument is made that how social scientists, particularly sociologists, understand the nature of “reality out there” and describe the social world may be challenged by quantum ideas. The benefits of utilized mixed methods, considering quantum insights, cannot be overstated.FindingsIt is the proposition of this work that insights from modern physics alter the understanding of the world “out there.” Wheeler suggested that the most profound implication from modern physics is that “there is no out there” (1982; see also Baggott, 1992). Grappling with how modern physics may alter understanding in the social sciences will be difficult; however, that does not mean the task should not be undertaken (see Goswami, 1993). A starting point for the social sciences may be relinquishing an old mechanistic science that depends on the establishment of an objective, empirically based, verifiable reality. Mechanistic science demands “one true reality – a clear-cut reality on which everyone can agree…. Mechanistic science is by definition reductionistic…it has had to try to reduce complexity to oversimplification and process to statis. This creates an illusionary world…that has little or nothing to do with the complexity of the process of the reality of creation as we know, experience, and participate in it” (Goswami, 1993, pp. 64, 66).Research limitations/implicationsMany physicists have popularized quantum ideas for others interested in contemplating the implications of modern physics. Because of the difficulty in conceiving of quantum ideas, the meaning of the quantum in popular culture is far removed from the parent discipline. Thus, the culture has been shaped by the rhetoric and ideas surrounding the basic quantum mathematical formulas. And, over time, as quantum ideas have come to be part of the popular culture, even the link to the popularized literature in physics is lost. Rather, quantum ideas may be viewed as cultural formations that take on a life of their own.Practical implicationsThe work allows a critique of positivist method and provides insight on how to frame qualitative methodology in a new way.Social implicationsThe work utilizes popularized ideas in quantum theory: the preeminent theory that describes all matter. Little work in sociology utilizes this perspective in understanding research methods.Originality/valueQuantum insights have rarely been explored in highlighting limitations in positivism. The current work aims to build on quantum insights and how these may help us better understand the social world around us.

scholarly journals Figurative representation of death in the Italian comic book Dylan Dog

Jezikoslovlje ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-278
Author(s):  
Ilhana Škrgić
Keyword(s):  
Comic Book ◽  
Canonical Representation ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Grim Reaper ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Complex Integration ◽  
Individual Human ◽  
Static Visuals

The canonical representation of death as the Grim Reaper is a well-known trope in art. The main aim of this paper is to analyze this trope as it appears in selected instalments of the Italian comics series Dylan Dog. Fauconnier and Turner have extensively discussed its complexity by describing it in terms of the Blending Theory/Conceptual Theory model. As a complex integration of several mental spaces, including a space with an individual human being dying, and a harvest space, the Grim Reaper blend involves metaphoric and metonymic interactions of non-counterpart elements (Fauconnier & Turner 1998). This model will be used as a starting point in the analysis of the corpus consisting of four separate Dylan Dog stories. In the selected issues, the Grim Reaper appears in both the traditional version: a skeleton-like creature dressed in a monk’s robe and holding a scythe, as well as variants in which its appearance gains new and unusual characteristics. It will be demonstrated how the artists' use of the comics medium, with its combination of written text and static visuals, enables certain creative varieties on the classic trope.

Jan Bosko’s pedagogy – the methodology of educational actions

2020 ◽  
Vol XI (3 (32)) ◽  
pp. 123-134
Author(s):  
Joachim Glier
Keyword(s):  
Human Being ◽  
Starting Point

Starting point in the methodology of educational actions of the Bosko’s pedagogy is getting to know the pupil. For this reason the educator has to contact with the pupil every day and talk to him (about his life, interests, likings, plans, dreams, learning). In the contacts with the pupil the educator shows him cordiality and goodwill, he tries to understand his problems and helps him to solve them. The educator also shows pupil respects that is due for human being. I this way the educator comes into emotional bond and acquires pupil’s confidence. Very important factor is family atmosphere and atmosphere of joy in relations between the educator and pupil. It is necessary to do everything the pupils to be healthy, strong, righteous, joyful and happy. Keywords; getting to know, contacting, relation of cordiality and goodwill, confidence, family atmosphere, atmosphere of joy, health, righteousness, respects for human being.

scholarly journals Democratic Deviations and Constitutional Changes: The Case of Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Picarella
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Constitutional Reform ◽  
Constitutional Change ◽  
Supranational Level ◽  
Constitutional Changes ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Abstract This article shows through a descriptive-qualitative methodology as the recent Turkish constitutional reform is fully inserted in the context of the strong debate on the transformations of contemporary democracies. In particular, the analysis emphasizes the underlying danger of this constitutional change, because the established super-presidentialism drives a strong drift away from the consolidation / institutionalization of democracy. Our conclusions show the risk of authoritarian involution from the total centralization of powers in the hands of the leader, which will have consequences both internally, an area in which there will be a stronger radicalization, and at the supranational level, because the heavy rerouting freezes the integrationist dreams.

scholarly journals The Depiction of Malala’s Struggle for Gender Equality as Seen on He Named Me Malala Film

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Dedi Efendi ◽  
Dodi Oktariza ◽  
Azmita Yakub
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Young Girl ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Right ◽  
Data Result ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This research is analyzes about the struggle of Malala’s in He Named Me Malala film. The purposes of this research are to explain the great efforts of young girl named Malala for gender equality on education and politic and to explain the positive and negative impact after defying gender in equality in He Named Me Malala film. In analyzing the research, the writer uses feminism approach and some supporting theories. The method used in the research is descriptive qualitative. The data are formed in words, phrases and sentences. The data are analyzed through four procedures: identifying, classifying, analyzing, and making conclusions of the data.  Result of this research are the writer found some great efforts of Malala’s struggle on gender equality on education and politic. The last, the writer found the positive impact of the Malala’s effort on education and politic. Malala has given chance for the other women to get education and the right of politic which is the basic right of human being as seen on He Named Me Malala film.

scholarly journals REFLEXÕES SOBRE A MORTE E A SENESCÊNCIA

polemica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 053-068
Author(s):  
Máximo Alessandro Mendes Ottoni ◽  
Antônio Dimas Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Human Being ◽  
De Se ◽  
Human Ageing ◽  
And Control

Resumo: O presente artigo tem por objetivo fomentar um debate acerca de temas polêmicos, que são pertinentes ao envelhecimento humano, mas que muitas vezes não são discutidos pela sociedade. Buscou-se, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e de estudos empíricos, apresentar questões ligadas ao envelhecimento, à morte, à eutanásia e ao suicídio. Percebeu-se nesse estudo que, muitas vezes, alguns temas são considerados tabu, como é o caso da eutanásia, mas existem países como Holanda, Bélgica, Suíça e Colômbia em que esse procedimento já foi adotado e, em alguns casos, até mesmo regulamentado. Verificou-se neste trabalho que, muitas vezes, a morte não é o maior temor do ser humano, mas sim, o medo da perda da liberdade e do controle da sua própria vida. Apoio familiar, tratamento clínico e espiritualidade podem ser considerados grandes aliados na tentativa de se evitar o suicídio cometido por pessoas idosas.Palavras-chave: Envelhecimento. Morte. Eutanásia. Suicídio. Abstract: The purpose of this article is to promote a debate about controversial issues there are pertinent to human ageing, but which are not often discussed by the society. Through bibliographic research, documentary and empirical studies, we presented questions related to ageing, death, euthanasia and suicide. It has been noted in this study that some topics are often considered a taboo, such as euthanasia, but there are countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Colombia where this procedure has already been adopted and, in some cases, even regulated. It has been found in this work that death is often not the greatest fear of the human being, but rather the fear of loss of freedom and control of one's life. Family support, clinical treatments and spirituality can be considered to be great allies in trying to prevent suicide by older people.Keywords: Aging. Death. Euthanasia. Suicide.

scholarly journals THE CHILD AS AN «ARCHETYPE», «PROTOTYPE» AND «ASSEMBLAGE POINT»

2021 ◽  
pp. 352-360
Author(s):  
Galina M. Ponomareva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Complex Dynamics ◽  
Philosophical Anthropology ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Scientific Paradigms ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Status ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Definition Of

A new stage in the development of the humanities is largely connected with the understanding of the consequences of the «anthropological turn», the beginning of which is attributed to the 1960s-70s. Numerous discussions of this period led to the formation of new trends associated with the change of scientific paradigms and the transition to a post-non-classical interpretation of the «human phenomenon». The purpose of this article is to study the possible theoretical and methodological prospects that open up to philosophical anthropology due to the emergence of new explication models and new scientific lexicons. To achieve this goal, we chose the image of the Child, accumulating the most essential features of a person and a human being and interpreted metaphorically, as the starting point of the analysis. The Child is presented as an «anthropological constant» denoting a person’s ability to innovate and operate with imaginary phenomena endowed with the status of real ones. As an «anthropological constant», the Child acquires archetypal features that are significant for understanding the nature and meaning of any human activity and interpreting the processes of patterning human states. The approach developed in the article allows us to make several assumptions. First, the Child should be considered in the context of the drama of human existence, which consists in the infinite variability and fundamental incompleteness of the «human project». In this case, what comes to the fore is not the task of studying the boundaries of the human but the definition of the actual capabilities of a person. Secondly, the image of the Child embodies a state of transience, randomness. This requires a wider use of the method of multiple interpretations and post-phenomenological approaches within the framework of modern philosophical anthropology. Thirdly, the image of the Child embodies an existential conflict, which makes it possible to identify the complex dynamics of human states and describe them contextually.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF LOVE BY USING TRINGULAR THEORY OF LOVE BY STERNBERG IN BREAKING DAWN NOVEL BY STEPHENIE MEYER. (A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Fazriyani S Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Psychological Study ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Stephenie Meyer ◽  
Three Components ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Love is something that everyone may have. Even love is the right of every human being in the world so that everyone has the right to love and be loved by others. Generally love is a form of emotion that contains attraction, sexual desire, and attention to someone. This shows that love has several components in it including intimacy, passion, and commitment. This research is focused on analyzing love experiences by using the triangular theory of love by Sternberg on some of the characters in the novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. This research used a descriptive qualitative method and used Sternberg's theory to analyze the experience of love in the breaking dawn novel. The result of this research has three components in love including intimacy, passion, and commitment.Keywords: Love, Triangular of Love, Intimacy, Passion, Commitment

scholarly journals The Origin of Labour Camp Theme in A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s Works: from Poetry to The Gulag Archipelago

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-263
Author(s):  
Nadezhda I. Glukhova ◽  
Nellya M. Shchedrina
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Political Prisoners ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Narrative Poem ◽  
First Time ◽  
Labour Camp ◽  
Gulag Archipelago

In the present article A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s poetic works and The Gulag Archipelago are analyzed, their proximity and thematic kinship are revealed. The authors appeal to the creative history of these works, remark that poems and parts of the Archipelago are arranged according to a certain pattern. Both in poetry and prose, Solzhenitsyn reveals the path taken by Soviet convicts. Camps for political prisoners and I.V. Stalin’s death take significant place in his works. A.I. Solzhenitsyn is particularly interested in the unity of heroes with nature, communion with it as with an attribute of free people’s life. The writer claims that the camp may become a starting point for spiritual resurrection of a human being. Metaphorization as one of the artistic elements is used for the first time in lyrics to reveal the image of Russia. The authors conclude that the camp theme arose during Solzhenitsyn’s imprisonment and was first expressed in lyrics and the narrative poem Dorozhen’ka. The Gulag Archipelago was formed later not only from the personal experience of the author but also from numerous materials and evidence of eyewitnesses.

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