The Response of Southeast Asian and Indonesian Islamists to the Futuh of the Taliban: A Reflection

This article explains the purpose of establishing the Taliban, namely to restore peace, enforce sharia law, and maintain the Islamic character of Afghanistan. However, in responding to the futuh (the revolution, the victory) of the Taliban victory in Afghanistan on 15-17 August 2021, the Indonesian and Southeast Asian Islamists show differences. Indonesian Islamists and some radical Islamists in Southeast Asia, for instance, such as sympathizers supporting ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) actually show the opposite attitude. IS or better known as ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) considers the Taliban as a sworn enemy and branded them as infidels even though they have the same belief. The Taliban reject terrorism, even fighting ISIS terrorism and the like. In general, however, the Islamists in Indonesia show no euphoric response to the fall of Kabul instead of a plain hope that the Taliban government is able to rebuild a sovereign, inclusive, dignified, just and prosperous Afghanistan.

Review on the Prices of Shipment Keep Rising in Perspective of Global Shipping Supply Chain Disruption

The global spread of the pandemic has led to the stop of various industries, the shutdown of enterprises, the unemployment of workers and other problems. Recently, one of the issues that have aroused widespread global concern is the problem that the international shipping prices represented by the trans Pacific route continuously rising. This is the apparent performance of the global shipping supply chain interruption and brings interruption to the global supply chain. International shipping is a barometer of the international economic. The reasons behind the sharp rise in shipping prices are complex and diverse. The labor shortage under the pandemic is the root cause of low operation efficiency. The serious shortage of export containers in Asia is the direct cause of demand exceeds supply. The imbalance of international trade is the internal reason for the increase in demand. In addition, there are additional reasons such as the congestion accident in Suez Canal. In order to deal with this situation, each governments use policies, decrees and other measures to intervene moderately on the basis of the market power to restore balance for hoping to recover as soon as possible. But some international organizations related to this issue hold the opposite attitude. Shipping operators have interests directly relevant should reasonably dispatch all available transport capacity to meet demand, rationally treat and make use of short-term high profits and actively cooperate in the face of national survey, review and supervision. The problem of global shipping supply chain interruption needs to be solved jointly by all parties and strengthen pandemic control then solve the problem from the source, to release the delayed transportation efficiency as soon as possible to restore the global shipping supply chain and promote the recovery of the world economy.

Humility and its role for healing in the work of C.G. Jung and Kurt Schwitters

Humility of universal value. It pervades different layers of human existence. Examples abide in religion, in psychology, and art. Its presence offers rich sources of material and interesting parallels with Jung’s writings. Humility is unfortunately generally viewed as a weakness to the point of ridicule. In this view it is something to be avoided, hidden, rejected, or in some cases concealed by the opposite attitude such as false humility. In Jungian Psychology this weakness belongs to the shadow side of personality and is related to ego defenses. This is why Jung views humility as the acceptance of the shadow and considers it necessary for healing in the process of individuation. The immediate parallel is to be found in the words of St. Paul Cor. 12,9; “my power is manifest in weakness”; referring to the kind of weakness which means being completely supple, transparent, and abandoned to the power that goes beyond our conscious mind.

Social origins of risk semiotics

The article examines the structure of the inter-relationship between society and its inherent risks, the main components of which are society’s accumulated experience in predicting and mitigating risks, the continuous complication of modern society and the new social risks it generates. The reasons for the formation of these components, the positive and negative results of their use by society are analyzed. The reactions of managers and scientists to existing social risks are described. The main difference between these reactions is the diametrically opposite attitude of managers and scientists to the phenomenon of reductionism in solving complex social problems. The article defines the role of interdisciplinary research areas (synergetics, systemology, the combined social analysis, science of science, etc.) in solving problems related to social risks. The proposed by A. G. Teslinov’s classification of existing worlds (the material world, the world of ideas, the social world and the world of signs) correlates with traditional disciplinary classifications. The place of a new scientific direction (risk semiotics) in the system of existing risk sciences, as well as among other artificial semiotics is established. The conclusion about the need for interrelated development of social semiotics and risk semiotics is substantiated.

Ideological view of competition and inquisition through the method of binary oppositions

The “binary approach” in criminal proceedings is often used as a tool for ideological opposition of principles. The existing tradition, which imposes competition and search as negating poles of the criminal process, is more an ideological Convention than a scientifically based theory. Real binary oppositions that can bring us closer to the essence of criminal proceedings are much deeper than the levels indicated by modern typology. The sharp inconsistency of these elements of binary opposition is characteristic only in the «ancient» worldview context, programming their initially opposite attitude to rationality. The basic concept of competition is actualized in the context of an irrational worldview, while the basic concept of inquisitionism is activated in the Wake of the introduction and strengthening of a rational worldview.

Sustainable Solutions in the Hospitality Industry and Competitiveness Context of “Green Hotels”

This interdisciplinary paper researches the importance of sustainable hotel engineering and organisation of facilities for the purposes of realisation of a sustainable and responsible hospitality facility business. Considered through the interdisciplinary aspect, at the same time, it represents a research goal with the focus on the segment of youth tourists, who, as existing consumers of low-budget expenditure, are turning into DINKY, as well as the segment of conscious adult consumers in the future. The paper, through a questionnaire, researches the perception of the importance of resource management, with the implementation of innovative technologies by youth tourists’ related attitudes and experiences. The methodology is based predominantly on qualitative research methods and includes analysis and conceptual methodology and survey research methods of youth tourists’ attitudes. The quantitative research was processed by using the statistical methodology combined with techniques of creative thinking formation. The results point to the predominance of importance in which over 90% of respondents confirm the importance of sustainable initiatives and resource management with the following rank: food, water, energy, and waste management. Further analysis implies an opposite attitude where only 52.9% of participants would be willing to pay higher prices for sustainable solutions in hotels. The results and recommendations contribute to knowledge and ideas by recognizing competitiveness of hotels, which design and engineer the business system and operations with support of sustainable technologies in an interdisciplinary way. The paper also contributes to the comprehension of combined and successfully communicated economic and marketing values of sustainable innovations supported by digital technologies.

LINGUA-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF TRADE PAROEMIAS IN RUSSIAN AND CHINESE

The work under study comprises a comparative analysis of the semantic components of trade paroemias in two languages - Russian and Chinese. The research material is made up by proverbs and phraseological units taken from phraseological and explanatory dictionaries of the Russian and Chinese languages: Dictionary of the Russian language edited by A.P. Evgenieva [4], Dmitriev's explanatory dictionary, explanatory dictionary of the Russian language edited by D.N. Ushakov, 现 代 汉 语 词 典 (Russian dictionary of modern Chinese) (2005), 汉 语 大 词 典 (Rus. Big dictionary of Chinese), 辞 海 (Rus. "Sea of words") (2009). The research methodology is based on the dialectical method of cognition. When writing the work, the author used methods of comparison, analysis, synthesis, analogy, generalization. The phraseological Foundation of the Russian and Chinese languages allows us to objectify various features of the discourse of a trade transaction, which are compared in the work of the software in terms of the value characteristics of the two linguistic cultures. Feature matching zones are found in the values: 1) greed to spend money (Rus. "shake over a penny", "for a penny to strangle yourself", Chinese. 一 yīgè qián liùgèzì (Rus. "count coins and images on them"), 抢 钱 虎 qiǎngqián hǔ (Rus. " tiger grabbing money”); 2) accordance of the price and quality of the product (Rus. "for what I bought, for what I sell", Chinese (Rus. "what is the price, such is the product"); 3) focus on your strengths (Rus. "to fill your price", Chinese. 卖力气 màilìqì "try your best", 好卖功 hǎomài gōng (Rus. "good selling skill"). Some phraseological units contain the opposite attitude to social realities in the compared languages. The Russian phraseological units include regret for the unwise spending of money ("someone's money cried", "spend as much as one kopeck") and the assumption of cheap sales in Chinese ( 贱 卖 不 赊 jiànmài bù shē (Rus. "sell cheap"); the desired price for the buyer in Russian "red price" is contrasted with lobbying the buyer's interests in Chinese (顾客之上 gùkè zhīshàng (Rus. "the buyer is always right"). The analysis of the Russian and Chinese proverbs, sayings, and paroemias with the meaning of ‘a trade deal’ allow us to conclude that Russian paroemias have more imaginary images than the Chinese ones, which are characterized by the borrowed images from the European culture. The figurative components of the Chinese and Russian trade proverbs are the concepts of honesty, decency, foresight, consistency, prudence, which possess positive connotations.

Modeling of the Public Opinion Polarization Process with the Considerations of Individual Heterogeneity and Dynamic Conformity

Nowadays, hot issues are likely become bipolar or multipolar after heated discussion on the Internet. This article is focused on the study of the polarization phenomenon and establishes a public opinion polarization model with the considerations of individual heterogeneity and dynamic conformity. At first, this article introduces the dynamic changing function of an individual’s conformity tendency to other’s attitudes in the interaction process. It further defines the influential weight between different interactive individuals, and expands the interactive individual from complete homogeneity to initial attitude heterogeneity, and finally, conformity heterogeneity. Then, through simulation experiments, we find that the degree of changing in individual attitude is limited. That is, it is difficult for the individuals who have one directional attitude at the initial time to change into another opposite attitude through interaction. In addition, individuals with low conformity within a certain threshold are more likely to form polarization. Finally, the rationality and effectiveness of the proposed model are verified by the typical case “Mimeng Event”.

Religions, Violence, and Interdiciplinary Dialogue

Religion, as a moral source, a critic and a perpetrator of change, should be able to tame the behavior of its followers to act in a polite, careful, respectful, and wise manner. In fact, not all attitudes and behaviors of the religious people reflect that, instead, they show an opposite attitude of anarchism and violence. By religion, it is expected that human life is better, wiser, more humane, and more responsible. Besides, by the religion, it is also expected that humans can get closer to God of the universe and live in peace. In the context of interreligious relationships, the reality shows leverage differences, not religious equalities. As a result, there are tensions that trigger conflict and violence between religious communities. One possible solution to overcome the violence in religion is to intensify interreligious dialogue.[Agama sebagai sumber moral, sebagai kritik dan sekaligus sebagai pelaku perubahan, seharusnya bisa menjinakkan perilaku umatnya untuk bertindak secara santun, hati-hati, menghormati sesama, bijaksana serta berkeadilan. Pada kenyataannya, tidak semua sikap dan perilaku umat beragama mencerminkan hal tersebut, justru memperlihatkan sikap yang sebaliknya yakni anarkis dan melakukan kekerasan. Dengan agama seharusnya kehidupan manusia menjadi lebih baik, lebih adil, lebih bijaksana, lebih menyayangi sesama, lebih manusiawi, lebih bertanggung jawab. Dengan agama pula manusia bisa mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan semesta alam dan hidup secara damai. Dalam konteks hubungan antar agama, yang terjadi adalah saling mengungkit perbedaan-perbedaan, bukan persamaan-persamaan agama. Akibatnya timbul ketegangan yang memicu konflik dan kekerasan antar umat beragama. Salah satu solusi mengatasi kekerasan dalam agama adalah dengan mengintensifkan dialog interreligius.]

Troska o sprawy Kościoła w korespondencji ostatniej dekady życia Grzegorza z Nazjanzu

Analysis of approximately 165 letters of Gregory Nazianzen written by him in the last decade of his life revealed a large part of them devoted to his involvement in the current affairs of the ecclesial community. His departure from the position of the bishop of Constantinople, marked by a kind of failure, did not prompt him to react against the Church, but developed just an opposite attitude – increased mobilization of his strenght for the constant concern about the situation of the local Churches. This concern referred to the activities of the pastors of particular ecclesial communities, experiencing a variety of problems, deacons and presby­ters, coming from his surroundings, as well as synods, which were to successfully resolve contentious issues. It should be remembered that Capadocian did not en­joy at that time good health. Despite suffering form various diseases, Gregory did not only focused on the treatment of poor health, but also continuesely appeared as an active member of the Church, especially that having still the bishops ordina­tion, he could not completely withdraw from the pastoral obligations.